The Stones Only Appear to Be Non-Living explores geological time and the material deposition of human impacts in the Earth’s crust. Based on situated and embodied research in the Škocjan Caves, it constructs a speculative, multilayered understanding that reveals time beyond the human scale. Caves, often perceived as stable and eternal, are in constant flux – formed by climate conditions, water and sediments over time. The installation invites an attunement to the instability of our own ground and the vast, indifferent depths beneath us, guiding one through the porous landscape, dissolving temporal boundaries.

Swamp_Matter is the duo of Eva Garibaldi and Ana Laura Richter. They are interested in ecological topics and the impact of the Anthropocene on ecosystems. Their practice examines the relationship between humans and nature in the context of geological time through marginal and capitalistically unproductive landscapes like swamps and caves. They create spatial installations interwoven with digital media and speculative fiction.

Eva Garibaldi, artist, designer, and researcher, born in 1996 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, holds a Master of Interior Architecture: Research + Design (Cum Laude, 2021) from the Piet Zwart Institute (NL) and a BA in Industrial Design from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design Ljubljana (2018).

Ana Laura Richter, artist and dramaturg, born in 1996 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, completed her MA in Ecology Futures (2022) at St. Joost School of Art & Design (NL) and holds a BA in Dramaturgy from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film, and Television (2019).

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Kamni so le navidez neživi raziskuje geološki čas in materialne usedline človeškega vpliva v zemeljski skorji. Instalacija na podlagi situiranih in utelešenih raziskav v Škocjanskih jamah gradi spekulativno in večplastno razumevanje, ki nam razkriva čas onkraj človeških meril. Jame, ki jih pogosto dojemamo kot stabilne in večne, so v nenehnem gibanju – skozi čas jih oblikujejo podnebne razmere, voda in sedimenti. Instalacija nas vabi k uglasitvi z nestabilnostjo naših tal in prostranih, brezbrižnih globin pod nami, vodi nas skozi porozno pokrajino in raztaplja časovne meje.

Swamp_Matter je duo, ki ga sestavljata Eva Garibaldi in Ana Laura Richter. Zanimajo ju ekološke teme in vpliv antropocena na ekosisteme. Njuna praksa preučuje odnos med človekom in naravo v kontekstu geološkega časa skozi obrobne in kapitalistično neproduktivne krajine, kot so močvirja in jame. Ustvarjata prostorske instalacije, prepletene z digitalnimi mediji in spekulativno fikcijo.

Eva Garibaldi, umetnica, oblikovalka in raziskovalka, rojena 1996 v Ljubljani, je leta 2021 magistrirala iz notranje arhitekture: Raziskovanje + oblikovanje na Inštitutu Piet Zwart na Nizozemskem in diplomirala leta 2018 iz industrijskega oblikovanja na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje v Ljubljani.

Ana Laura Richter, umetnica in dramaturginja, rojena 1996 v Ljubljani, Slovenija, je leta 2022 zaključila magistrski študij na področju ekoloških prihodnosti na Akademiji za umetnost in oblikovanje St. Joost na Nizozemskem in diplomirala leta 2019 iz dramaturgije na Akademiji za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo v Ljubljani.