object
150x200x50cm
analog photography, digital print, stainless stell, plexiglass, LED
2024

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.

*installation view at OFF Bratislava; OD Prior, Bratislava, SK; 2025

*installation view at Under a Shared Fragile Roof; Slovenský institut Praha, Prague, CZ; 2024

*installation view at last summer i have fallen in love madly; Summer swimming pool Mičurín, Bratislava, SK; 2024