Klara Kusa

✺ KLÁRA KUSÁ ✺ VIZUÁLNE UMENIE ✺ ✺ KVANTUM 2024 ✺ 22. – 23.6. 2024 ✺ Klára Kusá je umelkyňa, ktorá sa zaoberá využívaním recyklovateľných materiálov. Pre festival vytvára site-specific inštaláciu “Zem si pamätá”. Umelkyňa si počas návštevy areálu Pažite všimla stromy s železnými drôtmi zarytými do kôry. Drôty sú pozostatkom kontaktnej zoo, ktorá na tomto mieste figurovala. Umelkyňa tak skúma danú lokalitu, využíva odpadové plátno nájdené na danom mieste a potiera ho pôdou z rôznych miest, kde žila. 
Dielo pozostáva z nájdeného odpadového plátna potretého pôdou z rôznych miest, kde autorka žila (Bratislava, Praha, Bánovce nad Bebravou). Na plátno sú prišité fotografie z fondu STK, dokumentujúce históriu jej rodného mesta a pôsobenie Jozefa Tisa. ✺ Viac info v BIO a na www.festivalkvantum.sk 
Visual by @matejlackovisualcommunication

And here goes the recap of the 27th edition of FAKI festival hosted by @akc.attack , and what a year it was ! Massive thanks to all of the artists : @robe.ceg @fionnualadoylewade @aindriu_db @fadedcode @empiriateatar @marijan_josipovic @nuklearna_beba @klara.kusa @beainsa20 & La Pacheca Collective @themainstreamofficial @aurora.caja @sanna.toi @oskarluko @dawes.dan @f_ormat A massive thank you to all of the venues: @akc.attack @cirkobalkana @cirkorama @garaza_kamba @galerijasiva @scenaribnjak @infolibra.p @zagrebacki_plesni_centar A massive thank you to all of the organizers and of course the biggest thank you to everyone who came to watch the shows! The open calls for the next edition will open soon! See you next year !

Yesterday @klara.kusa took over @garaza_kamba and presented project “VISIBILITY IS A TRAP”. For the occasion, she created an art installation with videos being projected into the newly deconstructed space while the artist was performing. Following the performances @klara.kusa held talk, allowing her and the audience to discuss her works and the idea of Utopia. #fakifestival #fakifest #theatre #theater #alternative #alternativetheatre #alternativetheatrefestival #theatrefestival #zagreb #zagrebcity #croatia #garazakamba #akcattack

✺ KVANTUM 2024 ✺ 22. — 23.6.2024 ✺ ✺ Pažite — multidisciplinárne centrum pre súčanosť Topoľčany ✺ HUDBA ✺ DIVADLO ✺ VIZUÁLNE UMENIE ✺ PREDNÁŠKY ✺ WORKSHOPY ✺ DISKUSIE ✺ Predstavujeme full-list interpretov a osobností z oblasti umenia, vedy či humanitných vied, pod záštitou témy festivalu POLIA BUDÚCNOSTI ✺ Kompletné info o festivale, vstupenkách a ubytovaní nájdete v linku v BIO a na webe festivalkvantum.sk ✺ Visual by @matejlackovisualcommunication

Klara Kusa - VISIBILITY IS A TRAP 29.5.2024. u 20h – Pojmovi – Biography Klara Kusa is an emerging artist and activist, she appreciates techniques of appropriation, experimentation, and up-cycling/recycling of various objects and materials. The artist works with ready-made objects and found materials/photographs in the space of a particular gallery or exhibition space. Her artistic practice is experimental, utilizing the tools and strategies of conceptual and post-conceptual art. In her work, she uses performative techniques of appropriation, while synthesizing several artistic mediums to create site-specific installations. Currently, she is based in Prague and focuses on the intersection of art and research. She studied at the Academy of Fine Art and Design in Bratislava. Currently, she is based in Prague where she studies Master program of Intermedia.

On Wednesday, 29th of May at 8PM Garage Kamba is hosting a part of FAKI festival with the exhibition and performance VISIBILITY IS A TRAP by Klara Kusa after which the artist talk will be held. Preface By using technology to exchange information, the individual is under constant surveillance without the possibility of withdrawal or privacy. Instagram's and Facebook's logarithms force their users to continuously post content, and every passive moment is punished with less visibility. The title of multimedia artist Klara Kusa's project "Visibility is a Trap" comes from Michel Foucault's book "Discipline and Punish", in which the author analyzes the strategies of managing and controlling the body through psychology and the effectiveness of surveillance. These disciplinary techniques ensure the obedience of the human masses and elaborate on invisible power tactics that operate economically and aim to increase the obedience and utility of all elements of the system. Klara Kusa's art installation, after being exhibited in a tram in Bratislava, is re-incarnated in an unconventional exhibition space. With inscriptions on posters and video work, a perpetual vortex of paradoxical attitudes and statements related to the capitalist system is created, touching on the topics of shame, media censorship, and visibility on social networks. Klara Kusa's creative approach is based on the critique of artistic (hyper)production of artifacts as one of the main premises of the neoliberal, free market that are also implemented in the world of art. In her artistic practice, she therefore applies an experimental approach that relies on the tools and strategies of (post)conceptual art, in this project dealing with the concept of absurdity and the contradictions of social reality. We are fighting against capitalism, at the same time supporting and using that same system to express our views and opinions, which, if they become too dangerous, are censored. Escape is only an illusion; it is impossible without a complete break from such a comprehensive system that mercilessly grabs every segment of our lives. Sara Mikelić

✺ PREDSTAVUJEME KVANTUM X VIZUÁLNE UMENIE ✺ ✺ Lydia Chatziiakov (GR) & Bilal Yilmaz (ISR) ✺ Peter Králik ✺ Jakub Pišek ✺ Radovan Dranga & Alex Zelina ✺ Fero Király & Eva Vozárová ✺ Klára Kusá ✺ Ľubomír Slovinský ✺ Bello - Jaroslav Beliš ✺ študentstvo Akadémie umenia v Banskej Bystrici V najbližších dňoch Vám bližšie predstavíme tvorbu umelkýň a umelcov, ktorí sú súčasťou festivalu KVANTUM a pripravia pre nás spektrum site-specific a interaktívnych diel v priestoroch areálu Pažití pod Topoľčianskym hradom ⬇️⬇️⬇️ KVANTUM FESTIVAL 22. — 23. 6. 2024 Pažite — Multidisciplinárny priestor pre súčasnosť Link v BIO

VISIBILITY IS A TRAP | @klara.kusa The idea of this project is to create a never-ending paradox. The statements of the posters are in direct opposition to the video presented right next to these sentences. Pro- and anti-capitalist statements are mixed together and create a fusion dealing with topics such as shaming, visibility on social networks and censorship. The name of the project “Visibility is a trap” is a sentence quoted from the book “Discipline and Punish” by Michel Foucault. The project is open towards multiple interpretations and is not finite. WEDNESDAY 29.05. | 20:00 – @garaza_kamba © Klara Kusa

Już jutro, już za chwilę Oto harmonogram projekcji na mini festiwalu Czikitas vol. 2 Zapraszamy w sobotę o 19 na ulicę Limanowskiego 12

Talking about some art. 📸 @klara.kusa

PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2023 2.0 pop up event Το 1ο διεθνές φεστιβάλ φωτογραφίας PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2023, εκλεισε τον κύκλο που άνοιξε τον Αύγουστο του 2023 με ένα pop up event/ παρουσίαση της έκθεσης στο ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΟ ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ τον Μάρτιο του 2024. Η εκτύπωση του φωτογραφικού υλικού της έκθεσης πραγματοποιήθηκε σε χαρτί Fujifilm DP II & με την ευγενική χορηγία της Fujifilm Hellas Μεγάλοι υποστηρικτές για την πραγματοποίηση του φεστιβάλ ηταν η FujiFilm Hellas A.Ε. και το Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού. Η συγκεκριμένη δράση πραγματοποιηθηκε με την υποστήριξη του δήμου Διονύσου. Δήμος Διονύσου PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2023 2.0 Pop-up Event The 1st International Photography Festival PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2023 concludes the cycle that began in August 2023 with a pop-up event/presentation of the exhibition at the CULTURAL CENTER OF DIONYSOS COMMUNITY on 3/2024. The printing of the photographic material for the exhibition was done on Fujifilm DP II paper, with the generous sponsorship of Fujifilm Hellas. Major supporters for the realization of the festival was FujiFilm Hellas A.E. and the Ministry of Culture. This event was organized with the support of the Municipality of Dionysos. #photography #photofestival #photosynthesisphotofestival #photosynthesis #fujifilmhellas