https://luboskotlar.com Ľuboš Kotlár Wed, 07 Jan 2026 20:21:13 +0000 https://luboskotlar.com en https://luboskotlar.com/menu-1 Tue, 19 Jul 2022 13:47:07 +0000 Ľuboš Kotlár https://luboskotlar.com/menu-1 &nbsp; &nbsp;Visual art &nbsp; /&nbsp; &nbsp;Curating&nbsp; &nbsp;/&nbsp; &nbsp;Photography &nbsp; /&nbsp; &nbsp;About https://luboskotlar.com/Visual-art Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:35:03 +0000 Ľuboš Kotlár https://luboskotlar.com/Visual-art Visual art https://luboskotlar.com/Curating-2 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:38:57 +0000 Ľuboš Kotlár https://luboskotlar.com/Curating-2 Curating https://luboskotlar.com/Photography Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:38:59 +0000 Ľuboš Kotlár https://luboskotlar.com/Photography Photography https://luboskotlar.com/Instagram Sat, 25 Apr 2020 21:30:06 +0000 Ľuboš Kotlár https://luboskotlar.com/Instagram ︎ instagram https://luboskotlar.com/About-Contact-1 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:45:41 +0000 Ľuboš Kotlár https://luboskotlar.com/About-Contact-1 Ľuboš Kotlár Contact kotlar.lubos@gmail.com+421 907 121 395 About visual artist / photographer *1991 based in Prague, CZ / Bratislava, SK <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd7fe7d2c0bb98cbabed8fab7c6ddfc69919528b11aad4b8acbed00b31726644/CE9DA50D-C191-47CA-AEE8-1019D10136E1.JPG" data-mid="214622831" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd7fe7d2c0bb98cbabed8fab7c6ddfc69919528b11aad4b8acbed00b31726644/CE9DA50D-C191-47CA-AEE8-1019D10136E1.JPG" /> artist's statement When writing texts for my projects, I have often used reference to the multiplicity of crises we are currently experiencing. The most characteristic feature of the present time is uncertainty, both on a personal and on a societal level. In relation to these facts, my work has long been concerned with concepts of non-normative time and space, emanating primarily from the field of queer theory, as well as general ignorance of the ecological crisis on the part of political representatives, whereby, with an awareness of an uncertain future, we focus our attention on the present moment that is currently happening, in contrast to a clear vision and planning of events that are yet to come. I also refer to liminality, my Roma heritage and, occasionally, a bit of mysticism. These principles manifest themselves in my work mostly through working often in a site/time-specific manner, creating processual installations which i frequently can't fully control, as well as presenting my work in a form of events (instead of static longterm exhibitions), which i like to refer to as "situations". By engaging in various collaborations and creating short-term events and/or installations, that are designed for visitors to share a specific space and spend time together, my aim is to highlight the need of mutual understanding and strengthening social relations. Having background in photography, I have gradually started to experiment with other media, while at the moment I would ascribe my main interest being in multimedia/installation art, which gives me enough space to not limit myself and expand the framework of my artistic practice, while the use of a particular media is always specific for each project. solo exhibitions last summer i have fallen in love madly (site/time-specific event) 2024 Summer swimming pool Mičurín, Bratislava, SK something's wrong and i can feel it2024 Nová Synagóga, Žilina, SK sugarwithin Biennale Matter of Art (in collaboration with Robert Gabris)2022Šaloun Villa, Prague, CZ nowlessness, act ii: the waveswithin OFF Bratislava2019Galéria MEDIUM, Bratislava, SKnowlessness, act i: calm after the storm(site-specific event) 2018Undeadarena.com, Bratislava, SKWhat we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank2017Galéria Nadácie Slovak Press Photo, Bratislava, SK prettywhenicry2015Galéria ŽUMPA, Bratislava, SK groupexhibitions Art is not a competition, but I'm winning curated by Miroslava Urbanová 2025 Galéria Jána Koniarka, Trnava, SK OFF Bratislava curated section 2025 OD Prior, Bratislava, SK Whispers in Plain Sightcurated by&nbsp;Zhiheng Ashely Zhang 2025RU House, Governors Island, New York, USA Atchin Thancurated by Małgorzata Mirga-Tas2024Willa Oksza, Muzeum Tatrzańskie w Zakopanem, Zakopane, PL Under a Shared Fragile Roof curated by Miroslava Urbanová 2024Slovenský institut Praha, Prague, CZ Looking A – Way curated by Iva Kovač 2024 tranzit.sk, Bratislava, SK Y: Survive! curated by&nbsp;Anna Chrtková and&nbsp;Petr Dlouhý2023X10 Theatre, Prague, CZ SOMEBODIES SOMEWHERES SOMETHINGS curated by Miroslava Urbanová 2023 Bratislava Castle, Bratislava, SK Gypsyism, Balkanism - Through a Glass, Darkly curated by&nbsp;Bratislav Mitrović 2023 ERIAC Serbia, Belgrad, RS All That We Have in Common curated by Jovanka Popova within Manifesta 14 2022 Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, MK Světy Jindřicha Chalupeckého curated by&nbsp;Tereza Jindrová, Karina Kottová and Tomáš Pospiszyl 2022 The City Gallery of Bratislava, Bratislava, SK Gimmick within dsk. collective curated by Barbora Komárová 2022 Galéria Kolomana Sokola, Liptovský Mikuláš, SK Roma Resistance and Resilience curated by Denisa Tomková2021ERIAC Berlin, Berlin, DE Portrait triennale curated by Miroslava Kubáňová2021Liptovská galéria P. M. Bohúňa, Liptovský Mikuláš, SK Different Worlds 2020 curated by Špela Pipan2020Photon - Centre for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana, SI Future Perfect Simple Continuous curated by Gabriela Smetanová2020Slovak National Museum, Bratislava, SK Keres Kultura! Robíme kultúru! curated by Emília Rigová and Petra Hanáková2019Stredoslovenská galéria, Banská Bystrica, SK Melanch lia curated by Miroslava Urbanová2019Považská galéria umenia, Žilina, SK BIG SEE Photography 2018within Month of Design Exhibition curated by Špela Pipan/Photon&nbsp;- Centre for Contemporary Photography2018Zavod Big, Ljubljana, SI PODKROVIE curated by Gabriela Smetanová2018The City Gallery of Bratislava, Bratislava, SK residencies &amp; symposiums Residency Unlimited New York City, USA 2025 Jaw Dikh 2024 Rzepiska, PL 2024 Artak350Grundarfjörður, IS 2022 MeetFactory Prague, CZ 2022 Villa Romanain cooperation with ERIAC Florence, IT2021 curatorialwork nowlessness, act iii: hot in here(site-specific event co-curated with Erik Vilím) within OFF Bratislava2021fallout shelter under Kunsthalle Bratislava, Bratislava, SK Smoke &amp; Mirrors(co-curated with Ema Hesterová, Oksana Hoshko, Barbora Komárová, Miroslava Urbanová) group exhibition marking the 30th anniversary of foundation of Department of Photography and New Media at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava2020MEDIUM Gallery, Bratislava, SK Y(co-curated with Barbora Komárová, Miroslava Urbanová) group exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of foundation of Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava2019Galéria UMELKA, Bratislava, SK My thoughts have been replaced by Beyoncé lyricsLeontína Berková, solo exhibition2019Phoinix, Bratislava, SK not to capture an image, to maintain onewithin OFF Bratislava2018ART BOOKS CAFFEE, Bratislava, SK awards Oskár Čepan Award laureate 2025 Slovak Press Photo Young Talent of the Year 2016 media Denník N (interview) Fotografia ma prestala napĺňať, vraví laureát Ceny Oskára Čepana Ľuboš Kotlár by Monika Pascoe Mikyšková 2026 Artalk (interview) Existencia inakosti bez rámca konfliktu by Štefánia Ďuricová 2025 Artalk (review) Reč objektov na nebiby Dominika Moravčíková 2024 FLASH ART #67, 3 – 6/2023, Czech &amp; Slovak Edition (interview) O queer časovosti a kolaborácii v súčasnom stave krízy: Rozhovor s Ľubošom Kotláromby Denisa Tomková 2023 Momus (interview) How Does a Collective End? An Interview with Robert Gabris and Ľuboš Kotlárby Denisa Tomková 2022 MLOKi (interview) Ľuboš Kotlár: Prostredníctvom práce s dočasnosťou vytváram záznam súčasnostiby Michaela Hučko Paštéková 2022 work experience tutor Commercial PhotographyAcademy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava Bratislava, SK 2021 -&nbsp; visual editor, photographerEVA magazine, EMMA magazine, Madam EVA magazineNews and Media Holding, Bratislava, SK2018 -&nbsp;visual editorEVA magazine, Madam EVA magazineRingier Axel Springer a.s., Bratislava, SK2017 - 2018 education master's degreePhotography and New MediaAcademy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Bratislava, SK2016 - 2018PhotographyBezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, ISR2017 (spring)bachelor's degreePhotography and New MediaAcademy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Bratislava, SK2012 - 2016Visual Culture and Contemporary ArtAalto school of Art Design and Architecture, Helsinki, FI2014 (autumn)PhotographySchool of Design, Bratislava, SK2010 - 2012 https://luboskotlar.com/sometimes-i-like-to-go-to-gym-with-my-hair-loose Wed, 07 Jan 2026 20:21:13 +0000 Ľuboš Kotlár https://luboskotlar.com/sometimes-i-like-to-go-to-gym-with-my-hair-loose sometimes i like to go to gym with my hair loose site-specific installation 13 December 2025 – 28 February 2026&nbsp; Galéria Jána KoniarkaTrnava, Slovakia objects production: holyhotpunkxpainting work: Matej Maturkanič architecture: Maroš Greš production: Petronela Pučeková installation team: Lukáš Karaba, Lukáš Sobota, Jozef Pilátcurator: Miroslava Urbanová photo documentation: Ľuboš Kotlár,&nbsp;Michaela Prablesková The suggestive and descriptive titles of Kotlár's latest projects, formulated in the first person, are not an open invitation to glimpse into the artist's inner world, but rather allow us to identify with or distance ourselves from a given statement, to form a kind of relationship with it. This is also the case with sometimes i like to go to the gym with my hair loose, which describes not only the liberating feeling of breaking an unwritten norm of fitness body etiquette in a given context. It also refers to a specific space that has a certain purpose, equipment, and the aforementioned codes of conduct. However, in the gallery space, we do not see the machines for disciplining and perfecting the body, but instead objects referring to changing rooms – places of short temporary visits for the purpose of transformation. Kotlár thus creates a simulation of a transitional liminal space that needs a body to be activated.&nbsp; The installation is characterized by the colour green, which is used in photography, advertising and film as a background – a so-called green screen for the subsequent projection/keying of a digitally created environment onto a monochrome surface. This color is also used because it differs most from the color of human skin. The artificiality of the color and the space transformed by it thus serves as a gateway for possible projections featuring human figure, but in Kotlár's work, it remains in its unanimated technical state. Similarly non-interactive are the components of objects that refer in their form to service and utility objects, but within both parts of Kotlár's installation they remain an allusive reference to larger frameworks – norms, competitiveness, physical discipline and purity – shattered by confusion over their (non)functionality or multiplied to negate their uniqueness. Miroslava Urbanová <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/98a8cf281f684efeaa46396b1b73d52c95eae81bce2f88c1bfed0a551677b936/BT9A0170-_3-copy.jpg" data-mid="245711714" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/98a8cf281f684efeaa46396b1b73d52c95eae81bce2f88c1bfed0a551677b936/BT9A0170-_3-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f356088f104a2598907a39ea2ba59b7e3f82a2ad0e10de62450fff659e87927/cepan_vystava_high_quality-31-copy22.jpg" data-mid="245711825" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f356088f104a2598907a39ea2ba59b7e3f82a2ad0e10de62450fff659e87927/cepan_vystava_high_quality-31-copy22.jpg" /> <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa2735f5f66d3fa6b98729df6fb2d9db3c869963e1cc1a46da98e744861e2400/BT9A0183-copy.jpg" data-mid="245711831" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa2735f5f66d3fa6b98729df6fb2d9db3c869963e1cc1a46da98e744861e2400/BT9A0183-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27bf29cc5002b3d953b02ce1f9982ba8203a62e2f65027a4760bbf0b618bd88d/BT9A0167-copy.jpg" data-mid="245711965" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27bf29cc5002b3d953b02ce1f9982ba8203a62e2f65027a4760bbf0b618bd88d/BT9A0167-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/081b15007e01f3328828934b787eef0d9349e02a244ca0854b732bb21d3a9576/BT9A0173-copy.jpg" data-mid="245711979" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/081b15007e01f3328828934b787eef0d9349e02a244ca0854b732bb21d3a9576/BT9A0173-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/331a2f9c3ccae75570c83319f8a575eace8ad88a510516da42a763c49c74d6c4/BT9A0191-copy.jpg" data-mid="245711980" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/331a2f9c3ccae75570c83319f8a575eace8ad88a510516da42a763c49c74d6c4/BT9A0191-copy.jpg" /> https://luboskotlar.com/chapels Wed, 15 Jan 2025 18:13:45 +0000 Ľuboš Kotlár https://luboskotlar.com/chapels chapels object various sizes wood, stain, acrylic paint, mother of pearl, leaf gold 2024- <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65f6e0d8b83b4f40951c2491386f21ee3ab9487b1042156af648ac4e19805a67/BT9A2836.jpg" data-mid="224831917" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/65f6e0d8b83b4f40951c2491386f21ee3ab9487b1042156af648ac4e19805a67/BT9A2836.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c86123d8bec8b0f6e4f38eef5bb54a54a5ce23585ac1868bb55ae5a9e8b3b5c/BT9A2832.jpg" data-mid="224831916" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c86123d8bec8b0f6e4f38eef5bb54a54a5ce23585ac1868bb55ae5a9e8b3b5c/BT9A2832.jpg" /> *installation view at Atchin Than; Willa Oksza, Muzeum Tatrzańskie w Zakopanem, Zakopane, PL; 2024 During summer of 2024 I took part in a symposium organised by Fundacja Jaw Dikh in Rzepiska, Poland. These objects are directly inspired by the chapels found in the area, that are being built by the residents in front of their homes and serve as spiritual protection. I became increasingly interested in this subject, since while a house itself serves as a shelter for our physical safety, i assume these chapels are supposed to deliver spiritual one - bring a peace of mind, a warmness and calmness to the house. I actually very appreciate the idea of building a talisman to look after you, after all, it is very typical for people accross various cultures to put meaning into objects. I was working with physical form of these chapels, which when stripped down to their bare shape suddenly become very obscure and inherently queer objects, leaving the viewer questioning their purpose. They might be reminiscent of a dollhouse, a birdfeeder, an actual cabinet etc. While the arrows keep showing the directions, without the information provided it’s impossible to know where the roads are leading. The viewer is left with the idea of having to choose a path, while not knowing what is at the end. These objects, robbed of their original religious meaning, might still be able to bring a sense of fellowship and hope. <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f72df290e48061e8e03346eb2f4fd55e1db0e2773e098422ac8bb81d5d3f7479/BT9A2880.jpg" data-mid="224831919" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f72df290e48061e8e03346eb2f4fd55e1db0e2773e098422ac8bb81d5d3f7479/BT9A2880.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e6a608b443c3ece9695390f0a9b73e79f0b69353d7cc33f6314510eb9385545/BT9A2872.jpg" data-mid="224831918" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e6a608b443c3ece9695390f0a9b73e79f0b69353d7cc33f6314510eb9385545/BT9A2872.jpg" /> *installation view at Atchin Than; Willa Oksza, Muzeum Tatrzańskie w Zakopanem, Zakopane, PL; 2024 <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/777fadd7efa40ccbd983d0dde8b7c891c59d14178d103848605685f41ac15859/BT9A0894.jpg" data-mid="231801761" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/777fadd7efa40ccbd983d0dde8b7c891c59d14178d103848605685f41ac15859/BT9A0894.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2820cb90316bba269b6c702f204b93674771a797824a89675684e50fabdba274/BT9A0885_2.jpg" data-mid="231801760" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2820cb90316bba269b6c702f204b93674771a797824a89675684e50fabdba274/BT9A0885_2.jpg" /> *installation view at The New Stage, National Theatre, Prague, CZ; 2025; commissioned by Ara Art https://luboskotlar.com/last-summer-i-have-fallen-in-love-madly Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:37:42 +0000 Ľuboš Kotlár https://luboskotlar.com/last-summer-i-have-fallen-in-love-madly last summer i have fallen in love madly site/time-specific event/performative installation 17 October 2024 Summer swimming pool MičurínBratislava, Slovakia space design/production: Gabriela Smetanovásound: NaiKavols voiceover:&nbsp;Jana Kovalčíkovátexts: Ľuboš Kotlár, Gabriela Smetanovátext edit: Katarína K. Cvečkovágraphic design: Ľuboš Kotlárlight design: Juraj Čechcatering: Štefan Sekáč photo documentation: Leontína Berková video documentation: Martin Toldy *project was financially supported by Bratislava City Foundation and the Slovak Arts Council in the form of a stipend <img width="1061" height="1500" width_o="1061" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/763b69d6d3f54afac8489bef426142111ed31177b1da13a4c72c21770ab128f1/plagat-a4-web.jpg" data-mid="220315221" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/763b69d6d3f54afac8489bef426142111ed31177b1da13a4c72c21770ab128f1/plagat-a4-web.jpg" /> I conceived the project "last summer i have fallen in love madly" as a performative multimedia installation in the space of a drained swimming pool. My work has long been concerned with concepts of non-normative time and space, emanating primarily from the field of queer theory. The period after the end of the summer season is associated with a cooling of the climate, an intense return to work and school duties, and seasonal affective disorder. The swimming pool, as a space primarily intended for public relaxation and/or sport, is often tied to a set of individual memories that are largely associated with childhood, family life and collective activities. In its emptied/non-functional form, it loses the purpose of its own existence and loses its justification. A popular public place becomes a dreary and disturbing space which in turn disturbs and/or poses a direct physical threat. It becomes a space that is inherently non-normative, and as a result has the potential to exist autonomously outside of established social patterns. The installation in the swimming pool area is formally based on stage design. The original sketches for the project, which I have been gradually developing since October 2022, include objects installed directly in the pool area. These objects were partly based on the concept of scaffolding, construction, or reconstruction of the space. The installation was to include ladders and platforms into which glass panels, doors, lightboxes and other objects were embedded to imaginatively divide the space.&nbsp;Gradually I came to the conclusion that the conceptual framework of the whole project does not stand on the objects that I bring into the pool area. On the contrary, each new artifact in the space, although it adds a new contextual layer, is not a carrier of the main meaning itself. I decided to leave the pool space empty, filled only with the "necessary" technical equipment (i.e. light and sound) that directly encourage the expectation of performative action. Around the pools, imaginary communities are formed. It is common that if you regularly visit a swimming pool close to where you live, you meet the same people, just like in cafés, fitness centres or even public transport. If the swimming pool area in its transformed form becomes emptied, its function of building an imaginary community can be restored precisely by embracing it as our own at every stage of its cycle. In its emptied form, we have the opportunity to find new uses for it, new ways of spending time together and thus unconventional ways of establishing and strengthening social relations. Today, October 17, is the brightest full supermoon of 2024. The October full moon symbolizes the definitive end of the summer season, which is why it is also called the "Hunter's Moon" in Western culture, and is associated with the preparation of supplies for the winter (however, it carries various other names and meanings in different cultures). Today's event can therefore be understood as an imaginary closing of the summer season and its related activities, or, on the contrary, it can be understood as an opening of the collective imagination in connection with a space that has ceased to serve us at first glance in its current state. Ľuboš Kotlár <img width="6473" height="4315" width_o="6473" height_o="4315" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3bf4cdcd1a64fa1ce3ed8411b54094fd9d818a229f1f0853c2cbe07191c8d0c5/3S6A2241.jpg" data-mid="221774791" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3bf4cdcd1a64fa1ce3ed8411b54094fd9d818a229f1f0853c2cbe07191c8d0c5/3S6A2241.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5af799f748f8a0b07774aef0e613751c263a508e1960d75c6d55c8d75460e741/3s6a2176-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" data-mid="221774900" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5af799f748f8a0b07774aef0e613751c263a508e1960d75c6d55c8d75460e741/3s6a2176-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5fffd9b8ab6bd535cac2f2acc4dcc247435a0969cbd3fd734785d6ef35e584a/3s6a2232-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" data-mid="221774891" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5fffd9b8ab6bd535cac2f2acc4dcc247435a0969cbd3fd734785d6ef35e584a/3s6a2232-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d53fd88f29f046203f5659ab3a25f53f21c457e29d0000a93ef9eb96bbb5f3e3/3s6a2214-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" data-mid="221774977" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d53fd88f29f046203f5659ab3a25f53f21c457e29d0000a93ef9eb96bbb5f3e3/3s6a2214-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/68889be6e1d2c1ba19945a00850127f08f6fcca2608ff33b36b0bfa8fc40a898/3s6a2317-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" data-mid="221775014" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/68889be6e1d2c1ba19945a00850127f08f6fcca2608ff33b36b0bfa8fc40a898/3s6a2317-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a925b48a7c185a1b6a62146a4e02802299123b08321427497c274fd242be4c6/3S6A2297.jpg" data-mid="220315320" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a925b48a7c185a1b6a62146a4e02802299123b08321427497c274fd242be4c6/3S6A2297.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a4cf9331f54d73cb914a27606f4219fc04512c593d02cc7c04fa1ba4288f077/3s6a2272-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" data-mid="221775011" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a4cf9331f54d73cb914a27606f4219fc04512c593d02cc7c04fa1ba4288f077/3s6a2272-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73dbb5e4b77ac9a2b9cb46018f7a9ad051dd3fcca5fcc0000ab1c062ce39dd94/3s6a2284-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" data-mid="221775012" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73dbb5e4b77ac9a2b9cb46018f7a9ad051dd3fcca5fcc0000ab1c062ce39dd94/3s6a2284-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a744b00f6a083ac5d508102b479d0f1942639aac7b5998a4f64cdd57e96121f3/3s6a2353-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" data-mid="221774793" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a744b00f6a083ac5d508102b479d0f1942639aac7b5998a4f64cdd57e96121f3/3s6a2353-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" /> https://luboskotlar.com/untitled-climber Sat, 13 Dec 2025 18:49:21 +0000 Ľuboš Kotlár https://luboskotlar.com/untitled-climber untitled (climber) object 150x200x50cmanalog photography, digital print, stainless stell, plexiglass, LED 2024object production: holyhotpunx film scanning: David Mackovičphoto documentation:&nbsp;Leontína Berková, Adam Šakový, Ľuboš Kotlár <img width="2000" height="2667" width_o="2000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5fa26f8e45b73eccdd1b4610468e8bb5a380c0620c1643a9fa3f715b24708de2/print-lightbox-copy.jpg" data-mid="241778636" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5fa26f8e45b73eccdd1b4610468e8bb5a380c0620c1643a9fa3f715b24708de2/print-lightbox-copy.jpg" /> Untitled (Climber) is an object that operates at the intersection of image, structure, and embodied perception. The work is defined by a large-scale printed image encased within a surrounding metal construction. The image captures waves breaking along a shoreline, frozen in a moment of motion. While the scene initially evokes romantic associations, it simultaneously carries an undercurrent of unease. Through this ambivalence, the artist draws attention to climate catastrophe, the regenerative and destructive capacities of nature, and humanity’s persistent inability—or refusal—to either protect the natural world or extricate itself from its consequences. Superimposed on the image is the phrase “we are so bound by time. by its order.” Quoted from Denis Villeneuve’s film Arrival (2016), the text gestures toward the present moment while invoking the disproportion between the brevity of individual human existence and the vast temporal scale of geological and cosmic time. In this context, the quotation underscores the instability of linear conceptions of time and space, exposing the limits of human perception and understanding. In contrast to the fluid, organic imagery, the surrounding metal structure is sharp, austere, and markedly industrial. Its defining element is a ladder that frames the image from behind. The structure is unmistakably anthropocentric in scale and design: its intended mode of use is immediately legible, and the viewer can almost physically sense the coldness of metal against the skin. As such, the object anticipates performative engagement—an action that is implied rather than fully realized. Although the form suggests playfulness and interaction, it ultimately speaks to absence, restraint, and deferred action. Interpretation of the object remains inherently subjective, yet it is clearly conceived as a physical confrontation between viewer and structure. Exceeding the viewer’s bodily dimensions, the work invites reflection not only through spatial presence but also through self-recognition: the plexiglass surface reflects the viewer’s image, implicating them within the work’s conceptual framework. (The ladder is, notably, climbable.) This object was originally presented during site/time-specific event “last summer i have fallen in love madly” that took place on October 17 2024 at Summer swimming pool Mičurín in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was funded by Slovak Arts Council in a form of stipend and Bratislava City Foundation. <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d08a92646af0e137cc612b7e6e17f657642718c8ea08e63723726a2468e4f6b6/107.jpg" data-mid="241778266" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d08a92646af0e137cc612b7e6e17f657642718c8ea08e63723726a2468e4f6b6/107.jpg" /> *installation view at OFF Bratislava; OD Prior, Bratislava, SK; 2025 <img width="1440" height="1800" width_o="1440" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95ee754e362fd92f3e60eff189e4065c00af20273ae638d89f2d12cb85689a82/BT9A2054-1.jpg" data-mid="241778244" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95ee754e362fd92f3e60eff189e4065c00af20273ae638d89f2d12cb85689a82/BT9A2054-1.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1800" width_o="1440" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6119d9d5a0c2dc791c6792e28bdd096679b0e4a91ef90b99e716ff285dc0ad3/untitled-climber-1.jpg" data-mid="241778243" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c6119d9d5a0c2dc791c6792e28bdd096679b0e4a91ef90b99e716ff285dc0ad3/untitled-climber-1.jpg" /> *installation view at Under a Shared Fragile Roof; Slovenský institut Praha, Prague, CZ; 2024 <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61b9a2516100a853ed48fee6e384dbe64406961f59b4bda3537d9535bc8f1765/3s6a2231-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" data-mid="241778242" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61b9a2516100a853ed48fee6e384dbe64406961f59b4bda3537d9535bc8f1765/3s6a2231-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae64bb80f7bfd5eb441e5124851dbde2cacb2471a7395e61c98ee05d7747f0fc/3s6a2302-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" data-mid="241789734" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae64bb80f7bfd5eb441e5124851dbde2cacb2471a7395e61c98ee05d7747f0fc/3s6a2302-foto-leontina-berkova.jpg" /> *installation view at last summer i have fallen in love madly; Summer swimming pool Mičurín, Bratislava, SK; 2024