Past Residents
Past Resident2021: International Visegrad Fund, Centre for Contemporary Art FUTURA
Vojtěch Novák
Vojtěch Novák describes his methodology as ‘always responding’. “Like a flipped coin seeking its third side,” he positions himself between the interpermeating roles of author and viewer. To this end, Novák’s artistic practice consists in layering narratives to form gesamtkunstwerk–total artworks spanning performative colloquies, happenings, curating and theater directing. The latter includes his stage design, his play on environment, and how he stages works of art.
Vojtěch Novák has exhibited work at Manifesta 11, Zürich; documenta 14, Kassel; and OFF-Biennale Budapest, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Summer Open House
July 28, 2021, 3–9pm
Vojtěch Novák, Forget Fear - Folly Folks, 2019, terrazzo made of shungite, metal, copy of a book with garnets, waxed tv screen, single-channel video, 29:06 min
Vojtěch Novák, Forget Fear - Folly Folks, 2019, terrazzo made of shungite, metal, copy of a book with garnets, waxed tv screen, single-channel video, 29:06 min
Vojtěch Novák, Samizdat Contrefaçon, 2018, installation view at DOX Centre for Contemporary Art; Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague; and Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, 66 × 95 in. (167.64 × 241.3 cm)
Vojtěch Novák, Flies of Fiume, 2020, installation view at Berlínskej Model, Prague 2020, dimensions variable
Vojtěch Novák, SILK ROAD HYBRIDIZATION, 2016, video, 58 min
Residents from Czech Republic
Past Resident2021: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Shih-yu Hsu
In her curatorial work, Shih-yu Hsu explores images making, the media, and feminism. She co-founded the bilingual online media art platform SCREEN in 2015 and was the executive assistant of Taiwan Pavilion in the 2017 Venice Biennale. Her writing has been published on several publications including Artforum, Artist Magazine, and Art Investment.
Shih-yu Hsu has presented exhibitions at 456 Gallery, New York City; Taipei Contemporary Art Center; and Selarsar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, among others. She is currently a curator at Taipei Contemporary Art Center.
Sound Route(Shen Sum-Sum, Wu Chi-Yu, Musquiqui Chihying), To Choose, 2019, audio tour, 43 min., from the exhibition Sensuous Tua-Tiu-Tiann, Taipei Contemporary Art Center
Beatrice Glow, Rhunhattan: A Tale of Two Islands, 2019, mixed media, from the exhibition "Female Avatars' Futurist Statement #4 - Flowers and Forts"
Pei-Hsuan Wang, Dearly Beloved, 2019, video, work on paper, sculpture, installation, from the exhibition "Female Avatars' Futurist Statement #1 You Are My Sunshine"
Po-chieh Chang, Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Night, Good Bye, Harbor, Sailor, 2018, virtual reality, 8:45 min., from the exhibition "Video Lounge Series 3: Eyes, Bugs, Fishes and Birds"
Musquiqui Chihying, The Flash, 2017, flash light, Arduino, glowing paint, from the exhibition "Resistance is Futile"
Past Resident2021: Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
Myrid Carten
Myrid Carten is moving image artist whose work has screened internationally. Using documentary and fiction, and often a playful combination of both, her films interrogate both the struggle for intimacy and the ways we are compromised by our pasts. She explores the universal desire to be both known and hidden, and the costs involved in both of these complicated commitments.
Myrid Carten has exhibited work at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London; Void Gallery, Derry, United Kingdom; and The Regional Cultural Centre, Ireland, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Summer Open House
July 28, 2021, 3–9pm
Myrid Carten, Lick my Tyres - Study for Fox Cry 1, 2019, 35mm film still
Myrid Carten, Divide Install, 2014, digital film, 10 min. loop
Myrid Carten, No Place Like Home, 2021, 16mm digital film still
Myrid Carten, No Place Like Home, 2021, 16mm digital film still
Myrid Carten, The Yalta Game, 2020, film installation, 18 min
