Past Residents
Past Resident2013: BRNO University of Technology
Petr Šprincl
Petr Šprincl transforms his own memories into atmospheric, experimental documentaries. Strange, decadent individuals and mysterious phenomena form the basis for his screenplays. His early works focused on performance and art in public space, but since 2008 he has worked primarily in installation and experimental film.
In 2006, Petr Šprincl began to study Art history at Palacký University, Olomouc. There he discovered a studio of intermedia lead by Vladimir Havlik. In 2008, he began to study in the Department of Intermedia, Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology. Aside from visual projects, Šprincl participates in music projects and bands – including the black metal project Ďábel (Devil) and the witchhouse band ◊►≈. As a co-creator and video operator, he is part of the experimental theatre project DOCTOR.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Ruth Campau and Petr Šprincl
October 29, 2013
Petr Šprincl, Warped Jan, 2013, Super 8mm film, 17:08 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Petr Šprincl, Warped Jan, 2013, Super 8mm film, 17:08 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Petr Šprincl, Warped Jan, 2013, Super 8mm, 17:08 min. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Mladych, Brno.
Petr Šprincl, Hollywood, 2012, Super 8mm film, 10:58 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Petr Šprincl, Hollywood, 2012, 8mm film, 10:58 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Czech Republic
Past Resident2013: Foundation for a Civil Society
Henrjeta Mece
Henrjeta Mece’s practice explores issues related to the body, time, place and sense of belonging. Challenged by the world’s state in flux, her artwork references the contemporary experience of travel, mobility, borders, and diasporas. Mece’s artistic process employs reterritorialization as a method to: create images that allude to maps, remap a location outside of geographical systems of organization, and produce a temporary place of belonging. Without using direct biographical material, her multimedia installations focus on materializing trajectories rather than destinations. The artwork itself exists in the process as much as in the object and remains a course in the struggle to be positioned.
Henrjeta Mece is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, writer and educator. She completed her BFA and MFA at Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto . Mece is the recipient of numerous awards including, Vtape Fellowship, Canada Millennium Excellence Award, and various Ontario Arts Council grants. Mece’s artwork and curatorial projects have been exhibited in venues including, Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, 2011; Banff Centre of the Arts 2009-2010; Tirana Institute for Contemporary Art, 2012 and Zweigstelle Gallery, Berlin, 2012.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Henrjeta Mece and Saša Tkačenko
October 1, 2013
Henrjeta Mece, Looking Into the Future, 2013, Coffee stains on tissue paper. Courtesy of the artist.
Henrjeta Mece, Piled up City Nr. 8, 2010, C-print, 36 × 48 in. (91.44 × 121.92 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Henrjeta Mece, Reterritorializing Belonging, 2009, Video installation, 30 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Henrjeta Mece, The Traveler's Blanket, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 36 × 48 in. (91.44 × 121.92 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Henrjeta Mece, Untitled, 2012, Mixed media, 20 × 20 in. (50.8 × 50.8 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2013: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Tung-Lung Wu
For years, Tung-Lung Wu has worked on the manifestation of geometric and organic signs and symbols, adept at shaping the use of space and lines to pursue pure, simple, and abstract representation. His works carry both the calmness of classical paintings as well as the ingenuity of contemporary art. With his accommodating techniques and unique skills, Wu boasts of a distinct artistic style which belongs to a league of its own.
Tung-Lung Wu’s (born 1976, Taipei) works are minimalist abstract paintings, adopting minimal, simple and rationalistic genre, which are filled with his own style. The formation of his paintings consists of a majestic composition interlaced with a delicate and tasteful color palette, delivering a powerful visual tension as well as an underlain calm emotion, and each aspect of semiotic spirit, image space, psychology of forms, and color aesthetic has been prospected and incorporated in his creations. He is one of the few young artists who are devoted to abstract paintings in Taiwan. Wu lives and works in Taipei.
Tung-Lung Wu, Installation view, 2013, ITPARK Gallery Space, Dufftown. Courtesy of the artist and ITPARK Gallery Space, Dufftown.
Tung-Lung Wu, Symbol-66, 2010, Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Tung-Lung Wu, Colorlines-10, 2013, Oil on canvas, 60 x 96 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Tung-Lung Wu, Color Lines-12, 2013, Oil on canvas, 72 x 142 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Tung-Lung Wu, Symbol-83, 2012, Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in. Courtesy of the artist.
