Vuk Ćosić's ASCII Cinema and Game-Based Works in Perth Exhibition
Vuk Ćosić's inaugural solo exhibition in Scotland was hosted at Threshold artspace in Perth from August 1 to November 1, 2009. This event showcased a mini-retrospective of his artistic journey since the late 1990s, with an emphasis on presentations in public spaces. A standout installation, The Threshold Wave, featured twenty-two LCD screens displaying iconic films in green-on-black ASCII code, such as King Kong (1933) and The Matrix (1999). Ćosić's ASCII Cinema project serves as a connection between film and digital cultures. Additional works included ASCII Unreal (1999-2009), Game Flags (2009), History of Art for Airports (1997-2009), and File Extinguisher (1998-2005). Curated by Iliyana Nedkova, the exhibition highlighted public interaction and showcased influences from Dada and Surrealism.
Key facts
- Exhibition dates: August 1 – November 1, 2009
- Location: Threshold artspace, Perth, Scotland
- Artist: Vuk Ćosić
- Curator: Iliyana Nedkova
- Features ASCII versions of 20 classic films
- Includes works like ASCII Unreal and Game Flags
- Ćosić's first solo show in Scotland
- Emphasizes public space over gallery presentation
Entities
Artists
- Vuk Ćosić
- Heath Bunting
- Alexei Shulgin
- Olia Lialina
- Paul Cézanne
- Andy Warhol
- Danilo Ž. Markovic
- Paul Baran
- Chris Byrne
- Iliyana Nedkova
- Tom Jennings
- Lev Manovich
- Mijuk Goran
- Roman Czyborra
Institutions
- Threshold artspace
- ARTMargins Online
- Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
- Art Research Communication
- The Wall Street Journal
- MIT Press
- Rand Corporation
- Ljudmila
Locations
- Perth
- Scotland
- Dundee
- Edinburgh
- Sofia
- Balkans
- Yugoslavia
- Liverpool
- Gateshead
- United States
- Cambridge, Mass.
- London
- Santa Monica, California
- Ljubliana
- Serbia