Fotograf Zone – Tereza Zelenková

Tereza Zelenková is fascinated by timelessness, dust, archetypal objects unchanged for centuries or, on the contrary, purely contemporary ones, traces of the presence of someone we can be fascinated or even disgusted by. Crumpled fabrics welcome us into their textures as much as they repel us. From Teresa's photographs, it is as if we can perceive the smell or scents of the scenes she captured in some quaint London flat. A subtly sweet humidity permeated with dust occupies our perception along with the mesmerising images. The stiffness permeating many of the images unsettles us. Something of the past emerges as the passage of time is not terminated but bleeds into the present day. The notion of finality dissolves and only timelessness remains, along with the essential solitude presented by the artist.

Tereza Zelenková, Essential Solitude, Reykjavík: VOID, 2023

Markéta Kinterová

is the artistic director of Fotograf.zone and the editor-in-chief of the online magazine Fotograf. Her practice focuses on artistic research related to public space. She teaches at the Department of Photography at FAMU, Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

#45 Hypertension

Feelings of hypertension, a hyper-tense body, hypertension of the heart, hypertensive impulses, hypertensive images, hypertensive stimuli, hypertensive behavior, hypertensive individuals, hypertensive situations, hypertensive information flows, hypertensive media, a hypertensive flow of notifications. Is your blood pressure still the same? Is it rising? All fine? Are you feeling okay? Elevated blood pressure, or hypertension, is a metaphor for the question of the new virtual “I” and the changeability of a newly formed identity, the theme of this year’s Fotograf Festival, hypertension23, and also of this issue, which this time breaks away from the usual concept due to the connection to the festival, bringing a more concrete form, more akin to a catalogue.