Just a Line

Just a Line | Giovanni Morbin & Slaven Tolj

The two performance artists, Giovanni Morbin and Slaven Tolj, featured in this exhibition, refer to distinctive cultural signs, symbols, and journeys. Just a Line examines different perspectives on this topic. Both artists share a conceptual approach and in different ways they defined, challenge, and reflected upon the role of the line.

The definition of a line is a mark that can connect two points or a straight path that is endless in both directions but can also divide them. A line can be one- dimensional, two-dimensional or three-dimensional, abstract, descriptive or implied and can vary in width, direction, and length.

Morbin and Tolj are from different cultural backgrounds (Italy / Croatia) but sharing the same age, both refer in their art to the modern history and circumstances conditioned by political structures and economical and private changes. In our contemporary society, the notion of border(lines) as geographic demarcations with political and economic ramifications is evoked frequently. Morbin address directly the multifaceted and complex topic of the line to the borders, while Tolj deal more broadly with issues of distance and emotional connections.