Artists: Darja Popolitova, Sabīne Vernere, Elīna VītolaCurator: Šelda PuķīteTitle: TriquetraVenue: Kogo Gallery, TartuPhotos: Roman-Sten Tõnissoo Humans often have a tendency to view the world as a binary entity where all things and actions can be categorised into simple oppositions. This creates an illusion of control and a promise of harmony. At the same time, imagining …
Artists: Eglė Budvytytė (LT/NL), Kasha Potrohosh (UA/SK), Viktória Revická (SK), Jura Shust (BY/DE), Ádám Ulbert (HU), Alicja Wysocka (PL/NL)Curator: Flóra Gadó / HUVenue: tranzit.sk, Bratislava Photos: isonative The exhibition is inspired by recent interest in spiritual worldviews and the revival of ancient knowledge in contemporary art. In times of crisis such as the current one, it …
Title: SKIN DEEP Venue: C U AT Sadka, Krakow artists: Jakub Gliński, Kornel Leśniak, Marcjanna, Ola Nenko, Monika Przygodzka, Mateusz Sarzyński, Stach Szumski curator: Michalina Sablik performance curator: Kornel Leśniak I know that you have a fragile heart. I promise to touch it carefully. I promise that my hands will be warm, he whispered tenderly …
Viktoria Draganova is a curator and writer living between Frankfurt am Main and Sofia. In 2014, she founded Swimming Pool, a non-profit project space in Sofia focused on artistic and curatorial research, collaborative approaches, art education and art community politics. Her personal research relates to present and future of micro organizations and institutional inventiveness. Since …
Artist: Kristina Õllek Title: Waters of Hypoxic Slime and Tropic Lime Venue: Kogo Gallery, Tartu 3.5 billion years ago, being present then and now,the oldest known organism is living among us. The catalyst and the changer of Earth’s life forms,creating the oxygenic atmosphere as we know and breathe.Breathe breathe breathe, say hello to cyanobacteria. At …
Artist: Dominika Olszowy Title: The Bare BellyVenue: Gdansk City GalleryCurator: Gabriela Warzycka-Tutak Photos: Tomasz Koszewnik My house, my ass, my rules. Two years ago, when I was at my friends’ summer house, I was looking for a tea mug. I opened a cupboard overflowing with cups, mugs, glasses, wineglasses and whatnot, and noticed a large spider …
Artist: Gábor Pap Title: Notebook of escape ideas Curator: Gábor Rieder Venue: Artkartell Projectspace, Budapest Photos: István András Juhász Artkartell projectspace is happy to present the season opening solo exhibition of Gábor Pap: Notebook of escape ideas. As a member of the youngest generation of Hungarian artists, in his collection of extraordinary sincerity Pap mixes …
Artist: Gideon Horváth Title: Myths of Vulnerability Text: Lívia Páldi Venue: Glassyard Gallery, Budapest ‘That’s your speciality, telling people stories they never imagined – and convincing them it’s reasonable to want to see them come true’ – writes feminist activist writer and filmmaker Virginie Despentes in the foreword to An Apartment on Uranus.The book is …
What you are doing right now? Currently I’m curating Rudi Ninov’s exhibition ‘Voice Lines’ for his solo booth at the Art Brussels fair. We’re creating an artist catalogue which will represent his works and visions. This works evoke a variety of associations that can be related to written language, symbols, heard sounds or simple musical …
Artists: Dona Arnakis, Mathias Bar, Cătălin Bătrânu, Szilard Gaspar, George Roșu, Sergiu SasExhibition title: GAME ONCurator: Mirela VlăduțiVenue: META Spațiu, Timișoara, RomaniaPhotos: ©Cătălin Bătrânu & Josepha Blanchet/ all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and META Spațiu gallery “GAME ON” exhibition, currently on view at META Spațiu contemporary art gallery in Timișoara (Romania), curated …
Artist: Asztrid Csatlós Title: Nocturnal predators Venue: Művészetek és Irodalom Háza, Pécs I started the Nocturnal Predators series in 2022. The basic concept of the series started from a previous photo documentation, which dealt with the wave of migration that started in 2015. The location is a dirt road near my place of residence. This …
Artist: Laura Põld Title: Translating and Co-labouring Venue: (AV17)GALLERY, Vilnius Photos: Evgenia Levin Laura Põld works in the fields of interdisciplinary crafts and sculpture-based practice. The artist’s work continuously explores the environmental history, fundamental human and more-than-human skills and needs, including community, safety and shelter. A great emphasis in Põld’s work falls on her choice …
Artists: Argišt Alaverdyan, Jozef Mrva Venue: stone projects, Prague Text: Peter Sit Title: Spambot Fiction Spambot Fiction is the second co-exhibition of Argišt Alaverdyan and Jozef Mrva. The materially different approaches connect common themes, which the authors approach differently. Alaverdyan’s paintings, whose figures emerge from the unconscious in a collage of the reality of life …
What comes to your mind in connection with contemporary art when you hear the word “budget”? The word “budget” contains all of this; there has always been and always will be a shortage of financial budgets. I don’t question that it’s just how it is. But what bothers me in the current context is the …
Artist: Evelīna Deičmane Title: Tanzorgan Curator: Zane Onckule Venue: kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia Photography: Ansis Starks / all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga At the heart of Evelīna Deičmane’s third solo show at Kim? Contemporary Art Centre lies a deeply personal/sensitive concern – which nevertheless remains …