Kristýna Gajdošová, Barbora Ilič
What currently connects a curator, an artist, a DJ, and a cameraman? Everything and nothing, as all of them typically strive to be everything, while simultaneously defining themselves in opposition to almost everything. Through four archetypal figures of the art world, the exhibition's author creates a multi-layered narrative that reflects the paradoxical tendencies and consequences of operating within the so-called world of art. The project intersects the doctoral research of the artists, who are both researchers and the subjects of their own investigations. A common thread among these studies is an interest in the proclaimed emancipatory and anti-systemic tendencies in contemporary art, and the ways in which these tendencies are later re-integrated into the existing modes of production and the polarizing trends in the political sphere. The project’s outcomes will take the form of several fragments of moving images, reminiscent of the trailer genre.
