Light object

Light object, solo exhibition, Old Town Hall gallery. Žďár nad Sázavou, 2022

The Light object exhibition presents selected light objects that are a certain cross-section of the creation of light objects and installations created between 2018 and 2022. Most of the works were created in collaboration with Andrea Uváčiková and are thus often taken from the contexts of past exhibitions and projects. However, the common denominator of the objects is light. Objects from two series can be seen at the exhibition. The first is called A cumulation responds to the problems associated with a large population and thus loosely follows the issue of this accumulation. The installation does not solve problems with accumulations and the associated accumulation, it is merely a statement or reflection on the accumulation of masses in space and the associated accumulation of heat. The objects are based on considerations about space and the dwellings we build, and are thus a free rendering of ideas about spatial solutions based on geometrized masses that surround us everywhere. These objects react to their surroundings and when there are more visitors, the objects heat up and change color, thanks to the fact that they are made of thermosensitive material. The light here simulates the feeling of warmth associated with it.

The second series is called Shapeshift. The main topic is a discussion of the object, its representation and remediation. The initial inspiration for the creation of the objects were prints created using the dry needle technique, serigraphic prints and drawings of objects, the author of which is Andrea Uváčiková. Zuzana Bartošová takes over these studies and re-converts them into a three-dimensional form (albeit already in a shifted, digitized form) and reconstructs the shapes into the form of minimalist objects. In them, he emphasizes the visibility of structures that arise naturally during 3D printing. The tools also determine the size and color of the individual segments from which the objects are assembled. Although the author enters the same input data, slight differences appear in the individual segments using up to three different printers. An important role here is played by the structure, the so-called filling of 3D prints, which becomes an important visual element by illuminating them. These automatically generated structures, which under normal circumstances would remain hidden from the viewer, are revealed and shape the form of these objects.

The last object, called Light object, is the latest work represented in the exhibition. It is an experimental way how to cast air that has been captured in the balloon. The lighting effects increase the feeling of heavenly uplifting lightness.