X - ring / Line / Harvest 2013

Process Land Art

The piece was exhibited around the gallery Na Kalvarii which is settle on the top of the hill at place called "Porta Bohemica"  with two chapells and after harvest it was exhibited in overview show in Prague, where was the complete collection of all site specific pieces of art which was created during the years for this gallery Na Kalvarii.

Apart of our concept the public media reacted as "Crop Circles: Aliens land at Úštěk?"

    

White 2013

• Public areas and their visualizations, visually overcrowded spaces.
• Collection of information, long-term process of white surface in an urban environment use the observational principle in sense of gathering information from their surroundings and becomes a reflection of the exact area.
• The invasion of public space and monitoring the reactions of viewer as an active creator.

In Prague Karlin I hung three white canvases of size 120 x 100 cm and three white canvases 60 x 40 cm. Places I purposely chose in my neighborhood, so I can monitor daily development. Localities for white canvases were selected thorough monitoring of public areas in Karlin.

Suitable facilities for hanging frames were old abandoned buildings or walls, where the human hand have already signed on to the public space. Impairment of places was caused by various ways such as in the sense of presenting himself (tags) expressing in easily visible places (graffiti) or efforts of illegal commercial communications by posting flyers, bonding and anchoring ads on highly visible locations. One becomes an active agent in the creation of visually in public space.

White canvas has become competitive object with all this kind of visual display and its neutral nature seeks for its own position in a visually flooded areas. It defines the “images", which is located next to it or define them. White canvases as artifact ask through its symbolic metaphor for creation, artistic act and encourage imaginations and challenge a certain response. This is a form of communication with public space. It opens up the possibility of communication between the artifacts X viewer, which are not for this environment quite common. Canvases may disappear or change its visual nature. Canvases encourages participation, anyone can participate in process of transformation this pre-prepared area. Some impacts take place without the active involvement of the "viewer". Observational principle is capture on the screen information from the environment and so the image becomes a reflection of the exact place. By creating a tight relationship between the related "images on the street” and white canvases it support the position of the viewer as an active creator.

Exemplar 2013

Portrait
Series of photographs

Recently, I was in heat of seeking one lost small component going through the bag of mixed waste in our apartment. During picking the garbage piece by piece, crumb by crumb, I sudenly uncovered layers of passed days. In retrospect, I watched what was happening and eaten in the last week at our home.

Based on this experience and basic knowledge of garbology //Garbology is scientific study of waste and garbage, which refferes to lifestyles of certain groups of people applied especially in the sociocultural disciplines as anthropology, archeology, management.//

I was intrigued to create through this archaeological method metaphorical portraits of my neighbors. Portraits are composed of photographs of specimens, which I gradually took out from one waste bag belonging to the same householder. Each composition of photos works primarily with the element of fortune. It depended on the contents what I had just managed to pull out and also the rotting contents of some bags did require quick action.

For each Example = Householder has entered a number of photos documenting the content of each trash composed together and then I subjectively chose one photo that for me characterized the Example as a whole.