Razstavo bomo v dvorani Bertolda Brechta v Anton Podbevšek Teatru v Novem mestu odprli na Ta veseli dan kulture, v torek, 3. decembra 2024, ob 19. uri. Po uradnem odprtju nas bosta po razstavi popeljala Tone Stojko in mag. Tea Rogelj. Vstop prost, lepo vabljeni!
One thousand and one nights, Tone Stojko - as Scheherazade's brother - passed through the theater and stared at the continuous flow of images brought to life by the sweat, blood and tears of the actors, and with his Polyphemus eye caught light and shadows, art and life, theater and play; to overflow this, he stores boundless wealth in the depth of his gaze, where he will imprint on photographic paper, washed with diluted acid - like an old sculptor in a white working stone - the images of the only real life: the life of human dreams, which came to life in the theater, which revived the theater. (Ivo Svetina, 2002)
I am sure of one thing: if a good photographer has nothing to show, then the show has nothing to show either. Nemara was just babbling. Theater should learn from photography. She reveals the truth and bares the matter to the bone. Stojko's photography does not seduce or obscure, does not hide, does not mystify, but mercilessly reveals. She follows the advice that Gertrude gives to Polonius: "More real, less embellishment!" (Dušan Jovanović, 2002)
The stage as a scene for a photographic frame fascinated him, and the freedom of movement and play marked the creation of his own artistic vision. For Stojko, theater and artistic photography are inextricably linked, mainly because the documentation of emotionally charged events on stage, in which gestures are condensed and the atmosphere of the event can be felt in the air, represents for him much more than just material for an authentic record of the event - it offers him the possibility recreating a work of art, which takes place almost unrepeatably on stage, with its own tool – a photographic or film camera. (Dr. Marija Skočir, 2024)
Tone Stojko (1947) is undoubtedly one of the most important Slovenian (and once also Yugoslav) photographers of the last half century (the last third of the 20th century and the first two decades of the 21st century). Among others, he can boast of portraits of Alfred Hitchcock, John Lennon and Joko Ono, a concert recording of Tina Turner... since 1996, he has portrayed all recipients of the Prešeren Award and the Prešeren Fund Award (including himself).
In addition to reportage, documentary and portrait photography, Stojko has always been extremely devoted to theater. His theater opus includes more than 310,000 photographs, which by no means have a purely documentary character - even if they are extremely important for testifying about Slovenian theater production, both institutional and non-institutional, classical and experimental, dramatic, dance, and occasionally also on the opera stage - but are characterized by the author's recognizable , an artistic approach.
The exhibition Tone Stojko, Theater Photography accompanied the release of the book of the same name electronic books. Curator Tea Rogelj, MA made a selection of photographs from the period from 1969 to 2016 from the photographic material published in the book. It was designed by Nina Šturm.
Tone Stojka dedicates the book and the exhibition to Dušan Jovanović, with whom he began his theatrical journey.
S potujočo razstavo – prvič je bila na ogled v okviru Festivala Borštnikovo srečanje junija letos v SNG v Mariboru, oktobra in novembra pa so si jo obiskovalci lahko ogledali v Slovenskem gledališkem inštitutu – bomo počastili Ta veseli dan kulture; v Anton Podbevšek Teatru v Novem mestu jo bomo odprli v torek, 3. decembra 2024, ob 19. uri. Po uradnem odprtju nas bosta po razstavi popeljala Tone Stojko and Tea Rogelj, MA.
Touring Exhibition Tone Stojko, Theatre Photography/Touring Exhibition Tone Stojko, Theater Photography
Author: Tone Stojko * Curator: mag. Tea Rogelj * Designer: Nina Šturm
Translator into English: Barbara Skubic * Proofreader: Andraž Polončič Ruparčič * Proofreader for English language: Jana Renée Wilcoxen
Producer Slovenian Theater Institute (SLOGI, for: Dr. Gašper Troha), co-producer: Prodok, doo (for: Simon Stojko Falk), 2024. SLOGI is financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
Photo processing: Tone Stojko * Printing: OKVIR doo
Na naslovnici: Dušan Jovanović, Who sings that Sisyphus, SNG Drama Ljubljana, premiere on January 12, 1997. Photo: Tone Stojko; source: SLOGI.
