Reviews - Andrej Zdravič

Reviews

Reviews & Essays

Articles & Notes

2012	‘V svetlobah, sencah, tišini, zvoku’, Klavdija Figelj, Primorske novice, 7.1.12
2010	‘Art and Ecology Notebook’: ‘Framing the World - two timely new books on ecocriticism and film’ by Cathy Fitzgerald, December 2010
2009	‘Soča poljubila havajsko lavo - V Trenti sta se srečali Soča in havajska lava’, Kristina Menih, Severna Primorska INFO, 16.6.09
2008	‘Zdravičeva retrospektiva v New Yorku’ /'Zdravič’s Retrospective in New York’, Jelka Šutej Adamič, Delo 28.11.08
	‘Connecting environment, people, animals through public art fest’, Thaindian News, Delhi, December 13, 2008
2006	‘Umetnikom univerzitetna priznanja’ (‘Priznanje za pomembna umetniška dela’), RTV SLO, 9.5.06
2005	‘Arts & Ecology Project turns the screen green’ – notes on the ‘Towards an Eco-Cinema Conference’ in Bristol, RSA Journal, U.K., October 2005
2003	‘Quand le cinéma joue avec le feu’. Le nouveau cycle de films de l'Auditorium du Louvre propose de réinscrire le cinéma dans l'histoire pluriséculaire des spectacles pyrotechniques - Emanuel Chicon, l'Humanité, le 1 Mars, 2003 French
	World Poll-Part 3: ‘Olaf Möller’s Eleven Ectasies 2003’: Phenix (Andrej Zdravič, 1975), Senses of Cinema
2002	‘Jonas Mekas: čisto srce’ - on Jonas Mekas by Andrej Zdravič, Kinotečnik, junij/2002, Slovenska Kinoteka, 2002
2001	ARTE television Magazine no.18 – 28 avril > 4 mai 2001, Riverglass program notes, France, 2001
	‘What Next? ‘Incontro con Andrej Zdravič’, Conferenze sulla creativita contemporanea, Mestre, Centro Culturale Candiani, Cultura & Spettacolo Venezia, il 5 Dicembre 2001 Italian
2000	’Reka kot šampanjec, omamlja še kamne’ /‘A River As Champagne, it Intoxicates Even the Stones’, Katja Roš, Delo, 13.7.00
1999	British freelance curator and writer on art, Henry Meyric Hughes’ comment on Zdravič’s Ocean Lava - Time Horizon installation at the Venice Biennale 1999, interview for RTV Slovenia, Venice, 1999
	‘Orkestracije gibljivih slik, zvoka in prostora” - Slovenci na beneškem bienalu’, Jelka Šutej Adamič, Delo, 10.6.99
	Jonas Mekas' comment on Riverglass (and AZ caricature by Franco Juri), Anthology Film Archives program notes, New York
1998	ARTE Television - Riverglass Program notes, 21.10.98, France
	World EXPO’98, Slovene Pavillion – Vistitor’s thoughts on Zdravič’s Secrets of Soča installation
	‘Prešernovi nagrajenci’ /’The Prešeren Fund Awardees’, Delo, 19.12.98
	‘Znani Prešernovi nagrajenci’ /’The Prešeren Fund Awardees Revealed’, Marijan Zlobec, Delo, 19.12.98
1997	‘Glavna tema U3 - Najbolj fascinanten je video zapis Andreja Zdraviča’ /’The Main Theme of U3 - Triennial of Contemporary Slovene Art – AZ’s Video is the Most Fascinating’, Milan Zinaić, Dnevnik, 28.11.97
	‘Umetnost noče biti več umetnost’ – Pogovor z umetnostnim zgodovinarjem Juretom Mikužem, Dnevnik, 13.7.97
1995	‘Časovno obzorje Soče’ /’The Soča’s Time Horizon’, Milan Dekleva, Dnevnik (front page), 21.7.95
	‘Ekološko srce Slovenije’, Jože Desman, Delo, 6.10.95
	‘Dom Trenta ustvarja iluzijo’ /’Dom Trenta Creates an Illusion’, Katja Roš, Delo, 24.7.95
1993	‘Environmental Art at the Exploratorium’ by Andrew White, The Examiner, San Francisco, August 11, 1993
	‘Where Art Meets Science’ by Tessa DeCarlo, Wall Street Journal, July 26, 1993
	‘Earth as Art at the Exploratorium’ by David Perlman, San Francisco Chronicle, May 19, 1993
	California Coast & Ocean, p.5, Vol.9 No.3, Summer 1993
1992	‘Playing with Time’ by Nancy Scott, The Examiner, San Francisco
	‘Slovenski likvidavtor’ /’The Slovene Liquidauthor’, Stojan Pelko, Mladina, 25.8.92
1991	‘7th Film Arts Festival is an Eye-Opener’ by Robert Anbian, Release Print, San Francisco, October
	7th Film Arts Festival - Bay Area Independent Film & Video, notes on Ocean Beat, San Francisco
1988	8th Annual Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival, notes by director John Columbus, New Jersey
	Expo: ‘Great Cinema, Little Fanfare’ by Casey St. Charnez, The Santa Fe Reporter (p.16), February 24, 1988
1984	‘Pregled eksperimentalnih filmov Andreja Zdraviča’ /‘Overview of Andrej Zdravič’s Experimental Films’, Eva Fornazarič, Primorski Dnevnik, 18.3.84
	Notes by Dick Blau, photographer and Film Department chair, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee /N.B.: the author is referring to the volcano footage that was later incorporated in the video installation Ocean Lava - Time Horizon (1999) and in the film Origin (2001)
1983	Anastomosis - review by Gordon Ball, poet, filmmaker, USA, 1983
	Anastomosis - review by Dick Blau, photographer and Film Department chair, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, March 12, 1983
1980	Sound Activated Films by Andrej Zdravič, Program notes by Carmen Vigil, Film Programmer, The Cinematheque, June-July 1980
1978	‘RECAPS - The Granted Illusions of Three Experimentalists’ by J. Hoberman, Village Voice, N.Y.C., Apr. 10
1977	The Cinematheque - Program notes on Phenix by Carmen Vigil, program director, San Francisco
	‘To Whom it May Concern’ by Jonas Mekas, Anthology Film Archives, New York, May 3, 1975
	‘Movie Journal’ by Jonas Mekas, The Soho Weekly News, New York, January 6, 1977
1975	‘Buffalo Movie-Makers Produce Kaleidoscope of Personal Views’ by Terry Doran, Buffalo Evening News, May 6, 1975

Catalogues & Books

2013	‘Ein Sechstel der Erde. Über die Beziehung des Bildes zur Welt’ exhibition, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany / catalog, p 26
2009	‘Intempérie’ - Il bienal del fin del mundo by Alfons Hug et al., (pp 56-59 & 228-231), Goethe-Institut Rio de Janeiro, 2009
2008	‘Osebnosti - Veliki Slovenski biografski leksikon’ /’Personalities - The Great Slovene Biographical Lexicon’, (str.1324, Franjo Zdravič, MD / Andrej Zdravič), Založba Mladinska knjiga Slovene
	Jonas Mekas - Lucca Film Festival 2008 catalogue (cover / pp 71&74), Fundazione Ragghianti, Italy, 2008 Italian
	California Coast & Ocean - Editorial by Rasa Gustaitis, Volume 23, No.4, 2007-2008
2006	Secrets of Soča – Time Horizon, essay by Elisabeth Faller, ‘Wasserkunstwelten in der Künstlerstadt Gmünd’ /’Water Art Works at the Art City of Gmünd’/ exhibition catalogue, Ritter, 2006
2004	FotoFest H2O04 - Tenth International Biennial of Photography and Photo-related Art, ‘Celebrating Water’ catalog, on-line notes on the exhibition ‘Language of Water’ by the Institute of Flow Sciences, Germany, accompanied by Andrej Zdravič’s Riverglass, Houston, Texas, March 12 – May 12, 2004
	‘La pedagogia immaginale’, essay by Paolo Mottana, from his book ‘La visione smeraldina. Introduzione alla pedagogia immaginale’ (pp 9-19), Mimesis, Milano 2004 Italian
	Gibljive slike z razstave - K filmsko-teoretsko in muzeološko osmišljeni rabi avdiovizualnih medijev, Darja Skrt, Goriški muzej Nova Gorica, 2004
2003	‘The Different Same - Contemporary Art Exchange’, exhibition catalogue (AZ page) by Zhu Tong and Nadja Zgonik, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, China English/ Chinese
2002	‘Wasser-Symposium’, programme, Luzern, Switzerland German
	Umetniško delo v povezavi z znanostjo - ustvarjalna praksa Andreja Zdraviča’ /‘Art Work in Connection with Science - the Creative Practice of AZ’, Prostori Umetnosti, urednici: Polona Tratnik, Nika Zupančič, Društvo inovatorjev Ljubljana
2001	Artecinema - 6° Festival Internazionale di Film sull’Arte Contemporanea catalogue: Origin page, Naples Italian/ English
2000	Just like a Shadow by Jonas Mekas, (photograms from films, incl. AZ) edited by Patrick Remy and Jérôme Sans, Steidl
	Wasser, Anlässlich des internationalen Kongresses vom 21.-15.10.1998, Forum der Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn /‘Water: Annals of the International Water Congress’. Schriftenreihe Forum, Band 9/I, Redaktion: Bernd Busch und Larissa Förster, Wienand, Köln
1999	Andrej Zdravič: Ocean Lava catalogue - Venice Biennale, Slovene pavilion, 1999 (excerpt)
1998	INPUT’98 - International Public Television Screening Conference, program notes on Riverglass, Stuttgart
1996	The Exploratorium, View book, San Francisco, 1996
	AZ: SoundVision of the World - Sound Films and Installations (1974-1995), retrospective catalogue. Texts by Stojan Pelko, Bojan Štih, Andrej Zdravič et al., edited by AZ and Marjola Zdravič, Slovenska Kinoteka / Cankarjev dom Cultural and Congress Centre, Ljubljana
1995	Darja Skrt, Primorska srečanja (Magazine for social sciences and culture), Nova Gorica, No.176-1995
1993	California Coast & Ocean, Vol.9, No.3 – Summer
1981	‘20 Years of American 8mm and Super-8 Films’ screening series program, May 1 - June 30, Anthology Film Archives, New York

2013	‘The Ecocinema Experience’: ‘Andrej Zdravič’s Riverglass – A River Ballet in Four Seasons - essay by Scott MacDonald (pp 5 & 17-21), and ‘The Aesthetics and Ethics of Eco-film Criticism’, essay by David Ingram, (pp 44-45) / ‘Ecocinema Theory and Practice’, edited by Stephen Rust (et al.), Routledge, 2013
2012	‘El presente de una desilusión - Una sexta parte de la Tierra. Ecologías de la imagen’, María Virginia Jaua on Riverglass / Salonkritik.net, Marzo 11, 2012, Madrid
2010	‘Shifting Paradigms: From Environmentalist Films to Ecocinema’ / ‘Lyrical Ecocinema: Riverglass – A Ballet in Four Seasons (pp 51-54) /‘Framing the World - Explorations in Ecocriticism and Film’, edited by Paula Willoquet-Maricondi (also, author of the essay), University of Virginia Press, 2010
	‘Na drugih obalah: Andrej Zdravič in film gibljivosti v gibanju’ /‘On Other Shores: AZ and the Cinema of Movement in Motion’/, avtor Nil Baskar, Kino-Integral! Prispevki k zgodovini slovenskega eksperimentalnega filma, Kino! 11/12, 2010
2008	‘The Films of Andrej Zdravič’ - Retrospective program notes, Anthology Film Archives, New York
	‘The Films of Andrej Zdravič at Anthology’ by Aaron Hills, The Village Voice, Nov.18, 2008, New York
2005	‘Le immagini elementali di Andrej Zdravič’, essay by Paolo Mottana ("Dalla 'clinica della formazione' alla 'pedagogia immaginale' attraverso il cinema" (p 89-106) / Pierluigi Malavasi, Simonetta Polenghi, Pier Cesare Rivoltella (a cura), ‘Cinema, pratiche formative, educazione’, Vita e Pensiero, Milano, 2005
	‘Through a Glass, Clearly’, essay on Riverglass by Paula Williquet-Maricondi, Release Print, November/October, San Francisco
2004	‘Toward an Eco Cinema’: Riverglass – A River Ballet in Four Seasons, essay by Scott MacDonald (pp 111-114) / ISLE (Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment) Journal, Vol. 11.2 Summer 2004, Reno, Nevada
	‘Il cinema immaginale’: ‘Le immagini elementali di Andrej Zdravič’, essay by Paolo Mottana (pp 41-57) / ‘Il Cinema per la formazione’, Alberto Agosti (a cura), Angelli, Milano, 2004 Italian
2002	'Utrip srca - kratki film Andreja Zdraviča’ /Heartbeat, a short film by Andrej Zdravič’, Besim Spahić: Kulturni marketing, Študentska založba, Ljubljana Slovene/ English
2001	‘The Essence of Filmmaking’ by John Fucile – review of Andrej Zdravič’s films at 47th Flaherty Seminar, New York, 2001, 2014
	‘Andrej Zdravič - Pripoved energij, ne zgodba o življenju, življenje samo’ /’Andrej Zdravič - A Tale of Energies, Not a Story About Life but Life Itself’, Jelka Šutej Adamič, Kinotečnik – Slovenska Kinoteka, Ljubljana, september 2001 Slovene
	‘Ko sta film in življenje eno’ /’When Film And Life Are One’, Vlado Škafar, Finance, 24.9.01 Slovene
2000	‘Riverglass - Rivierballet in vier seizonenen’, Deka Wielenga, Bres, no.201/April-May 2000, the Netherlands
1999	‘Der Triumph des Andrej Zdravič’ – Friedrich Danielis macht sich einen Reim aus der Biennale von Venedig’ /‘The Triumph of Andrej Zdravič - Friedrich Danielis Speaks His Mind about the Venice Biennale’, Wiener Journal (p 49), September, Wien German
	‘Čista glasba valovanja’, Nagrada Prešernovega sklada - Andrej Zdravič’ /’Pure Music of Undulation, Prešeren Fund awardee - Andrej Zdravič’, Jelka Šutej Adamič, Delo, 5.2.99 Slovene
	Andrej Zdravič: V steklu reke - almanah Nagrad Prešernovega sklada 1999 /AZ: Riverglass- the Prešeren Fund Awardees almanac; award citation, photo by Tone Stojko; Upravni odbor Prešernovega sklada v Ljubljani
1998	‘Neue TV-Genres’ /’New TV Genres’, Kraft Wetzel, Freitag, Berlin, 29/5/98
1997	‘Kamera v subjektivu reke’ /’Camera in the River’s Subjective’, Ženja Leiler, Delo, 23.6.97 Slovene
	‘Reka kot velika metafora bivanja’ /’The River as a Great Metaphor of Existence’, Ženja Leiler, Delo, 20.7.97 Slovene
	‘Balet rečnega toka’ /’The River Flow Ballet’, Slobodan Valentinčič, Primorske Novice, 27.6.97 Slovene
	‘Življenski utrip reke’ /’The River’s Life Pulse’, essay on Riverglass by Dr. Jure Mikuž (unpublished), Ljubljana
1996	‘Sound Visions of Andrej Zdravič’ by Stojan Pelko, Adria Airways in-flight magazine, November 1996
	‘Monumentalni momenti’ /‘Monumental Moments’, essay by Stojan Pelko, Maska, letnik VI, št. 4/6, 96 Slovene
	‘Zvočno-vizualna vizija sveta’, Retrospektiva Andrej Zdraviča, Ženja Leiler, Delo, 20.2.96
	‘Skrivnostna lepota sveta’ /’The Secret Beauty of the World’, Pavel Fajdiga, Slovenec, 20.2.96
	‘Liturgije, ki pomirjajo’ /’Soothing Liturgies’, Milan Dekleva, Dnevnik, 16.2.96
	‘Proces destilacije sveta’ /’A Process of the World Distillation’, Miha Brun, revija Stop, 16.2.96
	‘Apoteoza narave Andreja Zdraviča - filmske podobe o vsepričujočnosti energije’ /'Andrej Zdravič’s Apotheosis of Nature - Film Images of Ever-Present Energies’, Andreja Paljevac, Republika, 2.2.96
1995	‘Oblaki in Ocean’ /’The Clouds and the Ocean’ - esej v knjigi Bojana Štiha ‘Jesenska fuga o norcu in smrti’, Založba Dan, Ljubljana (N.B.: prvotno objavljen pod naslovom ‘Čudežne igre narave’ / first published as ’The Miraculous Games of Nature’, Dnevnik, 28.3.1987). The author is referring to Zdravič’s films Air Trio and Ocean Beat-in-progress Slovene/ English
	‘Iz globin Soče z ljubeznijo’ /’From the Depths of Soča with Love’, Katja Roš, Delo, 27.7.95
1994	‘Andrej Zdravič’ - Jean-Michel Bouhours, Actualités 2, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, juin 1994
	“Earth Streams’, essay by Jean Breschand, Andrej Zdravič’s retrospective CATALOGUE, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1994 French
	‘A Curious Alliance : the role of art in a science museum / editor, Ellen Klages ; writers, Mark Bartlet et al.: The ‘Environmental Art at the Exploratorium’ – ‘Andrej Zdravič’s Water Waves’ by Mark Bartlett, Exploratorium, San Francisco 1994
1992	‘The Machines that Conquered the World’ by Mark Bartlett, Artweek, August 20, 1992
	‘Water Waves by Andrej Zdravič’, essay by Mark Bartlett, writer, teacher and artist - written for Artweek, San Francisco
1991	‘Andrej Zdravič’s Films’ by Calvin Ahlgren, written for The San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco
	‘Pripoved o vodi’ /’The Water Tale’, Ignacija Fridl, Slovenec, 20.9.91
1987	‘Čudežne igre narave’ /’The Miraculous Games of Nature’, Bojan Štih, Dnevnik, 28.3.87 (N.B.: this essay was subsequently published in the book ‘Jesenska fuga o norcu in smrti’ by Bojan Štih (1995), titled: ‘Oblaki in Ocean’ /’The Clouds and the Ocean’. The author is referring to Zdravič’s films Air Trio and Ocean Beat-in-progress.
1981	‘Films of Zdravič at Filmforum’ by Linda Gross, Los Angeles Times, September 28, 1981
1980	‘Zdravič Gives Beauty to Found Objects’ by David Ehrenstein, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, May 27
	‘Filmi silijo naj k razmišljanju’ /’Films to Make One Think’, Miha Brun, revija Stop, 3.1.80
1979	‘Filmovi kao “prosvetljenje” – ovi Andreja Zdraviča /’Film as Enlightenment’, Jovan Jovanović, Filmograf, Godina IV/broj 13 Serbian
	‘Andrej Zdravič’s Films’, review by Vincent Grenier, Idiolects Quarterly, April-May No.5,, New York
1978	‘Filmmaker has Sound Reason for keeping New York Studies Silent’, Brenda Preisner, Buffalo Evening News, November 20
1977	‘Movement Energy’ by Amy Taubin, The Soho Weekly News, New York, May 19, 1977
1976	‘Movie Journal’ by Jonas Mekas, The Soho Weekly News, New York, May 27, 1976
1975	Phenix - review by Bruce Jenkins, Beau Fleuve Journal, Gerald O’Grady, editor, director Media Study/Buffalo, 1975 English/French