The multidisciplinary practice of Slovenian artist Marjetica Potrč explores individual empowerment and sustainable energetic strategies for the future. Merging art, architecture, ecology, and anthropology, her architectural case studies and public art projects are frequently consequences of the artist's long-term involvement and investigation into the life of various communities. By examining contemporary architectural practices and sustainable socio-urbanistic infrastructures, her work documents and interprets how people live together.

Drawing occupies a crucial position in Potrč's practice, giving direct insight into her idiosyncratic process of thinking about urgent problems of urban architecture, energy supply communication, and unsustainable infrastructure. - Soft Target, Hard Surface
is inspired by the urban context and by Potrč's ongoing research into workable alternatives to capitalist growth developed in situations of economic, social, or ecological crisis. Grounded in personal experience - Potrč takes on the role of a global urbanist who, guided by information as much as curiosity and chance encounters, travels to and between geopolitical hotspots.

Through a diary-like method, characteristic for her drawings, Potrč re-evaluates phenomena of seemingly remote urban micro-narratives viewed through the prism of frequently harsh socio-political realities. - Soft Target, Hard Surface,
composed of 8 drawings, characteristic for their clean and caricatural lines, bright watercolor appointments and sarcastic humorous phrases, is a commentary on global urbanism. Emphasizing the workable and the home-grown solutions that characterize individuals and communities faced with seemingly insurmountable economic and social problems, most of which have been caused by the worst manifestations of capitalism and globalism, the work, like much of Potrč's practice, prompts questions about art's agency and the responsibilities of the artist to the greater social realm.



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