[fjúžn] Roots
Curated by Kashi Potrohosh at the historical Pistori Palace on the Štefánikova Street, the exhibition focuses on the depth and complexity of our roots that shape our identity and worldview. The exhibition takes place as part of the [fjúžn] Festival 2024, as a side exhibition after the festival.
“Roots” will feature works by male and female artists: Jaroslav Beliš, Diana Bilichenko, Kateřina Durďáková, Tanya Kyianytsia, Norbert Kuki, Tijana Radenković, Viktória Revická, Oksana Sadovenko, Volodymyr Serhachov, Mária Šimová, and Jaromír Šplíchal.
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Accompanying events within the exhibition:
13.10. author’s reading of excerpts from the book Kvet Nguyen: Everything that connects us
16.10. curatorial interpretation and guided tours with curator Kasha Potrohosh
19.10. lecture by artist Oksana Sadovenko on an Ukrainian painter
27.10. exhibition finissage and live performance of Mavkin Chuhajster
Free entry
Did you know that a significant part of microorganisms accumulate in the area of the root system, i.e. in the rhizosphere?
Did you know that approximately 7,000 human languages are spoken on the planet?
Did you know that the oldest murals found in Africa may be 70,000 to 100,000 years old?
Did you know that approximately 700 species of microbes can live in our mouths?
Did you know that mycorrhiza is the oldest symbiotic above-ground relationship and occurs between a fungus and a plant? The plant lets the hyphae of the fungus into its cell and receives precious minerals from the fungus in exchange for the sugars it produces through photosynthesis.
And did you know that the main concept of postmodern philosophy is the so-called rhizome [6], and it describes the heterogeneity, the interconnectedness of all possible systems?
But why should we be interested in these facts in relation to an art exhibition that, although called Roots, also represents themes of cultural and personal identities?
Roots is a broad concept whose meanings could be explained through biology, botany, ethnology, cultural studies, linguistics or philosophy.
The “Roots” exhibition at Pistori Palace does not offer straightforward explanations; it is a loose consideration of the extent to which concepts of roots are able to define themselves, whether through rhizomatic biological organisms or through human artefacts, concepts and phenomena.
It looks at how local flora, fauna and funga connect us to our own identification with particular cultural groups.
