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The park or the orchard is a larger open space created artificially for walking and short-term recovery, but sometimes hygienic, aesthetic, cultural, educational, and so on. function

  • I. Bienale Brezina

    I. Bienale Brezina

    The first edition of the Biennial in the Brezina Forest Park will take place during the autumn from 13 October 2024. Connecting contemporary art with nature in the unique forest park environment of the city of Trenčín. The project is deliberately targeted at the casual viewer. The audience will experience a visual and sensory play through diverse land-art forms. The artists will create a unique site-specific experience for all visitors to Brezina, tourists and residents of Trenčín. The exhibition will take contemporary art out of the traditional gallery space and into the public environment – into nature, focusing on connecting people with it.

    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

  • Park camp 10

    Park camp 10

    International visual arts workshop and accompanying exhibition RE_THINK

    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.

  • Lestival 2023

    Lestival 2023

    Lestival is a magnificent look into the most beautiful realm. A fantasy realm where cotton candy is made out of clouds, dragons have musical taste, Lactibrada drinks cappuccino and Valibuk rolls his hips with a smile. I mean, beeches. Connect for two days with the world of creatures from Dobšinský’s fairy tales and Slavic mythology. For this year’s “Tree of Words”, TRAKT has prepared a projection on an old redwood tree in Dolná Krupá Park.

  • Garage

    Garage

    The GARAGE: X Fest Art Opening / Divotvorba and Concerts in Garage / Rap in Garage project is coordinated by our member Patrik Kubizna on behalf of TRAKT and Trenčín 2026, who is assisting Yasmina Cabanova and Marek Niejadlik.

    6.8.2022 (Saturday) Garage opening in the Park x Fest Art

    Garage, an alternative space for culture, is moving to M.R. Štefánik Park. Come and experience the atmosphere of this place! First of all, the Fest Art group will take over the Garage and create a unique work of art with the musical accompaniment of DJs from the Face2bass crew and friends. Bands Random Choices and Charms’ detispolu with Matúš Oravec, JAAN and DJ Matwe will perform. Tamara Kramar is the main star of the opening night.

    19.8.2022 (Friday) Divotvorba and concerts in Garage

    Come and relax in the Garage on Friday. Divotvorba will feature author readings of both prose and poetry, with guest Shimpe Ondrus reading from his Dictionary of Alien Dreams. This will be followed by concerts by three artistic formations, each of which, though different, are united by their ability to mirror emotions and evoke dreamlike moods. Singer, musician and emerging composer Veronika Jarábková will stir our emotions with her unique vocals and piano. The instrumental Trenčín band Personal Spaces playing atmospheric post rock will christen their newly released EP Tiberghien.Video projection of their music will be accompanied by Analogrunner with Lara Aba Hamdan.

    2.9.2022 (Friday) Rap in Garage

    The rap evening in Garage will feature young names from the Trenčín rap scene, who will get a chance to promote their work. At the end of the show will be President Lourajder, a Slovak rapper and MC from Bratislava, one of the few representatives of the so-called alternative rap in our country. He will bring hip-hop hits with a classic sound and a reference to the 90s. He will also arrive with his prominent beatmaker Emil, with whom they will play a special set together with video projection. Electronic music producers DJ Goblin and Snowfake will round off this event. 

    3.9.2022 (Saturday) PRIESTOR x Garage

    Formaat – a project of Trenčín artists. Camera obscura Garage – transforming the Garage into a large working camera obscura, where the viewer can get acquainted with this old technology, where reality is projected onto the wall through a small hole in the wall. Art workshop – plein air contemporary art. Audiovisual workshop – the visitor can try interacting with contemporary audiovisual electronic technologies

  • Park camp 9

    Park camp 9

    The international project Park CAMP 9 creates space and suitable conditions for students, recent graduates and teachers of art colleges in Slovakia and abroad to improve and progress in the field of contemporary art – intermedia and interdisciplinary overlaps in the form of educational activities – workshops. The final output of the wokshops are visual works – interventions created for the specific environment of the city park in Trebišov (site-specific art) and the final exhibition focused this year on interactive art forms, in the environment of the park, where the participants work with the strategies of site-specific art, performance, public art, conceptual art and art of new media – technology.

    The exhibition featured Lukáš Matejka / TRAKT (tech. collaboration Alžbeta Bobulová), with the work Home X. Home – Time – Humanity – Technology – Space. Using digital video mapping, the author contrasts the dwelling of the past (the ruins of Parič Castle) and the possible home of the future (the universe).

    During the theoretical phase of the workshop, the participants improved their technical, technological and software skills while learning about current trends in the art field. During the practical phase, in cooperation with expert lecturers, they used the acquired experience directly in the field of the park. The educational laboratory provided direct experience with the realization of the work and confrontation with the viewer, where the participants gained new creative impulses, experience and knowledge in the field of contemporary visual art. The event included an accompanying activity GEO-Caching, an interactive game based on GPS coordinates designed for parents with children.

    FRIDAY 26/8/2022 – FINISSAGE

    18:00 Opening of the accompanying exhibition.

    19:00 Opening of the exhibition PARK CAMP 9 and guided tour of the park with curator Miroslav Nicza

    21:00 MAPPING to Parič Castle: Lukáš Matejka and TRAKT o.z.

    22:00 Musical solitaire – Raptor Koch – Koniareň

    23:30 End of the event and de-installation of works in the exterior of the park

  • Nocturno 2022

    Nocturno 2022

    Trenčín on the riverbedFor the second time, the Akropola Kremnica Cultural Centre is preparing the NOCTURNO event, which will take place on 30 July 2022 in the Zechenter Garden in the picturesque town of Kremnica. Surrounded by the hills of Kremnica, this year we will immerse ourselves in a magical world in which light will play the main role on the penultimate night of July.

    The name NOCTURNO comes from the word “nocturne” which means night music or instrumental piece played outdoors, for example as a serenade. The night during NOCTURNO should also be a kind of composition, a beautiful music of visual art. 30 July will be in the spirit of light projections and installations, in the former botanical garden built by the writer Gustáv Kazimír Zechenter-Laskomerský near his house.

    During the event, artworks by artists such as Palo Truben, Lukáš Matejka (Martina Vargová collaboration), Tomáš Tulis, Tomáš Eniac Cíger, Ivana Laila Drobná and others will shine. The light installations will be complemented by a rich accompanying programme for children, screening of short films, night chilling with the band Chill on the sun, as well as a movement performance performed by the Dance Studio from Banská Bystrica.

    Don’t miss the open-air night gallery and come and experience the magic of art in the golden Kremnica.

    We look forward to your visit.

    Text: gregi.net

    www.akropolakremnica.sk
    www.instagram.com/akropola_kremnica
    Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/1Y1v17Ph7

  • Priestor 5

    Priestor 5

    Priestor is a festival of music, dance, discussions, arts, theater and friendly gatherings of people of all ages, from all places. The places of the city of Trenčín come alive thanks to art and culture. These places have been forgotten for a long time or they have lost their primary function. It is a platform that connects everything good that we have in Trenčín, in Slovakia (and with time, even in the world). It is an event where you can lead a calm conversation or be a part of a great party. The project came alive in 2018. Since 2021, TRAKT participates at the event as well.

    Site-specific installation digital art entitled Strom slov (Tree of words) was introduced at the park of Milan Rastislav Štefánik in Trenčín after twilight. The piece of art opens up the subject of ecology, climate and even history and a relationship between a human and the nature. The installation art consists of a sound projection on a specific branch of a tree which transforms into a 3D talking head. This sexless face of an “avatar” tells a fictional story having support in historical events. A once in a lifetime experience with elements of surrealistic and supernatural overlap.

    The piece of art is a part of CL!CL! The research is funded by the Slovak Arts Council from public resources in the form of scholarship. The project was financed by the city of Trenčín – Mládež grant.

    Photography: Juraj Majerský

  • Nocturno

    Nocturno

    The 7th of August 2021 is going to be carried out in the spirit of light projections and art installations, mostly under the theme of looking into the past of the former botanical garden that was built by writer Gustáv Kazimír Zechenter-Laskomerský right by his house.

    The title “NOCTURNO” comes from the word “nocturno” which is a translation for night music or instrumental music that is played outside, as for example a serenade. The night during the NOCTURNO should also be like a song, a beautiful music of visual arts.

    Artists like Arter Eniac from Kremnica, who has created a lot of graphics for the city, artists from the civic association TRAKT with their piece of work entitled Strom slov (Tree of Words) created by Lukáš Matejka and Štefan Oliš in cooperation with Alexandra Rychtarčíková and Viktor Vilkovský and a piece of work entitled Modrá planéta (Blue planet) by Štefan Oliš, artist Ivana Laila Drobná, Ové Pictures art group or a group of young architects will be presented. The programme is going to be accompanied by a lecture dedicated to the history of Zechenter garden, a Andy Switch concert or a movement performance by students of the Department of Dance Creation of the Academy of Performing Arts.

    Strom slov (Tree of Words) (2021)

    Lukáš Matejka (TRAKT), Štefan Oliš (TRAKT), Viktor Vilkovský and Alexandra Rychtarčíková

    Site – specific digital installation entitled Strom slov reflects the history of Zechenter garden in Kremnica and, at the same time, opens up the themes of ecology, climate or history and of a relationship between people and the nature. The installation consists of sound projection on a specific branch of tree which transforms into a 3D talking head. This sexless face of an “avatar” tells a fictional story with the support of historical events which is connected to the specific place and to the specific chosen tree. A once-in-a-lifetime experience with elements of surrealistic supernatural overlap is thus created.

    Modrá planéta (Blue planet) (2021)

    Štefan Oliš (TRAKT)

    Short, but that much powerful videoprojection is a conceptual work of art that is broadened by a certain illustrative idea of an artist. The projection is strongly focused on the current issues of climate change and its aspects. It primarily bets on the subject matter of the work of art and its main idea. The goal is to “shake” the spectator and leave them with an emotion worth thinking over.

    Photos by: Bibiána Hudáková

    Translated by: Karin Miklossiová

  • Park camp 8

    Park camp 8

    The eighth year of the summer workshop Park CAMP focuses on participatory and interactive art, art in the public space of the city park in Trebišov (in cooperation with the Koniareň gallery – space for contemporary art – koniarengallery.com). The aim of the event is to create a professional-educational space for students, graduates and teachers at art colleges in Slovakia and abroad. The aim of the project is gaining new knowledge and experience in the field of contemporary art, intermedia art and interdisciplinary overlaps. The project which was created for the city park in Trebišov and the KONIAREŇ cultural space focuses on the interaction with the spectator via social interventions within natural environment of the park where participants can, aside from participatory an interactive art, work with site-specific art, performance, sound art, public art, conceptual art and new media-technologies art strategies. Apart from the theoretical phase of the workshop, participants can be a part of the practical phase where they can create visual and acoustic arts – interventions into the natural environment of the park, together with professional lecturers (Miroslav Nicz and Peter Valiska-Timečko). The goal is to create such works of art, with which participants will try out the work right on the field in confrontation with the audience. The intention is to react to the specific park environment (site-specific art) or to thematically respond to the direct relationship between the city and natural environment (public – private, natural vs. technological, online – offline).

    Authors: Stanislav PIATRIK (SK), Peter VALISKA-TIMEČKO (SK), Monika VITANYI (SK), Miloš MOZDÍK (SK), Martin BIZÍK (SK), Lucia VEČERNÁ (SK), Mária PIATRIKOVÁ (SK), Michaela IHNÁTOVÁ (SK), Juliana SVITKOVÁ (SK), Lukáš MATEJKA – TRAKT (SK) and Štefan OLIŠ – TRAKT SK)

    Koniareň is an independent cultural space (former riding hall) located on the premises of the museum and the cultural center of south Zemplín in Trebišov. It is a connection of an art lab, a cultural institution, a community space and a group of activists. The space is situated on the premises of a manor house in one of the biggest forest parks in the Central Europe.

    Gardens, fountains, a pond and other natural landmarks are part of the park. There, the visitors can find the Mausoleum of Count Július Andrássy, an amphitheater, the Parič castle ruins, wine cellars, a French garden and various recreational zones. The final exhibition in the Koniareň gallery under the theme INTER-ACTION is part of the event including a guided tour on the marked trail with visual interventions in the city park. Associate professor, a conceptual and multimedia artist and a university lecturer Miroslav Nicz with a degree in painting will be the curator and the lecturer of the event. The workshop will provide a direct experience and confrontation of the author with the public.

    Title: PARK CAMP 8. /International workshop of visual art/

    Place: Trebišov city park and Koniareň – space for contemporary art

    Date: 16th of August – 21st of August 2021

    Preview: 20th of August 2021 /Friday/ at 6 pm.

    Lecturers: associate prof. Miroslav Nicz (with a degree in painting) and Mgr. art. Peter Valiska-Timečko, ArtD

    Organizer: Slovak organization of Art and Culture (civic association) and KONIAREŇ

    Co-organizers: the city of Trebišov and the museum and cultural center of the south Zemplín

    The event was funded by the Slovak Arts Council from public resources.

    Photographs: Stanislav Piatrik, Eva Čarnoká

    Translated by: Karin Miklossiová

  • Park camp 6

    Park camp 6

    The Park CAMP workshop is the sixth edition currently focusing on Landart & Videoart. The project from the workshop Koniareň / space for contemporary art / will bring art in public space to the city park in Trebišov in cooperation with the Museum and Cultural Center of Southern Zemplín in Trebišov.

    The aim of the project is to create space and suitable conditions for students and fresh graduates of art universities in Slovakia (VŠVU in Bratislava, AU in Banská Bystrica, TU FU in Košice) for the purpose of improvement and progress in the field of contemporary art, new media and media. The project aims to bring the cultural center closer to the natural environment of the Trebišov park in the form of social interventions, where participants, in addition to land art & video art, can work with strategies of site-specific art, performance, sound art, public art, conceptual art and new media.

    An important aspect of the event will be the final presentation of the project in the gallery Koniareň and directly in the city park in Trebišov, where during the weekend the city park will come alive thanks to the created works of individual participating artists. Within the project Lukáš Matejka (TRAKT) will present himself with a new videoart – video mapping directly on the facade of the manor house in Trebišov.