When and where?

When: New Year’s Eve, 31 December 2024, we start a few seconds before midnight

Where: Marian Square, Žilina (on the facade of the Church of the Conversion of St. Paul)

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Light Art Festival will light up Trenčín for the first time. The “Rehearsal of Lights” awaits us!

The newly emerging LAF Light Art Festival is organizing its first event called The Trial of Lights, which will take place on 15 November 2024 at the Peace Square in Trencin. The dominant feature of the programme will be the lighting of an eight-metre high installation created by Czech light art artist Lukáš Dřevjany. The work will be the first of this size in Trenčín and will also be an interactive creation. This means that what will be displayed on the installation will be directly influenced by people’s movements.

The rehearsal of the lights will start on Friday, 15 November at 7.30 pm. The following days will offer the experience from 8am to 10pm, until Sunday 24 November. The event will be a taster of what the first edition of the LAF, which will take place from 11-13 April 2025, will subsequently bring on a larger scale.

Come and enjoy culture and creativity and experience Trenčín in a new light.

Are you interested in the light work Fragment, which is located on Peace Square? Come to a guided tour by its author, Czech digital artist Lukáš Dřevjaný. You will learn how the work works, get answers to your curious questions and find out more than you can fit on the information board.

Sunday 24.11.2024 at the Fragment installation

5:00 to 5:30 p.m.

from 18:00 to 18:30

You can visit the light work Fragment at Mierovo Square until 24 November. Then it will be replaced by the traditional Christmas tree.

About the work and its author

The light installation “Fragment” was designed by Czech artist Lukáš Dřevjaný alias oxoo, who uses screens, moving lights or lasers in his work. For him, light is a means to bring powerful experiences. It is the same in Trenčín. In addition to its monumental dimensions, the work also attracts attention with its interactive content. What is displayed on the installation will be directly influenced by people’s movements.

Lukáš Dřevjaný is a digital artist who combines abstract expressionism and contemporary technologies to create interactive audio-visual creations. His works tell a story of the tension between chaos and order, technology and humanity. Dřevjaný studied theatrical lighting and sound design at JAMU in Brno and at The Theatre Academy in Helsinki (Finland). More at www.oxoo.digital.

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Free entry. We look forward to seeing you there! Registration: fotofilm@rkcpd.sk; 0901 918 871

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The exhibition includes a grand opening, which will take place in the Dubnica Manor on 5 September 2024 at 5 pm.

During the evening, the dance ensemble Alla Danza Brno – Baroque will perform Baroque dance demonstrations.

The exhibition dedicated to the period hygiene was organized in cooperation with the Dubnica Museum: Museum of Historical Vintages and Toilets in Prague, Museum of the City of Bratislava, Považské múzeum, Trenčianske múzeum in Trenčín, artist Ladislav Čarný.

Video animations for the exposition were prepared by TRAKT.

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The event is supported by the city of Trenčín. More information as well as a map of the works can be found at http://bienalebrezina.trakt.sk

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The main idea of this site-specific project is a hybrid war in which Slovakia is right on the front line. First of all, it is necessary to understand what a hybrid war actually is. There are various definitions of hybrid warfare and it has taken various forms in the history of mankind. At present, the term is mainly associated with operations that provoke instability in the target countries, polarise society and cause distrust of institutions. In this way, they seek to undermine the unity and togetherness of a population that is becoming vulnerable and unwilling to actively resist threats from the outside. These operations are most closely associated with the Russian Federation, which is proving to spread a huge amount of disinformation, mainly directed at EU countries and the US. This activity has gained momentum, especially after 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea.

In this struggle, Slovakia is on the imaginary front line because of its geographical location, as it belonged to the westernmost part of the former Eastern bloc.

People here often suffer from a recollective optimism, and the polarisation is becoming more and more radical. However, there are various personalities in Slovakia, from the ranks of journalists, police officers, soldiers, but also analysts, artists and others, who are actively fighting against disinformation, opposing the practices of power, seeking the truth and trying to keep the idea of freedom and democracy alive.Through this work, the authors seek to help us become aware of what our society is currently facing, who are those who are fighting for freedom and truth in these times.They also want to draw attention to the price that they and other people on both sides of the barricade are essentially paying for it.Often times this line divides families, partners, cripples institutions, shatters dreams.

Admission: voluntary during the opening hours of the Strange Baron Café / out of hours 3€ / person

The event is publicly supported by the Fund for the Support of the Arts.

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Opening of the exhibition RE_THINK: 23 August 2024 /Friday/ at 7 p.m.

Venue.

Curator of the exhibition. Jozef Suchoža, ArtD.

Miroslav Nicz (SK), Viktor Fuček (SK), Marek Galbavý (SK), Ivana Sláviková (SK), Peter Valiska Timečko (SK), Jozef Suchoža (SK), Vladimír Kovařík (CZ), Csaba Fürjesi (AT, HU), Eszter Palik (HU), Szabina Péter (HU), Kristóf János Bodnár (HU), Olívia Zséger (HU)

Opening of PARK CAMP: 23.8.2024 /Friday/ at 20.00.

Programme:

– Guided tour of visual interventions in the City Park with curator M. Nicz (meeting at 20:00 in front of Koniarnia)

– MAPPING to the ruins of Parič Castle: 21:00, 21:30, 22:00 – Lukáš Matejka and TRAKT o.z.

23:59 – End of the event and deinstallation of works in the park exterior

Authors of interventions in the park:

Lukáš Matejka, Ľubomír Slovinský, Alex Hrehová, Jakub Mlynarčík, Kristína Kerekešová, Lucia Hudecová, Sandra Cseresznyésová, Petra Macková, Dominika Leckešová, Viktória Hrnková, Jakub Podhora, Tomáš Brichta, Viktor Fuček

Curator.Miroslav Nicz, akad. Miroslav Nicz.

Lecturers. Mgr. Miroslav Nicz, akad.

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15:30 – 18:30 TRAKT: Happy audio – Interactive music workshop for children – playing on vegetables

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Specialist guarantor: Lukáš Matejka

Lecturers: Martina Matejková, Matej Mazák, Dana Iliašová Mazalová

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