Untitled, 2025
Deana Kolencikova
social practice
The installation titled Table would be a site-specific piece related to the specific architecture that is present on the street where I live and which puts two entrances of residential buildings close to each other, separated by a little fence. My idea would be to engage neighbours of these two buildings in dialogue through a non-invasive installation of a table which they could use to share a cup of tea or smoke a cigarette. It would unite at the same time these two buildings and offer an in-between space for conversation. Above each entrance, there would be a white canvas installed with a pre-written beginning of a dialogue, which goes: -everything's fine? - no, not really. -tell me more. -well,.... This opening dialogue of unknown people would offer opportunity for the neighbours to open up, share their struggles or on the contrary question it and turn it into something positive. How can a simple table change the relationship of people who pass by each other and take the same path almost every day? The piece is inspired by our own building where we live and have this little fence in-between. We are very lucky and have an amazing relationships with our neighbours (all of very different backgrounds) with whom we spend time and make events with.
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About the Artist
Artist primarily working in and with public space, around urbanism and with socio-political nuances of everyday life. She works site-specifically and believes in the poetic, educational, documentary, and activistic power of art which she tries to make accessible to general public. Her aim is to make people rediscover their everyday environment and become more connected to it. She believes that the more connected people are to their surroundings, the more empowered they are to make clever and healthy decisions about local politics and protection of nature. She comes from a family with background in environmental- and animal protection and in her practice she tries to highlight biodiversity of urban nature. She grew up between Eastern and Western Europe and worked and lived in many different places which influences her approach and way of thinking.
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