Forma viva 50 years: Forma viva – Kostanjevica’s Window to the World

International Forma Viva Symposium and its four interconnected sites – Kostanjevica na Krki, Seča near Portorož, Ravne na Koroškem and Maribor – is, undeniably, an outstanding phenomena. Exhibition presents selected accomplishments of Forma Viva Symposium’s fifty years of existence. The exhibition begins with a photograph (1960) showing the initial founders,Vilma Pirkovič and Lado Smrekar, while visiting the site at St. Margarethen, It continues with shorter texts and documentary photographs. Amongst the items displayed a visitor could also found visual art works (drawings, prints, sketches …), left in Kostanjevica by FV participants, some posters and a number of small sculptures that were used as models or were done independently from the main sculpture. The exhibition also presented a number of sculptures works from the Coastal Galleries Piran and a single sculpture from Ravne na Koroškem. The exhibition was enriched by presenting documentary videos RTV SLO (1961-1988) and photo installation of Uroš Abram entitled Photo Viva.

Curator: Goran Milovanović