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2015 » Slovakia » Performing Space
| Curator: | Boris Kudlička |
| Authors of Theme: | Alan Krajčír, Michal Moravčík |
| Designer / Architect of exhibition: | Michal Moravčík Alan Krajčír |
| Institution: | The Theatre Institute Bratislava |
PNEUMA
The Pneuma project is freely inspired by the work of contemporary Slovak artist Stano Filko, who for several years has been addressing the interaction between and overlap of transcendence and material reality. Filko creates an original synthetic work exploring the overlap between his own life and world / art history, thus linking meta-history with his own life story. Based on his own experiences (two clinical deaths) and the study of different philosophical and religious systems, he came to distinctively grasp the world through art. He creates, continuously augments and composes his own language – a value system that can be experienced by the audience through his various environmental installations. Filko sees fine art as an opportunity to communicate his own architecture of information (Pierre Restany). Despite its somewhat closed nature, his work offers influential artistic material for contemporary artists as well.
We took the PQ’s propositions defining each specific space by size, weight, material (aluminium construction), and the sketched spatial dimension of a mirror as an opportunity to speak in a simple philosophical form – breathing – to create a life-giving atmosphere. Our aim is to place the hylozoistic form into the viewer’s field of vision through live movement.
The work draws on the six major chakras. Each side is given a colour: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and black. The colours of the block, when inflated, fill the assigned aluminium construction – the framework. The object’s breathing causes it to change shape; when exhaled, the shape of the block shows a sphere hidden within that can be touched and seen. At the same time, the lower part of the installation shows a spermatozoid message in a mirror.
The textile object is a single item made of several pieces of fabric. A firmly anchored epoxide sphere is placed within the object. The size of the sphere does not exceed the aluminium frame. The upper part contains technical equipment (compressor, time relay, fan).