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Krištof Kintera
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Krištof Kintera
In his art, Krištof Kintera engages intensively with the relationship between humans and nature. His installation Postnaturalia, which takes up almost the entire room, presents a landscape in which organic, urban, and technological elements merge inseparably. Various parts of computers and other technological devices form an uneven surface. We see wires and cables everywhere, joined together with light bulbs and other objects to form flowers and trees.
At the same time, some elements, such as the circuit boards or other electronic components, have a certain symmetry and order. They remind us of traffic networks or architectural blueprints. In this way, the installation illustrates the intertwining of nature and the city. We can barely recognize a boundary between the two categories.
Alongside Postnaturalia, the exhibition presents a selection of Kintera’s smaller works, which the artist himself calls drawings. These also combine elements from nature and technology and illustrate the inseparability of these two areas of life. For Kintera, there is no nature that remains free from human intervention. The drawings approach this idea with humor and irony. Despite the use of comedy, however, they also make plain the danger that we humans pose to the Earth’s ecosystems, and therefore also to ourselves.
At the same time, some elements, such as the circuit boards or other electronic components, have a certain symmetry and order. They remind us of traffic networks or architectural blueprints. In this way, the installation illustrates the intertwining of nature and the city. We can barely recognize a boundary between the two categories.
Alongside Postnaturalia, the exhibition presents a selection of Kintera’s smaller works, which the artist himself calls drawings. These also combine elements from nature and technology and illustrate the inseparability of these two areas of life. For Kintera, there is no nature that remains free from human intervention. The drawings approach this idea with humor and irony. Despite the use of comedy, however, they also make plain the danger that we humans pose to the Earth’s ecosystems, and therefore also to ourselves.