Exhibiting artists: Filip Láb & Bára Mrázková, Yana Kononova

Curated by: Světlana Malinová

Opening: Sept 12, 2024, 6-9pm

Location: The Július Koller Society, Račianska 78, Bratislava 831 02

There are places we avoid. We stay away from them. We prefer to make a detour. We don’t talk about them, it’s taboo. The exhibition Passage Through The Space explores our relationship with places that have been affected by war or military activity. They have become non-places without a clear purpose or reason for being. Three artists enter these spaces and create a photographic record of the timelessness that reigns in the former Eastern Bloc. 

The project of Yana Kononova Peat Ontologies deals with the disappearing habitat of peat bog, which seem to be non-places in relation to human activities. It embodies only an unproductive barrier, but one that has an incredible power to preserve and conserve. This disappearing habitat can therefore teach us a lot about how nature functions today. 

Filip Láb and Bára Mrázková use the format of a fictional documentary to explore an abandoned military site that keeps alive the forgotten battles of the Cold War, a memory of a divided world.

Duration of the exhibition: Sept 13, 2024 – Dec 6, 2024

Open every Wednesday and Friday, 1-6pm.

In collaboration with Fotograf festival. Supported using public funding by Slovak Arts Council.