In thanks and recognition to my Shadow,
who was and is
always, in all-ways
a step in front or behind me
-beside me-
caring
compassionate
doting
warm
kind
fond
adoring
sharing
passionate
friendly
open
delicate
accepting
admiring
devoted
humble
understanding
amorous
charming
considerate
loyal
tender
flirtatious
close
checking
...loving... thank you.

We all have shadows - thanks for bringing your shadow here to join my shadow, you can even trade yours for mine...the gr@y market is open!

Tadeja Zupan Arsov, Production house Red, Bled, Slovenia

Johannes Attems, Banker, OEKB Vienna, Austria

Wolfgang J. Bandion, professor at the University for applied arts, Vienna, Austria

Bill Barrett, professor of electronic and photographic media, Webster University, St. Louis, USA

Aleksander Bassin,Director in retirement, Special Adviser, City Art Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Alida Bevk, actress

Emil Brix, ambassador, Federal Ministry for European and Foreign Affairs, Vienna, Austria


Jožko Buch, medical doctor in retirement, Vienna, Austria

Lucien Clergue, photographer and filmmaker, my mentor, member of the French Academy of Fine Arts, founder of Rencontre d'Arles, Arles, France

Mitja Čander, writer, publicist and editor of Beletrina collection, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Oscar del Campo, Director General of the Hotel Imperial & Hotel Bristol, Vienna, Austria

Mojca Delač, journalist, National Radio Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Lev Detela, writer and poet, Vienna, Austria

Nora Drasche, art conservationist, Ebreichsdorf, Austria

Richard Drasche, Director, Schloss Ebreichsdorf, Ebreichsdorf, Austria

Mohamed ElBaradei, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Director General of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria

Kilian Franer, Head of the department for culture, Vienna's 6th district, Vienna, Austria

Joachim Lothar Gartner, artist and professor, President of the Kuenstlerhaus Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Bogdan Grom, artist, Woodrow, New York, USA

Mojca Jesenovec, Slovene language department, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Franz Kattnig, Director in retirement, Special Adviser, Mohorjeva Publishing House Celovec-Ljubljana-Vienna, Austria

Srgjan Kerim, Director, WAS, Vienna, Austria, former Minister of Foregin Affairs, Republic of Macedonia, former President of the UN General Assembly

Milček Komelj, art critic and art historian, professor of art history and member of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Art

Kolja Krammer, Director, Museum of Young Art Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Helga Krisper, publicist and literary critic in retirement, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Stanislav M. Maršič, language editor, Mohorjeva publishing house, Celovec, Austria

Mitja Meršol, publicist, former editor in chief of the national daily the Delo, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Helga Mračnikar, publicist, translator of my poetry, Drava publishing house, Celovec, Austria

Thomas Oberlechner, my former professor, head of the psychology department, Webster University, Vienna, Austria

Ernest Petrič, judge of the constitutional court of Slovenia, professor of international law and international relations, president of the UN International Law Commission, former ambassador, my father

Boris Podrecca, publicist, artist/architect and professor of architecture, Vienna, Austria

Zoran Poposki, artist, my partner in Z+E+M public art collective, Skopje, Macedonia

Alenka Prvinšek, International Centre for Migration Policy Development, Vienna, Austria

Meinhard Rauchensteiner, counseler for art and science, office of the federal president of Austria, Vienna, Austria

Nika Rogelj, my beloved aunt

Markuz Wernli Saitô, artist, my partner in Z+E+M public art collective, Zurich Switzerland/Kyoto Japan

Wilfried Seipel, Director (retired) of the Art History Museums Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Matthew D. Selekman, Co-director, Partnership for Collaborative Solutions,Evanston, IL, USA

Joshua Sinclair, scriptwriter, film director and producer, my former professor, Vienna, Austria

Dejan Sluga, Director of the photo art gallery Photon, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Štefan Bogan Šalej, publicist, lobbiest, diplomat and politician, Ljubljana, Slovenia/Brasilia Brasil

Janez Škrabec, Director Riko Ribnica, Ribnica, Slovenia

Breda Škrjanec, curator, International Center of Graphic Arts Grad Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Lili Šturm, International Center of Graphic Arts Grad Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Richard Timperia, director and founder of the Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, New York City, USA

Melita Vovk, artist, my fomer mentor, Bled, Slovenia

Peter Weiermair, art historian and publicist, former director of the Museum of Modern Art Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Franz Wohlfahrt, sponsor of this project, Director General, Novomatic AG, Gumpoldskirchen, Austria

Rudi Zaman, Director of Didakta Publishing House, Radovljica, Slovenia

Marijan Zlobec, art critic of the Delo newspaper Ljubljana, SLovenia

Jure Žmauc, Agency of SR Slovenia for Slovenes living abroad, Ljubljana, Slovenia


…we all have different professions,
different looks,
different languages,
different educations…

Above are the different professions of all those who were so generous to associate with the shadow and pass me along their thoughts… i didn’t want the different professions of my contributors (friends) to influence you, the reader too much so i decided to include them only here - for you to see how the shadow offers a space where we can communicate despite what profession, gender, age… we are.