Eindhoven, November 10, 2016 – April 30, 2017, http://vanabbemuseum.nl Sissel Marie Tonn presented a technically complex installation that had the goal of simulating earthquakes experienced by people in the Groningen region of the Netherlands where natural gas extraction takes place. These Earthquakes are a consequence of the extraction processes, i.e. there are man-made. Someone makes…
Vienna, May 11-12, 2017, https://www.akbild.ac.at A small exhibition in the Academy sculpture studios. It was one room with a glass wall. Inside were 3 works: A sticker with a text/visual poem pasted on the glass (Zorn), a disassembled glove (Zorn) and a medium-sized painting (Bobek). At first it felt quite empty and like… “That’s it,…
Vienna, May 12 – 14, 2017, https://www.akbild.ac.at A two-day show by students of Daniel Richter (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna) and Olaf Metzel (Academy of Fine Arts Munich). Strangely I could not find any list of artists participating or layout with artist’s names. Does it relate to the old academy concept that you are a…
Eindhoven, April 28 – 30, 2017, http://thinkeconomia.com An interesting festival that was. I have noticed that there has been an exhibition on the topic on art addressing economic topics at Onomatopee art space (also in Eindhoven) last year, and I wondered, it there has been any cross-inspiration between this two organizations… The Economia festival dealt…
Vienna, April 25, 2017, http://depot.or.at/ Based on the title of the lecture, I was expecting something along the lines of science and technology studies or media archeology. Yet it proved to be much more complicated.
Vienna, April 4 – June 18 (Moulene) – June 25 (Barba + Faruqee), https://www.secession.at/ It has been five years since my last visit to the Secession. I had some memories and some preconceptions about this space. The art there was not easy. It was very conceptual. And the curators/director seemed to have a liking for…
March 23 – April 21, http://nod.roxy.cz/en/ At first sight, I encountered strict black and white abstract shapes on canvas and smaller, almost monochrome paintings with line patterns of applied paint. The whole space was permeated by a steady ambient-style music reminiscent of a science fiction movie soundtrack.
Prague, March 16 – April 20, 2017, http://www.dscgallery.com The large scale interior architecture-like installations from glass and stainless steel appeared to me most of all as a celebration of the capitalist-realism architecture of office towers and business districts. The scale was monumental, larger-than-human. The surfaces were smooth, reflective. Some transparent and some opaque, all set…
Vienna, April 22, 2017, http://www.graetzlgalerie.at/ An evening with two sound performances. The space appeared as multifunctional and probably doubles as an office or exhibition room during non-performance times. The atmosphere was friendly and warm. Audience and the performers all shared the same space side by side.
Bratislava, March 15 – May 13, 2017, http://gandy-gallery.com The exhibition presented “artists who critically examine the world in which they were born” (the press release said). There was a mixture of Czech and Slovak artists from various generations.