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Neža Knez
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In an age marked by digital dematerialisation, Neža Knez reasserts the film object as a site of material and temporal resistance. Working with sixteen-millimetre loops, analogue printing, and hand-developed film stills, she creates environments in which image and sound oscillate between presence and disappearance. Her methods of re-using, re-processing, and layering foreground the fragility of analogue media, while allowing incidental traces of lived reality to surface. Drawing on Walter Benjamin’s notion of mimetic perception, Knez unsettles the logic of representation, privileging the sensorial force of the signifier. The result is a rhythm of fleeting correspondences that situates the viewer within a shared, physical, and historically contingent present.
Neža Knez, born in Slovenia in 1990, is an intermedia artist working between Ljubljana in Slovenia and Zagreb in Croatia. Her practice moves across moving image, sound, language, and expanded installation, engaging with the porous boundaries between poetic and discursive registers and attending to fragile, often invisible processes within materials and media. She graduated with the highest distinction from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana and is a recipient of the OHO Group Award in 2018. Knez has exhibited widely in Slovenia and internationally, and works extensively on experimental film productions, pedagogical projects, and research-based practices that foreground the tactile and durational qualities of analogue media.
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Neža Knez, 2025
Correspondences I
Analog 16mm film still, archival print
Edition of 5 + 1 AP
50.8 × 61 cm
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Neža Knez, 2025
Correspondences II
Analog 16mm film still, archival print
Edition of 5 + 1 AP
50.8 × 61 cm
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Neža Knez, 2025
Correspondences Series
Two 16mm film loops
Hand-printed color film, collaged in the darkroom
Projected on original Eiki 16mm with halogen lamp
Born in 1990, Ljubljana, SI
Lives and works between Ljubljana, SI, and Zagreb, HR
Neža Knez, born in Slovenia in 1990, is an intermedia artist working between Ljubljana in Slovenia and Zagreb in Croatia. Her practice moves across moving image, sound, language, and expanded installation, engaging with the porous boundaries between poetic and discursive registers and attending to fragile, often invisible processes within materials and media. She graduated with the highest distinction from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana and is a recipient of the OHO Group Award in 2018. Knez has exhibited widely in Slovenia and internationally, and works extensively on experimental film productions, pedagogical projects, and research-based practices that foreground the tactile and durational qualities of analogue media.
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Through RAVNIKAR gallery and R SPACE, we champion progressive artistic expressions across visual and intermedia arts, presenting a carefully curated program of exhibitions, talks, mentorships, publishing, and international collaborations. Our approach transcends conventional boundaries, embracing fluidity in genre, form, and artistic discourse.
Neža Knez
Neža Knez, born in Slovenia in 1990, is an intermedia artist working between Ljubljana in Slovenia and Zagreb in Croatia. Her practice moves across moving image, sound, language, and expanded installation, engaging with the porous boundaries between poetic and discursive registers and attending to fragile, often invisible processes within materials and media. She graduated with the highest distinction from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana and is a recipient of the OHO Group Award in 2018. Knez has exhibited widely in Slovenia and internationally, and works extensively on experimental film productions, pedagogical projects, and research-based practices that foreground the tactile and durational qualities of analogue media.
01
Neža Knez, 2025
Correspondences I
Analog 16mm film still, archival print
Edition of 5 + 1 AP
50.8 × 61 cm
02
Neža Knez, 2025
Correspondences II
Analog 16mm film still, archival print
Edition of 5 + 1 AP
50.8 × 61 cm
03
Neža Knez, 2025
Correspondences Series
Two 16mm film loops
Hand-printed color film, collaged in the darkroom
Projected on original Eiki 16mm with halogen lamp
Neža Knez
Born in 1990, Ljubljana, SI
Lives and works between Ljubljana, SI, and Zagreb, HR
Neža Knez, born in Slovenia in 1990, is an intermedia artist working between Ljubljana in Slovenia and Zagreb in Croatia. Her practice moves across moving image, sound, language, and expanded installation, engaging with the porous boundaries between poetic and discursive registers and attending to fragile, often invisible processes within materials and media. She graduated with the highest distinction from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana and is a recipient of the OHO Group Award in 2018. Knez has exhibited widely in Slovenia and internationally, and works extensively on experimental film productions, pedagogical projects, and research-based practices that foreground the tactile and durational qualities of analogue media.
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RAVNIKAR PROJECTS is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to fostering emerging and established voices in contemporary art. As a dynamic platform, it forges vital connections between independent artistic practices and the wider cultural landscape, nurturing dialogue, engagement, and critical thought.
Through RAVNIKAR gallery and R SPACE, we champion progressive artistic expressions across visual and intermedia arts, presenting a carefully curated program of exhibitions, talks, mentorships, publishing, and international collaborations. Our approach transcends conventional boundaries, embracing fluidity in genre, form, and artistic discourse.
Beyond exhibition-making, RAVNIKAR is an active force in shaping the contemporary art ecosystem—advancing the careers of artists from the region internationally, cultivating new audiences, and fostering sustainability within the arts. Flagship initiatives such as LJUBLJANA ART WEEKEND, the co-founding of ETC. magazine, and participation in major art fairs underscore our commitment to cultural innovation and exchange.
A proud member of the New Art Dealers Alliance and the Gallery Climate Coalition, RAVNIKAR is dedicated to the future of contemporary art—bold, inclusive, and ever-evolving. Our work is supported by the Municipality of Ljubljana and the Ministry of Culture.
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