Matija Debeljuh, rođen u Puli 1980. Diplomirao je na Umjetničkoj akademiji dizajn vizualnih komunikacija – videooblikovanje u Splitu. Predstavljao je Hrvatsku na Biennalu mladih umjetnika Europe i Mediterana. Dosad je izlagao na mnogobrojnim skupnim i samostalnim izložbama. Od međunarodnih radionica svakako treba izdvojiti sudjelovanje na Sarajevo Talent Campusu i Berlinale Talent Campusu. Eksperimentalni filmovi i videoradovi Matije Debeljuha prikazivani su na međunarodnim festivalima, gdje su osvojili i značajne nagrade. Godine 2013. u Vodnjanu (Istra, Hrvatska) otvara Apoteku – prostor za suvremenu umjetnost. Godine 2020. završava postdiplomski studij MOVIES – Moving Images Arts pri Sveučilištu arhitekture u Veneciji. Kratka filmografija: K51, La cantina di ferro, Opsesija, Contrada, Grad od čelika, Gubilište. Dobitnik je Grand Prixa na 26. Slavonskom biennalu za rad Studija za Gubilište.

 Matija Debeljuh, born in Pula in 1980. He graduated in Visual Communications Design – Video Design at the  Academy of Arts in Split. Debeljuh represented Croatia at the Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean. Until now, Matija Debeljuh has exhibited at numerous group and solol exhibitions. His participation in international workshops, such as Sarajevo Talent Campus and Berlinale Talent Campus should definitely be highlsingled. Matija Debeljuh's experimental films and video works were shown at international festivals, where they won significant awards. In 2013, in Vodnjan (Istria, Croatia), he opened Apoteka – a space for contemporary art. In 2020, he finished his postgraduate studies in MOVIES – Moving Images Arts at the University of Architecture in Venice. Short filmography: K51, La cantina di ferro, Obsession, Contrada, City of Steel, Scaffold. He won the Grand Prix at the 26th Slavonski Biennale for his work The Study for Scaffold.

Matija Debeljuh

Gumila, 2022.

video, HD

15:45min

Gumila je posveta Marčelu Brajnoviću, jednom od najistaknutijih istarskih umjetnika. Atmosferski film o umjetničkom habitatu osebujnog umjetnika. Godinu dana nakon njegove smrti kamera bilježi čudesan prostor u kojem još uvijek kao da nalazi umjetnikovu prisutnost kroz razne predmete, slike, krajolik. Umjetnik je prisutan bez obzira na to što je napustio svoje tjelesno iskustvo. Čudesna priroda u beskraju vremena pruža utočište nadrealnoj arhitekturi simboličnog značenja, koja se stapa s blagim nijansama sivog neba.

Gumila is a dedication to Marčel Brajnović, one of the most prominent Istrian artists. An atmospheric film about the artistic habitat of a peculiar artist. A year after his death, the camera captures a wonderful space in which it still seems to record the artist's presence through various objects, paintings and landscapes. The artist is present regardless of the fact that he had left his bodily experience. The wondrous nature in the infinity of time provides refuge to the surreal architecture of symbolic meaning, which blends with the soft shades of the gray sky.

• iz izjave umjetnika / from the statement of the artist