MAN IN THE CAVE
curators: Jana Písaříková & Milan Mikuláštík
Milos Sejn: Relics of cave events from the 60s - 80s
Rocks, gutters, caves, abysses, sinkholes, ditches - these geological formations have long fascinated us, aroused amazement and fear. We admire the immense power with which nature shapes the landscape. In the face of huge cave systems or abysses, we feel our own smallness and finiteness. These silent witnesses of the ancient past are a constant source of scientific and spiritual knowledge. They are a museum and a temple. We can read in them as in books. In books, however, in which sheets are missing. Fortunately, we are constantly finding new and new sites. The cave is a metaphor for the interior, the mind, the subconscious, hidden memories, the mother's womb, they are a place of existential awareness and introspection, the insides of the earth, hell and eternal nothingness. In the ancient past, caves provided living creatures with temporary shelter. The bat, bear, lion, hyena, human and other animals found their permanent homes in the caves. For their unexplored, mysterious caves have been and still are a source of myths, cults, superstitions, wisdom. Man in the cave - cave in man.
Artists: Karel Absolon, Hynek Alt, Marek Audy, Ondřej Basjuk, Zdeněk Burian, Mark Fridvalszki, Jolana Havelková, Vladimír Havlík, Veronika Holcová, Jakub Hons, Tomáš Hrůza, Anetta Mona Chisa, Katarina Kadijević, Jana Kasalová, Adam Kašpar, Marek Kvetán, Jaro Kyša, Šárka Basjuk Koudelová, Pavel Matyska, Vladimír Merta, Roman Muselík, Rafani, Tomáš Ruller, Rudolf Sikora, Hynek Skoták, Adam Směták, Jiří Y. Suchánek, Miloš Šejn, Lucia Tkáčová, Jakub Tulinger, Aleksandra Vajd, Tomáš Vobořil, Ladislav Vondrák and others
Milos Sejn: Mazarna Cave Watching the Setting Sun; Definition of Space by Fire, 1982–83 / Silver bromide emulsion on paper, record the event in the Grande Fatra mountains in Slovak Republic
Milos Sejn: Relics of cave events from the 60s - 80s
24. 11. 2021 – 6. 2. 2022 | Galerie NTK / National Library of Technology , Prague
Curators: Jana Písaříková & Milan Mikuláštík
Artists:Karel Absolon, Hynek Alt, Marek Audy, Ondřej Basjuk, Zdeněk Burian, Mark Fridvalszki, Jolana Havelková, Vladimír Havlík, Veronika Holcová, Jakub Hons, Tomáš Hrůza, Anetta Mona Chisa, Katarina Kadijević, Jana Kasalová, Adam Kašpar, Marek Kvetán, Jaro Kyša, Šárka Basjuk Koudelová, Pavel Matyska, Vladimír Merta, Roman Muselík, Rafani, Tomáš Ruller, Rudolf Sikora, Hynek Skoták, Adam Směták, Jiří Y. Suchánek, Miloš Šejn, Lucia Tkáčová, Jakub Tulinger, Aleksandra Vajd, Tomáš Vobořil, Ladislav Vondrák and others
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