In her latest book project, Nimcová focuses on the theme of animals and the relationship between humans and nature. Her research and years of documenting animals during her travels, as well as collecting images found in newspapers and magazines, have resulted in the production of a book for children. She is interested in the place animals occupy in different cultures, how they are humanized, and how their existence is recorded in images of various kinds. The book Animal Imago is dedicated to Chuanita, the author's niece, who wanted to know why Lucia travels so much around the world and what she is looking for. In images of animals and nature, Nimcová explores the everyday reality around us, which, in her words, "is not given, but is something we create." After a series of works documenting contemporary Slovakia, such as Slovensko 003, Instant Women (2003-2005), Rusíni (2006), and after working with archives and confronting the present with the past in the cycles Unofficial (2006-2008), Leftovers (2007-2009), and Double Coding (2010), she returns more to herself, to her everyday life. Part of the exhibition at Krokus is a site-specific installation consisting of an open collection of photographs, drawings, and text excerpts from newspapers. The "pin-ups" attached to the wall with adhesive tape resemble small notes, a private diary, a family album, lists of tasks and possibilities that will be fulfilled or remain unrealized. In this project, Nimcová also explores the forms of photography, her approach being more fragmentary, more intimate, more intuitive than analytical. Grasping reality through images becomes a return to oneself. Dutch artist Bart Groenendaal put it this way in the accompanying text to the exhibition: "After so many years of documenting changes in society, isn't it time to document changes in ourselves?"
Gabriela Kisová
