Biography

EMA KUGLER - Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
… multimedia artist active in the field of art since 1985. She made a number of video-films, fine art installations and performances. Her first video-film was shot 1992 and since then seven more. Now (2008) the last one ....For the End of Time…. is in the final stage of production.
Inspiration: one and the only..music ……Bach, Monteverdi, Purcell, Handel, Shostakovich, Crumb, Messiaen, Ligeti, Gubaidulina .and many others………….



awards :
Golden bird award, for her multimedia activities in 1994;
Bronze Bear Award for her video-film The Visitor at the 1996 Festival der Nationen in
Austria;
the Best video-film Prize for her video-film Taiga at the Slovenian film festival 1997

Sphinx Award for her video opus at the 2nd Videomedeja International Video Festival
1997 in Novi Sad YU
the Best art video-film Prize for her video-film Homo Erectus, at the Slovenian Film
Festival 2001,
best of show - Gold Remi award 2001 as best Experimental Short for Homo Erectus at
Worldfest-Houston USA 2001.
Best short experimental for Homo Erectus at New York International Independent
Film Video Festival 2002 USA
Gold Remi Award -- Phantom in category Film&VideoArt,- Worldfest Houston 2004
USA
Spirit of Moondance Award …Phantom winning film of Moondance International Film
Festival 2004 Boulder CO, USA


VIDEO-FILMS
Hydra, 1993
The visitor, 1995
Taiga, 1996
Station 26, 1997
Menhir, 1999
Homo Erectus, 2000
Phantom 2003
Le Grand Macabre 2005


PERFORMANCES
Nostalgic Cut, 1985
Party, 1987
Black cave, 1988
Replicants, 1989
Mankurt I. 1990
Mankurt II. 1991
Uneasiness in front of the mirror image, 1993
Taiga, 1995
Station 25, 1996
Menhir, 1998
Homo Erectus, 2000
Supranova 2004
Introitus ,..or Kubrick was a wise man, 2006
Lontano, …or What would Robert Wilson did, if…., 2007