Reports

Natural materials

Natural Materials presents works of art based on cooperation of two artists – Richard Loskot (1984, CZ) a Michal Šimonfy (1984, SK). 

Both authors thematise nature, explore the substancies and phenomena, which create the natural reality of our life and at the same time, they suggest relevant questions about the current ethical relationship of human with the living organism of nature.

 

artistsMichal Šimonfy, Richard Loskot
curatorsZuzana Majlingová
placeSsG - Bethlenov dom
tags
castMichal Šimonfy, Richard Loskot
cameraJakub Julény
soundJakub Julény
editingJakub Julény
interviewJakub Julény
translationMichaela Wickleinová
categoryReports
published23. 1. 2014
languageČesky / English
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Natural materials
By imitating the gestures of objects and things that are already in the gallery space; by slowing down, pausing, lingering, alighting, unwinding... through these actions we can escape the entrenched trajectories we found ourselves on in the morning, rid ourselves momentarily of what we have already become, so that we can lose ourselves in thoughts of what we might be.
Both authors work with fictional worlds (seemingly) untouched by humans, which serve as romanticized escapes from the chaotic reality of the present. Instead of the desired contemplation, the scenes of an untouched natural world evoke an almost disturbing feeling of permanence and death.