Reports

ZERO GRAVITY PAINTINGS

In my approach to painting, I try to manipulate factors that influence the final visual form of the work. In this case, I try to suppress the earth’s gravity, which is otherwise fundamental to my earlier approaches to the medium of painting (New Dripping). Here chance is maximised and artistic expression minimised. I present canvases that might seem familiar to viewers, but their physical form is deceptive. The key to figuring them out is the video that is part of the project.

artistsEvžen Šimera
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castEvžen Šimera
cameraIvan Svoboda
soundIvan Svoboda
editingIvan Svoboda
categoryReports
published22. 9. 2009
languageČesky / English
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ZERO GRAVITY PAINTINGS
At a moment of digital ubiquity, it may be easier to treat the data from digital platforms as primary in contemporary innovation and to believe that, if coated with sensors in an internet of things, the stiff, dumb world will suddenly become responsive and “smart.” But the heavy lumpy components of space are themselves information systems that don’t really need digital devices to make them dance.
Artworks by Lukáš Prokop exceed simple categorization, as his work oscillates among various media: he deftly connects his work with video, graphic imaging, sculpture, photography, textile, writing or digital printing. By actively thematizing creative technological processes, Prokop’s work also intentionally problematizes his own authorial position as the sole producer of the artistic content/work.
The 35m2 gallery presents two monumental works, two different environments. Both spaces are based on the same material context, the same material language. Yet each of these realizations appeals to different senses using different techniques and materials. These new spatial configurations, structures, and installations, which shape our spatial orientation and navigation through space, primarily appeal to our basic senses, our sensory memory, and our individual/private memory.