project FLATGALLERY
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Flatgallery has been operating for nine years (since December 2012) as a gallery of contemporary art in the private spaces of an apartment in the center of Bratislava, capital of Slovak republic. It´s very specific project of a residential gallery with a clearly conceived exhibition plan. The gallery is focused on the professional presentation of contemporary visual art under the expert guidance of art historian Andrej Jaroš as well as invited curators.
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Description of the project
Summary
On the end of December 2012, new gallery space / project "FLATGALLERY"opened the exhibition space at Baštová street nr.1 on the historical center of Bratislava. Gallery opened an exhibition activities by curator Andrej Jaroš first informal "WINTER SELECTION", which they presented the artwork of students and graduates of the Academy of fine arts and design in Bratislava. Here in Slovakia this unconventional concept gallery includes gallery space in private flat, where are presenting artwork in the private areas of apartment gallery owners hence the name of the gallery itself. This special gallery concept shows art exhibitions in a regular two monthly cycle will focus primarily on the presentation of contemporary paintings by local authors represented the youngest generation. Later by the time will be gradually added foreign artists, guest curators and art residencies projects.
Key objectives for sustainability
Environmental measures that will be implemented within the project Gallery, which is part of the household, has been recycling waste for a long time as part of the separate waste collection of the capital city of Bratislava. It also undertakes to secondarily use packaging material (bubble foils) for works after the end of the exhibition in which it was originally packaged. For the transport of works, visitors, authors to and from Bratislava, rail transport, electric cars, as well as within the city, will use ecological public transport, if possible. During social events, the gallery has used exclusively glass and porcelain service since its inception (2012), instead of disposable plastic materials. Invitations to individual events / exhibitions will be sent in electronic form via email. From 2021, we plan to completely eliminate the production of paper leaflets and texts, in the form of a digital presentation (gif) on electronic tablets on the gallery walls.
Key objectives for aesthetics and quality
OBJECTIVES OF THE FLATGALLERY PROJECT: - to present contemporary fine art to the general public in the form of either authorial solos or group exhibitions of professional authors - to attract the attention of young people, cultivate their aesthetic and moral consciousness and bring them to reflection its importance for society - to create a space for the professional presentation of contemporary art under curatorial guidance - to lead young people to think about art and to point out the genre / style diversity of contemporary art and different ways and forms of artistic self-realization - to preserve and promote species and genre diversity within fine arts - to create an artistically high-quality counterweight in the environment of the commercial mainstream and draw attention to the preservation of freedom of artistic expression, as one of the basic principles of democracy. - to continue the successful presentation of non-commercial forms of contemporary art - cooperation at a professional level between curators and exhibiting authors, especially of the young generation - to arouse / deepen interest in domestic / foreign contemporary visual art among the general public RESULTS OF THE FLATGALLERY PROJECT: - realization of author's and group exhibitions (minimum 6-7 exhibitions / projects per year) including opening / finishing, as well as guided tours with curatorial explanations, lectures, literary evenings, workshops and conferences on contemporary art, design and architecture - organization private view, pop-up themed evenings with the authors of the exhibited works - revival and creation of a full-fledged cultural space in the center of Bratislava with a year-round exhibition plan - media coverage and promotion of Flatgallery exhibition activities in professional print, digital / audiovisual media and social networks so important during a pandemic Covid 19 (new gallery website, the implementation of actions in online mode during anti-pandemic measures).
Key objectives for inclusion
The Flatgallery 2021 exhibition plan itself envisages (even in the case of the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic) the presentation of 6 author exhibitions by domestic and foreign authors. The selected exhibiting authors, based on the selection of a 4-member expert commission from the 35 projects submitted in the open call, come from Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Canada. The exhibition plan will thus have a balanced domestic and international character. We will open the Flatgallery exhibition plan with an exhibition by Michaela Moravčíková, a young domestic author, painting student in the studio of Klaudia Kosziba at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. The second exhibition will be a presentation of the work of Paulína Halasová, a graduate of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. During the summer months, the third exhibition will present the latest work of the young Czech author Šimon Sýkora, who studied painting under the direction of Vladimír Skrepl in the Painting II studio. at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. The fourth exhibition will be in the form of a double exhibition - a tandem of two young Slovak authors: Karin Langová + Klaudia Korbeličová. Karin Langová, studies painting in the studio of Klaudia Kosziba at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. Klaudia Korbeličová is a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology in the sculpture studio of prof. M. Gabriel. The fifth (photographic) exhibition will belong to a young Canadian author with Italian roots (currently living in Slovakia), Deanne Pizzitelli, a graduate of photography at the University of Arizona Tuscon / Texas USA. The exhibition will be complemented by an installation of ceramics by a young Slovak author (currently living in the Netherlands), Natalie Blahová, a graduate of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. At the same time, this exhibition will participate in the program of the international photographic exhibition OFF_festival Bratislava 2021.
Results in relation to category
Target groups of the project: - the general public, residents of the capital Bratislava and the Bratislava self-governing region regularly visiting art exhibitions focused on contemporary art, visitors interested in culture and contemporary art - a large circle of regular / regular visitors to the Flatgallery in Bratislava - casual visitors and interested parties o Contemporary fine arts - students - professional public - pensioners and people in the post-productive age - foreign visitors and tourists In case of an unfavorable situation, we have prepared domestic artists from Slovakia to replace exhibitions of foreign authors who could not travel to Slovakia. Also from the experience of 2020, we focused more on the presentation of exhibitions / projects online on the Internet through soc. networks (Facebook and Instagram).
How Citizens benefit
Flatgallery project promotion: - fanpage Flatgallery on Facebook (2950 followers) and Instagram (1100 followers), information about a specific event and support in invitations with the advertisement/reviews/interviews/articles about exhibitions in the Flash Art CZ / SK magazine article, reviews, advertisement: poster / invitation to the exhibition:- interview / article in the media: info about exhibitions and artists in the airwaves of Devín radio, FM radio, STV 3 - within each exhibition there is a professional curatorial interpretation with the speech of the author himself - media output in printed form in periodicals ( Flash Art, Pro fi l, SME, diary N, Bratislavské noviny, InBa, Art Plan, Pravda, ...) audiovisual output, reports, interviews (Ultraviolet, or on artycok.tv.sk, radio broadcasting Devín, ..) - information about exhibition on web portals (www.citylife.sk, www.infoba.sk, www.hentak.sk ...) - presentation and promotion of projects via fan gallery Flatgallery on Facebook and Instagram - presentation of video medallions of individual exhibiting authors on soc. networks A vernissage, an annotated tour and also closing of the exhibition (all with digital video/online recording) are planned for each exhibition. In the event of an unfavorable pandemic situation, all gallery activities within individual exhibitions webe www.flatgallery.sk
Innovative character
The Flatgallery is a very unique gallery of its type (residential gallery in a living private space), which is unique not only in the capital Bratislava, but in Slovakia as a whole. The co-owner of the gallery and at the same time the curator of the exhibitions - Andrej Jaroš gives a personal curatorial interpretation about the exhibitions to the public in an unconventional way. It is important to interact with the audience / visitors to the gallery and to evoke feelings of informal space and to relax the atmosphere in the intimate environment of a private apartment. The group of foreign tourists is very numerous, because Flatgallery is included in the "must to see" list in Bratislava.
