Maroš Rovňák
LINE OF MY FATHER’S PALM
Exhibition opening: 3. 12. 2020 / 18.00 hod. Exhibition's duration: 4. 12. - 15. 1. 2021 Exhibition's curator: Ivana Komanická
We invite you to open the exhibition of Maroš Rovňák, which is also the premiere of his new film. As our space capacity is limited to 4 visitors at a time, we have prepared a reservation system for you (the last entry is scheduled for 21.00). We are looking forward to you!
Book your entry on this link: https://tootoot.fm/cs/events/5fc272bfcc7d480ad8c4274b
Maroš Rovňák’s small solo exhibition “A Line On My Father’s Palm” was named after the author’s new experimental short diary movie. The movie, which combines authorial and family archive photographs, diary entries, news shots, found footage videos and music, is deeply personal, yet offers the viewer a form of universal experience, the opportunity to experience transcendence and empathy. The movie focuses on the topic of dying, the care of the dying and the possibilities of funeral rituals and mourning rituals during a coronavirus pandemic in which death was disinfected. The author’s long-term fascination with the culture of Venice becomes fatal, Venice becomes a source of apocalyptic contagion. A dying father comes into this new social and political environment.
The movie will be premiered online as part of the opening of the exhibition at 9 – 12 p.m. on the Šopa Gallery’s facebook profile.
Maroš Rovňák is a multimedia artist working with sound, video and photography. The theme of death is constantly present in his work. In recent years, he has devoted himself to artistic research on the shift in the perception of death during the Enlightenment, which provided the basis for the birth of modern cemeteries in Europe. Performance In Absentia (2019 – 2020) is dedicated to the young Slovak archaeologist Martina Kušnírová murdered together with her fiancé, investigative journalist Ján Kuciak. His performances and plays were presented at the festivals of experimental art New Poetry Form (Košice 2018), Žižkov Night (Prague 2019), Festival KioSK Žilina-Záriečie (2015). The Dutch publishing house Waanders & De Kunst included his work Corsets (2001) in the historical publication “Queer !? Beeldende kunst in Europa 1969-2019 mapping the birth and development of gay and queer art in Europe. He lives and works in Banská Bystrica, where he works as the director of the Central Slovak Gallery.
The exhibitions of this gallery are supported using public funding by Slovak Arts Council.
Slovak Arts Council is the main partner of the project.
The project is also supported by City Košice.
