ArtBiom
CZE
IMAGINARY ECOLOGIES
31.5. - 15.6 Exibition
12.6. 20:30 Performative presentation
Imaginary worlds can serve as a productive way of coping with the current ecological crisis. Without carrying with them the paralyzing weight of pessimism, they provide productive insights into how our world can work differently and better. In our installation, we will step outside of the actual world and play with our own world. The installation will feature a video installation of six different visions of utopias, created by six members of Artbiom in collaboration with artificial intelligence. Our work will feature imaginations of other worlds, new ecosystems and new kinds of beings. However, these imaginations are not just a kind of trivial escapism, but can play out imaginary games and inspire the creation of new relationships. Through their imaginative power, alternative worlds can teach us how to transform our thinking, our imagination and, as a result, our behaviour and our relationship to the world. Imagination has the potential to both provide refuge, to create cracks in the walls of minds and worlds, and to provide space for healing and new kinds of thinking.
Artbiom is a multi-genre database that attempts to connect different expressions of art and culture, focusing on the environment and climate change.
The Imaginary Ecology project was a symbiotic collaboration between the following authorship and artificial intelligence:
Tomáš Samek (* 1997) studied aesthetics and is currently pursuing his nMgr. Tomas Samek is a professor of the Faculty of Arts at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, where he is currently studying New Media Studies. He is a member of Artbiom and Aignos. He writes philosophical texts, creates art and curates. His research interests include contemporary philosophy, affirmative pluralism, posthumanism, queer theory, feminisms, ecology, artificial intelligence, and extending the critical tools of feminisms to masculinities.
Tereza Vydrová studied Bohemia and Aesthetics at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. She teaches primary school and publishes reflective essays and reviews of visual art (Artikl, Sport in Art, ForUM GHMP). Since 2021 she has been part of the Artbiom association. She is interested in the topic of the exercise of power through the concept of taste, language or gender.
Andrea Szostoková (*2000); studied aesthetics at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University and currently works in a gallery. She has been working in Artbiom since the end of 2023.
Veronika Hanáková studied Film Science and New Media at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, where she is continuing her PhD programme, focusing on the question of audiovisual heritage from early digitality. Her audiovisual essays have been published in academic journals and film festivals. She has been active in the Artbiom association since the end of 2023.
Tereza Pinkasová studied aesthetics at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. She has been active in Artbiom since 2021.
Petra Janda is a multimedia author and founder of the web platform and database Artbiom.cz, an ecocell of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. She studied at the Intermedia Studio of Tomáš Vaňek and the Sculpture Studio of Tomáš Hlavina at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. As a multimedia artist, she works across the spectrum of creation, education and awareness.
The co-curator of the exhibition at (A)VOID Gallery is Tereza Nováková.