Exhibition: Václav Kopecký's Whole World Catalogue & Milan Mazúr's Eva

Václav Kopecký’s exhibition delves into the ambition of the photographic medium, which manifests in the contrast between a hand-toned enlargement and a proudly gleaming digital photograph. It juxtaposes timeless palms with flawless products that underscore the priorities of the present day.

Milan Mazúr's film Eva presents a contemplative, fragmentary work whose central motif is the film of the same name devoted to the theme of social help and human empathy. Through subtle image sequences and layered sound recordings, the story unfolds of a woman who, after her own experience with imprisonment and emigration, dedicated her life to supporting others.

Curator: Markéta Kinterová and Svetlana Malina

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Václav Kopecký graduated with a master’s degree from the Photography Studio of Hynek Alt and Aleksandra Vajd at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, and earned his bachelor’s degree from the Photography Studio of Pavel Baňka at the Faculty of Art and Design, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. In 2019, he obtained his Ph.D. in Fine Arts from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. From 2020 to 2024, he co-led the Applied Photography Studio with Jiří Thýn at the Faculty of Art and Design, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, and since 2024 he has been co-leading the Fine Art Studio IV (Lens Based Art) with Jiří Thýn at UMPRUM. He lives and works in Prague.

Milan Mazúr is a visual artist who focuses on working with the moving image. His practice primarily encompasses experimental film, generative video, and non-linear video essays. His projects frequently engage with the motif of memory—using visual and sonic artifacts that reference the past, fragments of archival records, or processes of forgetting and image decay. He views memory as a temporal layer where traces of the past intertwine with the present. He is interested in how memories are projected into the image and how technological procedures transform the original narrative. He graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (Jiří David Studio) and earned his Ph.D. at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under the supervision of Tomáš Svoboda.

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The exhibition was financially supported by a grant from GESTOR.