Jano Ballx
Galéria HIT rozhodla zaradiť Ballxa do svojej dramaturgie a poskytla platformu pre interdisciplinárny experiment plný vrstevnatých meandrov interpretácií z obidvoch brehov. HÍbky reálneho priestoru galérie sú v metaforách priznané ako stránky ciest Ja k sebe. Ballx tento priestor rozčlenil na tri stupne: vrchný je usporiadanou vyčistenou štruktúrou „telových“ znakov, posledný naopak obsahuje „všetko“. Je to „subterra“ – jeho podzemie, neutriedený sklad myšlienok a emócií, od besniacich síl vlastnej kreativity v automatickej či gestickej výrazovosti po maľovanie obrázkov s dcérou a jej vlastnú kreativitu ako tému (pre otca aj pre psychiatra). Medzi nimi je ako „ambulantný“ rez vsadené plné prázdno zrkadiel – tých ozajstných, ale aj takých, ktoré vznikajú pri jeho práci ako mimovoľné vedľajšie produkty vysublimované do „arty“ formy digitálnych tlačí, až po „tajomstvo“, to malé a vzácne – *hit. Všetko so všetkým súvisí, všetko do seba zapadá.
- This exhibition shows artworks made in the last two years.00:00:02.892
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- This first room was designed by the curator.00:00:06.948
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- The selected paintings that can be seen here00:00:15.506
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- thematize relationality.00:00:19.703
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- All of these four miniatures contain some duality00:00:23.927
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- of objects and what’s probably the most distinctive feature00:00:28.150
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- about those paintings00:00:32.636
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- is a moment of entering or coming inside.00:00:36.746
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- It’s a simplified version, or, say, an attractor00:00:44.658
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- of closed circle, possibly in its alchemistic significance00:00:48.824
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- – snake eating itself up.00:00:52.935
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- And I have closed it off with the clock00:00:57.033
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- that has been placed there by me00:01:01.521
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- with a reference to mythology, i.e. time, Chronos.00:01:05.661
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- Following some renaissance interpretations00:01:09.992
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- Chronos relates to the mythological figure of Kronos00:01:14.323
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- who comes from the youngest generation of Titans00:01:18.796
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- and who devours his own children.00:01:23.006
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- And it’s a conflict between creativity and authority.00:01:27.220
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- Down below there are00:01:31.462
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- of vectorised drawings ordered in a grid.00:01:35.569
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- I make them often somewhat automatically.00:01:47.214
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- Some of them are being made unawares00:01:51.475
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- while writing down some notes.00:01:55.701
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- Some are made with full intention while doing painting studies.00:01:59.735
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- By the virtue of its imperfection or the givenness of the space00:02:08.105
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- that changes and disintegrates the show goes through changes itself00:02:12.334
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- – content-wise.00:02:16.628
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- It can be seen the most in the case of the mirrors00:02:20.803
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- that have been dropping down accidentally00:02:24.963
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- due to technical imperfections while the show has been on.00:02:29.060
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- I have decided not to cover it in any way00:02:36.258
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- but work it in the form of an installation.00:02:40.821
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- So I have replaced the dropped down mirrors00:02:45.140
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- with black mats.00:02:49.239
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- My view of chance is…00:02:58.499
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- They say that chance doesn’t exist.00:03:02.724
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- I believe that chance never explains anything.00:03:06.871
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- At least according to my worldview00:03:11.015
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- one can always find some connectedness in chance.00:03:15.116
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- But I don’t consider that connectedness00:03:19.128
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- for a doctrine of sorts or an ultimate explanation.00:03:23.219
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- I consider chance to be an expression of liveliness,00:03:27.390
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- creativity and spontaneity.00:03:31.370
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- In the first idea of the show I imagined having one00:03:42.360
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- of the rooms replete with uncensored content.00:03:46.538
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- I have made too many things in those two years00:03:54.278
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- and I don’t show them often. So there is a bit of an overpressure00:03:58.479
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- to show off, in the good sense of the word.00:04:02.577
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- The show was produced in a quite accidental manner.00:04:06.709
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- I had brought a large part of the paintings00:04:10.873
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- in order to choose from them, but I have placed this first batch00:04:14.994
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- on the walls for the sake of selection00:04:19.124
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- and many of them have stayed right there.00:04:23.571
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- But of course I have retouched the installation00:04:27.644
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- with some smaller pieces.00:04:31.614