House-Studio-Object-Cenotaph of Stano Filko
Boris Ondreička
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Please note that the lecture is availiable in English
Boris Ondreička has worked with Filko several times and their work were shown side by side in various constellations, last year, he curated an exhibition in Brno as well. Filko’s companion will address questions around producing art in Filko’s universe in a walkthrough. How can one imagine a collaboration with Filko, how did the studio operation work in the Snečienkova studio? How does his approach to the work function methodically? Ondreička can probably answer better than no one else the question of what can be fascinating for artists today about Filko’s artistic practice and why he can be understood as an artist’s artist.
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Boris Ondreička
is a curator, artist, author and singer. Since 2021 Ondreička is the artistic director of the art fair viennacontemporary. Previously he was the curator at Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary in Vienna and director of the international art initiative tranzit.sk in Bratislava. Amongst many, he has co-curated Rare Earth, Olafur Eliasson’s Green light at TBA21, Vienna; The Question of Will at OSF, Bratislava; Empire of the Senseless at MeetFactory, Prague; and Manifesta 8, in Murcia / Cartagena. He has co-founded The Society of Július Koller. Recently he curated the solo exhibition Abyssal Seeker [Benthic Zone] at FUTURA, Prague (2021), as well as an extensive exhibition on Stano Filko at Fait Gallery in Brno, Czech Republic (2021). His artistic projects were exhibited at Bergen Assembly (2019); Manifesta 2, Luxembourg; at MoMA PS1, New York; BAK Utrecht; HKW Berlin and at various biennials in Venice (2005, with Filko et al.), Tai-Pei, Athens, Kyiv and Jakarta. He worked intensely with Filko, including curating the exhibition Up 300000 km/s (2005÷06) with Vít Havránek at Transit.sk in Bratislava.
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