Živkovič Antonio
Črna dolina / Black Valley
Založba: Samozaložba, 1999
Cena: 12,00 €
"Stvari in podobe za svojim videzom vedno nosijo neko drugo resničnost, ki je lahko bolj peklenska ali pa bolj rajska, kot smo pripravljeni verjeti ali pa si pripravljeni priznati. Skratka, bistveno presegajo naše sanjarije in naša pričakovanja. Na to se vedno spomnim, ko komu povem za svojo domicilno točko in v tem primeru domicilno točko teh fotografij in njihovega avtorja Antonija Živkoviča, za Trbovlje. Omemba Trbovelj pri sogovorniku vedno sproži čustvo gnusa, zgroženosti in nenazadnje, sočutja. Kajti asociacija sogovornikov na Trbovlje je vedno asociacija na njihov spodnji del, na ozko grlo, na vhod v dolino, zastražen s cementarniškimi in elektrarniškimi kotli in dimniki, ki so jih sogovorniki videli v kakšnem od mimohodov. Spodnji prostori pa, če se poskusim izraziti v nekem drugem jeziku, pomenijo preddverje pekla."
Uroš Zupan (iz spremnega besedila)
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"Things and images, behind their appearance, always hide another reality, which can be more hell- or heaven-like than we are willing to believe or admit. In brief - they may significantly surpass our reveries and expectations. I always remember this whenI tell somebody of myplace of birth; or - in this case - of the domicile of these photographs and the man who took them, Antonio Živkovič - Trbovlje. The very mention of Trbovlje usually incites in the interlocutor a feeling of nausea, horror and last but not least, sympathy. People always associate Trbovlje with the lower part of town, the entry into the valley, the bottle-neck guarded by the chimneys of the cement factory and the power plant, which they might have seen while pasing throught the area. And these lower parts, if I try to express myself in another language, represent the antechamber of hell."
Uroš Zupan (from the preface)