OHO Film
- Documentary Feature Film
- 93' 50''
- 2025
- Slovenia, Croatia
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Synopsis
OHO FILM is a documentary about the Slovenian avant-garde art movement and group OHO.
The years 1965–1971 in Slovenia – then a republic of socialist Yugoslavia – were defined by the avant-garde art movement known as the OHO Group, which has inspired and continues to inspire many artists, including Marina Abramović. OHO is considered one of the most interesting, complex and important examples of
OHO FILM is a documentary about the Slovenian avant-garde art movement and group OHO.
The years 1965–1971 in Slovenia – then a republic of socialist Yugoslavia – were defined by the avant-garde art movement known as the OHO Group, which has inspired and continues to inspire many artists, including Marina Abramović. OHO is considered one of the most interesting, complex and important examples of post-war avant-garde art in Central and Eastern Europe. After achieving major success as one of the first from Eastern Europe to exhibit at New York's MoMA, the group disbanded in 1971.
OHO was not just an art collective but a unique cultural phenomenon that explored the visible and the immaterial through art, philosophy, sociology, science and coexistence with the earth and nature. Already in the 1960s, the group was raising relevant questions about anthropocentrism, ecology and the economics of the art.
This documentary about OHO by Damjan Kozole (Berlinale Competition title Spare Parts and documentaries such as Ulay: Project Cancer, Borders and Pero) is rich in never-before-seen archival material and, for the first time, comprehensively presents this inspiring phenomenon of intertwining art and life.
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The creativity and subversiveness of OHO remain inspiring even today, more than half a century later. The film presents the key episodes of this avant-garde artistic and cultural phenomenon while also exploring what OHO’s ideas can offer us in the present day.
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The film celebrates the boldness and freedom of thinking outside established frameworks, providing in-depth insight into a vital part of Slovenian art history while inspiring today’s and future generations of artists, where the boundaries between the possible and the impossible become a testing ground for artistic expression.
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All financial information is obtained from official sources. I.e. producers or organizations which provided the financial support.
SL: Znesek se deli med več odobrenih projektov prijavitelja.
EN: Amount distributed among miltiple projects by the applicant.
Comitee: Živa Emeršič, Petra Seliškar, Nina Blažin Explication
Film razkriva delovanje skupine OHO, od njegovih začetkov do razpada. Vsebini manjka nekaj več inovativnosti v posnetem materialu danes, saj so OHO filmi igrivi, eksperimentalni in presenetljivi sami po sebi še danes. Tema je relevantna zaradi pomena skupine takrat in danes, močan dramaturški moment v filmu pa bi bilo ponovno srečanje članov po toliko letih od nastanka in delovanja skupine.
Glede na odmevnost in revolucionarnost skupine OHO v njenem času bi bilo upravičeno pričakovati določeno svojevrstnost narativnega pristopa in odmik od klasičnih izjav/ intervjujev ter iskanje bolj sveže filmske govorice. Skratka slog, ki bi bolje sovpadal z vsebino in zgodbo OHOjevcev.
Pričakovana privlačnost za slovenski prostor bi bila ob dobri in sveži filmski izvedbi kar precejšnja, saj je ta čas kljub odmiku še prisoten med nami.
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