Þetta Reddast

Art Residency for artist DUO in Grundarfjordur in Iceland together with Ľuboš Kotlár led do a finall exhibition in Reykjavíkl where they showed the result of their month long thinking and creative process. They have been close friend since their studies in the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava and this was their first official body of work. Although their art practice might seem leading to different directions, there are issues and topics where they overlap. They like to perceive and explore the nature and bodily experience within the landscape. What they both find unbelievably appealing is the power of the Moon and other celestial objects, they're closeness and distance, sky, clouds, darkness, non-linearity of time, mere existence of the body within that time and space, ephemeral and elusive phenomena.

The final installation in Artak105 Gallery was a result of a month long thinking process, discussions, trials and errors, failed concepts, drafts, fitness and maybe also shiny stuff…a month long process of looking for the end of a rainbow… The installation consisted from a series of drawings, textual notes of ideas and concepts, one print, few polaroids, ready-made stone, videos and Elvis Presley song Can´t Help Falling in Love.

They never know how it ends, but they always enjoy how it goes.

Eventually, there is always hope. It will be okay.






Art residency was supported using public funding by Slovak Art Council.




photos of the installation: Ľuboš Kotlár