Tractors, mirrors, legs minus a body – this is also contemporary art

The Faculty of Arts of the Technical University in Košice presented contemporary art to the wide public. Installations, photographs, images and other works were admired by people in Strojárenská Street.

Swinging legs minus a body, flying snow or rocking horses and other jewels of contemporary art which do not say very much to the layman but can give an aesthetic experience. This is also part of contemporary art still currently disregarded by people. However, it’s here and it moves with the times.

The creator of the mirror on which words were projected, Matej Ivan, told us about it: “It’s an interactive installation. It’s based on text created by the member of the audience in front of the mirror. The text originates from opinion-making newspapers.”

Current students as well as successful graduates took part in this creation. This also included Peter Králik from Michalovce who is well known for his agro-art. Agricultural machinery is turned into art on his canvasses and fields become images. Together with Ján Vasilko, they founded The Party of Ironmen. Together with tens of others, Vasilko’s creations were part of SPACE FUTU.

A bit further, Mathijs Lieshout created an installation in the former secondary school at 3 Strojárenská Street.  He was inspired by several buildings in Košice – the bell tower from the village of Ašvame, Dargov department store, the former ‘Baťa’shop, the new Aupark, the ‘White House’ and many others. He cooperated with local artist and carver, Peter Lipovec in wooden art.