Past Residents
Past Resident2014: The Adam Mickiewicz Institute
Olaf Brzeski
Olaf Brzeski’s practice is rooted in surrealist visions, which he puts into life via film, three-dimensional sculptures and installations. His comments about his own works do not so much mirror his personal interpretation, but narrate fictional stories, illustrated in the artworks or, in fact, made believable through the existence of the latter. This is the way in which Brzeski generates new worlds and their inhabitants.
Olaf Brzeski, Dream - spontaneous combustion, 2008, Bone soot, polyurethane resin and ash, 70 4/5 x 59 x 37 2/5 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Olaf Brzeski, Untitled (from the little orphans series), 2009, Cast iron, chair, 35 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Olaf Brzeski, Out of love for a woman, 2012, Steel, bronze, oil, paint and wood, 118 1/8 x 118 1/8 x 177 1/8 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Olaf Brzeski, The fall of the man i don't like, 2012, Painted steel, 106 1/3 x 137 3/4 x 82 2/3 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Olaf Brzeski, Untitled (from the little orphans series), 2009, Cast iron, wood, glass and light, 82 2/3 x 35 1/2 x 51 1/5 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2014: Foundation for a Civil Society
Richard Loskot
Richard Loskot’s work reveals various physical, mental and symbolic attributes of the time-space reality. Loskot’s production includes sound installations, different simulations of natural phenomena – whether biological growth or sound and light conditions – and the reflection of the achievements of civilization. In spite of this technological orientation, Loskot’s installations may surprise the viewer with their aesthetic intuition. The impact on the senses is somewhere between science fiction and thoughtful metaphysics
Richard Loskot (born 1984 in Most), graduated in 2011 with a degree in Visual Communication from the Faculty of Art and Architecture, Liberec. He took an internship in Atelier of Magdaléna Jetelová at The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Loskot won the Exit 2007 Prize for his work System. He has exhibited in Germany, the UK, Romania, Italy, Czech Republic and Slovakia. His exhibitions include Asynchronisation, Jelení Gallery, Prague; The Point of Things, 4AM, Brno; Simple Thing, Galerie hlavního města Prahy, Prague and Logging the Present, G99, The Brno House of Art. He was a finalist for the 2012 Jindřich Chalupecký Award, where he presented the installation Another Place. Loskot lives and works in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: D-L Alvarez and Richard Loskot
February 18, 2014
Richard Loskot, Asynchronization, 2010, Site specific installation: 3 slide projectors, mirrors. Courtesy of the artist and PC Jeleni Gallery, Prague.
Richard Loskot, Simple Thing, 2012, Mirrors, halogen lamp, prism, metal. Courtesy of the artist and Start Up - City Gallery, Prague.
Richard Loskot, Unreality, 2013, Glass, monitor, fluorescent tube. Courtesy of the artist and Laboratorio Gallery, Prague.
Richard Loskot, Unreality, 2013, Mirrors, wood, 9 4/5 x 9 4/5 x 5 1/2 ft. Courtesy of the artist and Laboratorio Gallery, Prague.
Richard Loskot, Logging the Presnet, 2012, Wood table, 9 digital clocks, multimedia, 9 4/5 x 9 4/5 x 3 1/4 ft. Courtesy of the artist and The Brno House of Arts.
Residents from Czech Republic
Past Resident2013: Foundation for a Civil Society
Veli & Amos
Veli & Amos is a Slovenian-Swiss artist duo, based between Ljubljana and Zürich. Their work uses language, codes and the energy of graffiti and activism to draw attention to problems and borders of our present-day reality. They research public space, squats and demonstrations, where they adapt their knowledge into a site-specific art practice. With public art, art on the Internet or art inside the gallery, they deal with how to transform site.
Veli Silver (born 1983, Banja Luka) studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana and the Faculty of Fine Arts, Porto. Amos Angeles (born 1986, Zurich) studied Architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich and finished his bachelor’s degree at the Zurich University of the Arts. Veli and Amos have been working as a duo since 2008. Their work has been shown at Museum of Contemporary, Ljubljana; Rotor Gallery, Graz; HVW8 Gallery, Los Angeles; P 74 Gallery, Ljubljana; Message salon, Zurich and W139, Amsterdam.
Veli & Amos, F is forever, 2013, Bands, string, paper, plastic, 471/4 × 313/16 in. (120.01 × 79.25 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Veli & Amos, Follow the Out Line, 2012, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Veli & Amos, Who the fuck is Luka Princic, 2013, Performance. Courtesy of the artist.
Veli & Amos, Youtube, Let's Save the Whales International, Jew Box and Sheep, 2011, Mixed media, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Veli & Amos, Signed by Mana Ous Bah, 2012, Street signs, lights, print, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
