#3 Transforming of Symbols
The category of symbol and working with the symbol is elusive, a purely sophisticated way of categorization from the point of view of art history and art criticism. For that reason, the selection of authors is even more relative than with the previous themes. Moreover, while some of the artists we have selected have worked with symbol throughout their career, with others in some stages of their work we could speak rather of subjective documentary, conceptualism, minimalism, or even other things. Such is, however, the fate of categories of art-theory – they do not allow an exact definition of the set of works of art that they attempt to define.
#38 death, when you think about It — Profiles
Andrey Anro

One of the protagonists of the project, the grandfather of the artist Andrey Anro recollects the following story. During the construction of new socialist housing in the town of Smarhon in western Belarus, human bones from an old Jewish cemetery appeared in the cellars of the buildings…
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Tereza Zelenková

In a tucked-away courtyard full of history, Tereza Zelenková is exhibiting a collection of new works. This is a compact exhibition that works in a refined manner with the gallery space, creating a strange rhythm, suggesting a possible grammar and dictionary for uncovering the essential; that which the images and texts only suggest…
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Urszula Kluz-Knopek

The Polish artist Urszula Kluz-Knopek invites everyone to play a very special online game about our own death, funeral and fears connected with the thought of dying. The aim of this text is to draw attention to the visual dimensions of this project, analyzing the strategy of using photography and creating iconoclastic collages…
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#38 death, when you think about It — Profiles
Korakrit Arunanondchai

Over the years, the Thai visual artist Korakrit Arunanondchai has developed epic filmographic traveling through past and future realities, using storytelling in all its possible occurrences, as a means to explore our living continuum…
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Oreet Ashery

For years, humor, irony and sharp critique have all been important elements in the art of Oreet Ashery, arising from her direct experience of an artist living in a multicultural environment who is originally from a more conservative background, socially and religiously speaking…
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- Štěpánka Šimlová
- Jiří Černický
- Michaela Thelenová
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- Robert Capa - Face of History
- The Thirteenth Month of Photography in Bratislava
- Czech Photography Abroad 2002-2003
- Paris Photo 2003
- ––– Reviews
- Ars Electronica Festival
- Annika Larsson
- Magical, Ironic, Blurred. photography from the north
- Funke's Kolín 2003
- On Chinese Photography
- Photographs of Pavel Baňka
- Of Bodies and Other Affairs
- A Retrospective of Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Rössler - Man of the Future
- ––– History
- Rudolf Skopec
- ––– Portfolios
- Oleg Kulik
- Marcos López
- Sarah Lucas
- Jiří David
- Jiří Toman
- ––– Tendencies
- Shirley Wegner
- Jeremy Kalgreen
- Vít Šimánek
- Jiří Křenek
- Rocky Mccorckle
- Dušan Skala
- Věra Stuchelová
- Lars Borges
Archive
- #35 living with humans
- #34 archaeology of euphoria
- #33 investigation
- #32 Non-work
- #31 Body
- #30 Eye In The Sky
- #29 Contemplation
- #28 Cultura / Natura
- #27 Cars
- #26 Documentary Strategies
- #25 Popular Music
- #24 Seeing Is Believing
- #23 Artificial Worlds
- #22 Image and Text
- #21 On Photography
- #20 Public Art
- #19 Film
- #18 80'
- #17 Amateur Photography
- #16 Photography and Painting
- #15 Prague
- #14 Commerce
- #13 Family
- #12 Reconstruction
- #11 Performance
- #10 Eroticon
- #9 Architecture
- #8 Landscape
- #7 New Staged Photography
- #6 The Recycle Image
- #5 Borders Of Documentary
- #4 Intimacy
- #3 Transforming Of Symbol
- #2 Collective Authorship
- #1 Face