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CITY ART FEST 2009

Masker, Wektor, Pasta + 26 more

City Art Fest in Nitra aims to show contemporary visual art alongside art forms more typically found in urban spaces. There are events taking place throughout the whole city, including its streets, parks, squares and housing estates. 

Visitors move like tourists with a map in hand, looking for the different activities of the festival. Participating artists are inspired by the characteristics of Nitra, reacting to specific situations and areas in the city.

The first year of City Art Fest will introduce over 30 artists from Slovakia, The Czech Republic, Poland, and Austria. Visitors can expect to see graffiti, street art, public art, performances, happenings, sculpture, installations, alongside workshops for students, presentations, film screenings and concerts.

artistsMasker, Wektor, Pasta, Richard Fajnor, 71 Panika, Eja Devečková, Quoi, Coxie, 3 Point, Martin Keniž, Michaela Ivaníková, David Fišer, Matej Rosmány, Zbiok, Lukáš Matejka, Animo, Maroš, Aktivnagruppa, Arial, Mário Kastelovič, Kristián Németh, Christian Eisenberger, Nomad, ŇeTvor, Veronika Šramatyová, Monolog, Magdaléna Kuchtová, Dušan Krnáč, Igor Ondruš
curatorsOmar Mirza
place_Neurčené místo
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castRichard Fajnor, Omar Mirza, Katarína Slaninová, Peter Barenyi
soundJana Kapelová
editingJana Kapelová
interviewJana Kapelová, Katarína Slaninová
translationEva Maršíková
categoryReports
published23. 9. 2010
languageČesky / English
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CITY ART FEST 2009
The long life of industrial products, their slow decomposition and their subsequent journey into the earth - with all this, the artist gives nature and geological time a far more optimistic perspective than we as humans can attribute to ourselves. We now know that the garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean has exceeded the size of Texas and is approaching the size of all of North America.
Once upon a time, in an exhausted era in which nothing could apparently happen. Every exhibition is a small battle in the heat of the culture war. Individual skirmishes both consolidate and undermine constellations of opinions. Their rhythm and harmony is the heartbeat of a warring community. The culture war is both portend and sublimation. It is easy to escape its roar.