Rinko Kawauchi – M/E, On this sphere Endlessly interlinking
#1 min Barbora Mrázková
2. 10. 2024
The catalogue for Rinko Kawauchi’s exhibition, M/E, includes her photographic series from the past decade as well as her latest work created since 2019. The title M/E refers to the exhibition as a whole and is a combination of the initial letters of the words “Mother” and “Earth”, creating the word ME and hinting at the unity between the artist and the planet. The new photographic work M/E shows this from two outlooks, two perspectives. On one hand, we have distant natural landscapes of Iceland and Hokkaido, depicting glaciers, waterfalls, volcanoes, caves, and snowy scenes. On the other, these are interspersed with close-up details of everyday life, family snapshots, and still lives captured at Kawauchi’s home during the pandemic. By tracing events through near and far distances, the author suggests the interconnectedness of relationships and the complexity of the whole to which we belong. The images are presented in her typical visual style of soft colours and overexposure, creating an intimate, personal and melancholic atmosphere.
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
Jakub Jansa – Club of Opportunities, The Garden of Problems
#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.