Jakub Jansa – Club of Opportunities, The Garden of Problems
#1 min Barbora Mrázková
2. 10. 2024
Jakub Jansa’s book Club of Opportunities / The Garden of Problems is a visual documentation of his extensive project, with individual episodes gradually presented in various exhibition spaces since 2017. Through the texts of the invited authors (Michal Novotný, Julie Béna, Kamil Nábělek, Noemi Purkrábková, Jozef Mrva Jr., Ernestyna Orlowska, Klára Vlasáková and Jan Bělíček), the publication reveals the themes that the author deals with and the plots and transformations that his main characters go through. One of these characters is the hybrid being Celerista, a combination of a human and the root vegetable celeriac, which can be read as the artist’s alter ego. Throughout the story, this character experiences internal conflicts and gradual identity transformation. Starting out as a populist, Celerista eventually becomes a conscious citizen, gradually climbing the social ladder. The book uses striking visuals, playfulness, sarcasm, and symbolism to provide commentary on social themes, unfulfilled expectations, dilemmas, and frustrations that we face today as a contemporary society.
Text: Barbora Mrázková
#2 min Fotograf Zone
FOTOGRAF ZONE FESTIVAL 2025 – TALK TOGETHER
The fifteenth edition of the international Fotograf Zone Festival, titled TALK TOGETHER, focuses on language and interpersonal communication in its many forms. This year’s festival will be presented in a condensed ten-day format, running from 3 to 12 October 2025, and will offer audiences new perspectives on how language shapes our relationships, understanding, and conflicts.
#2 min Natalie Drtinová, Dorota Franková
Dorota Franková – Tenderness and Pain of Dorota Franková’s Portraits
In her work, Dorota Franková focuses on portraiture. While the portraits of others tend to be full of tenderness and fragility, her own are captured in exacerbated situations or via manipulated photographs that emphasise the restlessness of the mind.
#1 min Barbora Mrázková
Jan Durina – Weak Season
#1 min Barbora Mrázková
Šejla Kamerić a Aleksandra Vajd – Erotic Revue
#1 min Barbora Mrázková
Rinko Kawauchi – M/E, On this sphere Endlessly interlinking
#1 min Barbora Mrázková
Viktor Kopasz – Temporary Objects
#4 min Vojtěch Märc, Barbora Mrázková
Bára Mrázková – Image Search
We see something, we don't exactly know what. We want to find out; we enter the image into the search engine. It finds something, we don't know exactly how, usually more or less the right thing. Image search (or more precisely, reverse image search) will be familiar to most of today's Internet users. For Bára Mrázková, such search engines are creative tools. But for those who are interested in her work, they are a possible lead. What’s at stake is what is in the pictures, what is between them, and what is behind them.
#3 min Barbora Mrázková
ScreenSaverGallery
In its now classic offering of screensavers, Windows 98 offered the growing 3-D pipeline, also known as the Plumber's Nightmare. The pipe appeared in a black void and gradually filled the entire monitor. The recurring motif and monotony of the animation evoked a calming ambience. ScreenSaverGallery, on the other hand, offers a miscellaneous experience and a moment of surprise.