Oskar Čepan award 2011
The Centre of Contemporary Art Foundation proclaimed in April 2011 the 16th year of a prestigious award for a Slovakian visual artist up to 35 years of age – The Oskár Čepan Award 2011. An international board of experts selected four finalists of the competition – an art group Kassaboys, Katarína Poliačiková, Tomáš Rafa and Ján Šipöcz.
- I think that the organisers has sold the Oskár Čepan Prize under the prize.00:05:00.292
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- You can´t organize an exhibition like this in a place without a profile.00:05:07.854
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- You can organize a birthday party, fashion week or make a porno film here.00:05:11.367
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- It does not matter.00:05:17.391
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- If it does not change I will not be a jury member next year.00:05:22.865
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- I am very critical.00:05:28.207
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- The awarded work should be presented in a prestigious gallery, not here.00:05:34.055
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- I am not a fan of institutions.00:05:39.023
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- However, this prize is meant for young artists to support them.00:05:42.060
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- So they must have chance of proper presentation.00:05:47.622
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- I must say that it cannot be presented here.00:05:53.496
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- Even though I like alternative places.00:05:56.979
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- It could be a good exhibition, with positive criticism in journals.00:06:02.753
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- However, it is a prize that should have a wider media comprehension.00:06:11.366
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- The Tatran´s Tiger Prize is un underground prize of the Slovak art scene.00:06:18.796
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- It is a rule that the winner of Oskár Čepan Prize gets this prize.00:06:23.760
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- The winner gets a touring sculpture, object with the winners´names.00:06:32.743
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- They get the sculpture for a year, they should take care of it, and then return it.00:06:39.520