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OSKÁR ČEPAN’S AWARD 2012: MATEJ VAKULA

In his intermedial works, Matej Vakula (1981) studies the ways in which the public space is used and politicized. His artistic research is based on the do-it-yourself or the open source principle applied in the public sector, reflecting on such subject matters as safety, freedom, the global and the local, privatization, the political and the personal etc. Through his projects based on utilizing the means of artistic intervention, performance, radical archive geography, sharing, software and internet art, he aspires to contribute to a positive social transformation of the society.

 

 

artistsMatej Vakula
placeBratislava
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castMatej Vakula
cameraMaja Štefančíková, Jana Kapelová
soundMaja Štefančíková, Jana Kapelová
editingJana Kapelová
interviewJana Kapelová, Maja Štefančíková
translationEva Maršíková
categoryProfiles
published14. 9. 2012
languageČesky / English
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OSKÁR ČEPAN’S AWARD 2012: MATEJ VAKULA
The name Gallery 207 is a very down-to-earth name since it comes from the number of the room at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design where the gallery was located for five years (in October 2013 it moved to room number 405 but its name remained the same). Behind the same door we can find the Studio of intermedia confrontation.