Borges‘s claim that mirrors contain something monstrous led Jiří Franta and Jana Kochánková to make a spatially-installed game based on mirroring and photography. It expresses the absence vs. presence of objects and visitors in the present time and in the past. The ROOM space is divided with opposite-facing walls and mirrors, whose mutual relationship allows for the creation of the illusion of an exhibition of spatial works that were once in the gallery but are no more. From this perspective one can speak of the TIA exhibition as a specific form of artistic documentation.

artistsJana Kochánková, Jiří Franta
curatorsJiří Ptáček
placefotograf gallery
tags
castJana Kochánková, Jiří Franta
cameraJan Vidlička
soundJan Vidlička
editingJan Vidlička
interviewJan Vidlička
translationZuzana Frantíková
categoryReports
published19. 4. 2013
languageČesky / English
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I asked my friends to drive me (blindfolded), and a large mirror to the Baltic Sea coast in East Germany. Upon our arrival, my friends placed the mirror in an upright position on the beach facing the sea. I was escorted towards the mirror, where I sat down, removed the blindfold and watched the sea’s reflection in the mirror.