Galerie Rudolfinum in cooperation with Goethe-Institut invite you to
March 26, 6 pm, Goethe-Institut
free admission
Guests: Matthias Planitzer, Noemi Purkrábková (BCAA system) and František Fekete
Moderated by Daniel Burda
The debate will be held in English
CRASH moderated debates with the international and Czech artists exhibiting in Poetics of Encryption offer an opportunity to see their artistic practice in the context of the exhibition and its themes. Invited artists, along with moderators from the field of art theory, bring perspectives and connections that are essential for conducting any debate and for developing critical thinking about technology and its encryption.
CRASH debate on March 26 at 6 pm at Goethe-Institut is followed by CRASH debate on April 2 at 6 pm at Galerie Rudolfinum. Want to discover more about the exhibition at Galerie Rudolfinum? Join the guided tour in Czech language on March 27 at 6 pm or the guided tour in English language on April 17 at 6 pm. Admission to all events is free.
Matthias Planitzer
Matthias Planitzer (DE) is a Berlin based artist. He started out studying medicine at the Charité Berlin, after which he became a research assistant at the department of Image Guidance at the Cluster of Excellence ‘Image Knowledge Gestaltung’ in Berlin. Subsequently, he completed his switch of professions with a degree in Fine Arts, which he finished as a Meisterschüler of Hito Steyerl’s Lensbased Class at Universität der Künste Berlin. His most recent exhibitions include the Museum für Fotografie, Berlin; the Hybrid Biennale at Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden; Temporary Home / ruruhaus at documenta fifteen, Kassel; Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, and Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, among others.
Exhibited artwork:
A Boring Dystopia, 2023
Airbus plane seats, podium, 8-channel video installation, sound, 10 min 31 sec
Courtesy of the artist
Translation to Czech by Vít Bohal
Noemi Purkrábková (BCAA system)
The Prague-based polyfunctional collective BCAA system has been walking the blurred line between contemporary alternative music, visual art and theory since 2017. Their multimedia projects – ranging from various forms of moving image art to online and offline gaming environments, exhibition activities, music releases and live performances – are always collective works and are therefore not presented under the individual names of the members. BCAA system has presented solo exhibitions such as Right from Here Everything is Flickering at Prague’s City Surfer Gallery (2018), Right From Here Everything Is Flickering II at In de Ruimte, Ghent, Belgium (2018), No Blade of Grass (as part of the 34th Biennale of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana, 2021) and Fortify the Lobby at Prague’s Display Gallery (2023). Their participation in group shows includes Tutorial (BSMNT, Leipzig, 2020), Imagine a Breath of Fresh Air (Galeria Studio, Warsaw, 2023) and Only Transitions and Translations (MeetFactory, 2023). In addition, the collective creates various interventions and projects outside of standard gallery spaces, such as the exhibition / game environment Deep Down You Know to Watch Your Step (PAF Olomouc, 2020) or the outdoor intervention The Password is Garden in the gardens of the Břevnov Monastery surrounding Entrance Gallery.
Exhibited artwork:
Fortify the Lobby, 2024–25
Audiovisual installation
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of BCAA system
František Fekete
František Fekete (CZ) is active as an artist and curator. In 2020 he graduated from the Centre for Audiovisual Studies at FAMU in Prague. He also completed an internship at Aalto University in Helsinki and at the Graphic Design and New Media Studio at UMPRUM. As a visual artist he works in various media, his work includes video, photography, drawing, collage and installation. It deals primarily with the invention of identity through image and reflection on non-normative forms of masculinity. He has had solo exhibitions at etc. gallery (2023), Sam83 gallery (2021) and GHMP (2018). From 2015-2022, he was one of the curators of the artist-run gallery 35m2. In addition, he has collaborated with other institutions such as Artyčok.TV (2023), Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (2019-2020), GAMU in Prague (2019), Brno House of Arts (2017) and others. He is currently active in the collective and initiative for contemporary art tranzit.cz.
Exhibited artwork:
Daniel Burda, František Fekete, Anežka Horová
Infrastructure: The Individual Representing the Whole, 2020
MP4 video, 4 min 40 sec
Created as part of the CAS FAMU Master’s degree program under the direction of Lukáš Likavčan
Daniel Burda
Daniel Burda studied economics at Charles University and audiovisual studies at FAMU. In addition to experimental film and video production, he is also interested in photography and combining various media formats. His source of interest is global phenomena such as wealth, resources and physical forces and their mutual interactions. His latest short film Dromoracing (2022) was part of the International film festival in Jihlava. He currently works as a curator of the Signal Festival.
Exhibited artwork:
Daniel Burda, František Fekete, Anežka Horová
Infrastructure: The Individual Representing the Whole, 2020
MP4 video, 4 min 40 sec
Created as part of the CAS FAMU Master’s degree program under the direction of Lukáš Likavčan
More information about the event can be found on the Galerie Rudolfinum website.
Galerie Rudolfinum