Location: Cultural Institution Gallery Kula (Ulica kralja Tomislava 10)

Time: May 12, 2026 – June 19, 2026, opening at 7:00 PM

(From the foreword, Žarko Paić): "In the latest work “Brilliant Self-Portrait DM,” we are dealing with a light-and-sound installation that also calls into question the concept of a video installation. It presents the artist in low resolution, with his face placed high in the space and necessarily enlarged. As the author further explains, the pixels composing his face are in fact yellow traffic lights. However, the work becomes even more intriguing as various thoughts of leading authorities of contemporary art and philosophy are spoken through his mouth, such as Nam June Paik, F.T. Marinetti, Tristan Tzara, Marcel Duchamp, Jean-Luc Godard, Andy Warhol, John Cage, Giorgio Agamben, and others."

About the artist: Dalibor Martinis is a leading Croatian transmedia and video artist, active since 1969 and internationally recognized for his experimental work in video, performance, and time-based media. From the beginning of his career, he has been associated with experimental and conceptual artistic practices in the former Yugoslavia. His projects often explore time, identity, and the relationship between media and society. He was born in Zagreb in 1947 and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. He has been exhibiting since 1969 and has worked as a video artist since 1973. He has held numerous solo exhibitions, performances, and screenings, and has participated in many international exhibitions (Venice Biennale, São Paulo, Gwangju, Thessaloniki, Cetinje, Cairo, Ljubljana; documenta in Kassel, Riga Triennial, etc.).

His video works and films have been shown at video festivals in Berlin, Tokyo, Taormina, Montreal, Locarno, and at international film festivals in Oberhausen, Bogotá, Vienna, Seattle, Nice, Montreal, Ljubljana, and others. He has taught at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb (1987–1991), the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, and the Academy of Applied Arts at the University of Rijeka (2007–2012). Martinis is Professor Emeritus at the University of Rijeka.

He has received numerous international awards (Tokyo Video Festival 1984, Locarno 1984, Alpe/Adria Film Festival Trieste 1996, Festival de Cine de Bogotá 2014, etc.). He is also the recipient of the “Josip Račić” Vjesnik Award (1995), the City of Zagreb Award (1998), the 1st T-HT Award (2013), the Vladimir Nazor Award (2016), the Special Award of the Split Film Festival for contribution to the development of moving image art (2023), and the HDLU Lifetime Achievement Award (2023). His works are included in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, The Museum of Modern Art New York, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, ZKM Karlsruhe, New York Public Library, Kontakt/Erste Bank Vienna, and others. Martinis lives in Zagreb.

More information about the exhibition and the artist is available at: https://kula-split.com/