Nika Kupyrova:  New Interfaces 03/ An imaginary radish… next to the trout telephone

MEDIUM Gallery, Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18, Bratislava

Nika Kupyrova is a curator and visual artist – what brings these two pursuits together is her affinity for literature and language as well as a strong focus on space and its storytelling potential.

In her talk she will discuss the intricacies of balancing curatorial and artistic work as well as the group exhibition “4 whales in a soft sponge” she has prepared for Medium Gallery. Taking inspiration from absurdist cookbooks and recipes of the avant-garde, the exhibition explores contemporary artistic positions with an interest in food, eating and culinary methods.

New Interfaces 03 is a series of five lectures led by the experts from various fields of contemporary art discourse or specialists on themes that resonate with artists working in the post-media environment. The series, under the dramaturgy of Miroslava Urbanova, gallery manager of the Medium Gallery, focuses primarily on themes touching on our conditions of cognition in the interfaces of constantly updating technologies and in contrast to the desire for an authentic, visceral experience of the elusive here and now. These themes appear in art with increasing urgency, both in the overflow of performative works or works thematizing these new interfaces.

Supported using public funding by Slovak Arts Council.