Prague, March 10 – April 6, 2017, http://www.zatrojku.cz/atrium/vystavni-sin/
The atmosphere of the space was a bit weird. It was rather deserted, and there was an old lady sitting and selling “exhibition tickets” for CZK 30 (EUR 1.1). I am guessing that the number 31 on my ticket stub meant that I was the 31st visitor (on one of the last days of the show).
To prove her usefulness, the old lady handed over her own expert opinion of the show together with the ticket: She rolled her eyes and looked at me pitifully: “This could be great for little kids if it was placed in the garden outside of the exhibition space.”
And she was probably right. The exhibition consisted of a one one-room installation. The piece itself was technically well executed, and the raw grey sheets somehow fitted to the grey stone floor and the bare white echoing walls. But while walking around and trying to make noises in order to be able to observe the kinetic sculpture “in action” (sound sensors triggered the motor-powered shivering of the rolled metal sheets), I did feel a bit like a fool. The cause-and-effect interactivity always feels … playful or childlike, depending on the visitor’s age. Otherwise a quite cool, conceptual and Zimoun-like piece.