Context

House-Studio-Object-Cenotaph of Stano Filko
Boris Ondreička 

Video

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.

Artists

Participating artists

Boris Ondreička

*1969 Zlate Moravce, Slovakia; lives in Bratislava and Vienna

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 tranz​it​.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 Tran​sit​.sk in Bratislava.

More contributions

Diedrich Diederichsen
Vortrag 

Video

On the basis of his contribution to the publication, conceived against the backdrop of Poledna’s film produced in Los Angeles in the summer of 2024 especially for the exhibition at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Diederichsen will discuss and present Mathias Poledna’s artistic career with references to music and art history as well as pop culture.

Diedrich Diederichsen

Karel Císař
Lecture 

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In this lecture, Císař will explore Mathias Poledna’s career and artistic practice against the backdrop of the current exhibition, which can also be understood as a kind of retrospective. 

Karel Císař – Lecture

Mathias Poledna
Exhibition Tour 

Slide show

Mathias Poledna has created a complex, multi-layered body of work in which films, expansive installations and architectural interventions are in constant dialog with each other, where independent series of works, found objects and ephemeral materials all condense to form a singular artistic language. Central to his practice are questions of modernity, cultural memory and the visual imaginary in art and popular culture.

Ausstellungsrundgang Mathias Poledna

Performance Total Romance: Partial Repair
Isabel Lewis, Dirk Bell with vocalist, performer and artist Rupert Enticknap and performer and pole dancer Yann Slattery 

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The performance Total Romance: Partial Repair is the centerpiece of Isabel Lewis and Dirk Bell’s joint exhibition Ever/​Repair at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, and is performed by four performers. In… 

Performance Total Romance: Partial Repair Isabel Lewis, Dirk Bell with vocalist, performer and artist Rupert Enticknap and performer and pole dancer Yann Slattery