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

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Specialist guarantor: Lukáš Matejka

Lecturers: Martina Matejková, Matej Mazák, Dana Iliašová Mazalová

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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

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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

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

Preview: 20^th 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

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The students at the School of Applied Arts in Trenčín studied the ins and outs of short feature films. During 2 online meetings, they had a chance to get familiarized with literature and director preparation for a feature film. This part of the workshop was arranged by Martin Velič, a television screenwriter and a director who has worked on various film projects, in cooperation with Peter Bebjak, for example.

As decided by the organizers of the workshop, the whole lecture was shot and prepared in advance at the Fleck coworking premises in Trenčín. The lectures may be used as a study material for future students.

The theoretical part was followed by the practical part where the students created mood boards. With the help of this kind of visual presentation, they communicated their own author intent towards the production of their own audiovisual piece of work – Self-portrait.

After presenting their mood boards, they began shooting the scenes in their own environment so they could depict their personalities in the best way possible. “It was important that the participants analyzed their own personalities because it was them who were the main characters of their own artwork.” says Patrik Kubizna, the organizer of the workshop.

The shot scenes were consulted with the students from The Audiovisual Arts Studio of Tomas Bata University in Zlín after the first week of shooting. The university students consulted the high schoolers on the upcoming audiovisual artworks in 3 meetings during 2 weeks.

The final discussion took place on Tuesday, 15^th of December, and Juraj Ondruš, Senior Video Editor in Bumerang film productions who was a part of it, gave feedback on the created artworks whose theme was a self-portrait. “The self-portraits were diverse, and their different forms of presentation caught my attention. Some of them would even succeed at admittance tests to universities specializing in film” says Juraj Ondruš praising the work of workshop participants.

The citizens association TRAKT has decided to present the participants´ artworks in their online gallery. “We are very happy that the students succeeded in creating interesting author artworks under difficult conditions caused by the coronavirus.”

The project was supported by the city of Trenčín, under the Youth (Mládež) grant program. Thank you.

Translation: Karin Mikossiová

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Throughout the week was filming a movie called Night News. Daniela Slávikova’s work was also attended by students of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Trenčín from the field of photographic design.

Thus, secondary school students had the opportunity to cooperate on a joint project with the Studio of Audiovisual Art of Tomas Bata University in Zlín. Students had the opportunity to directly experience film production and its creative process. During the workshop they also created their own outputs in the form of photographs and videos. During the main shooting day in Munich they could also try the action in extras. Professional film technology from Tomas Bata University was used during the project.

This project allowed professional shooting to be linked to a practical workshop. Projects of a similar type in which the university cooperates with a secondary school are very rare. However, they provide a wealth of experience for high school and university students learning new collaborations. Students of the Academy of Arts in Trenčín still have a theoretical part of film preparation and discussion with filmmakers. The project was organized by the civic association TRAKT, which has long been active in the field of art and education throughout Slovakia.

The film was shot for 4 days at 3 different locations. 2 places were located in Trenčín and 1 in the Munich time center, a cultural house.

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VIDEO MAPPING WORKSHOP 05 & 06 October 2019 (10:00 – 17:00)

Casa Comum de Reitoria de Universidade de Porto – Praça de Gomes Teixeira
Applications open: https://bit.ly/2m3H8EY

Video mapping is a part of evolution of visual art indicating manifestation of visual art and technology to create an optical illusion using the game with light. As a conclusion, ordinary objects are changed into awesome magical creations. Artists can simply apply their majestics sketches to any 3D materials, for example buildings. In cooperation with the TRAKT from Slovakia, workshop intends to give the participants an overview of the different possibilities to create a live installation wrapping projected virtual content around a real world object.

During the 2 days workshop, the students will get to work with specific software to create a projection mapping project. This workshop is intended for participants who want to learn how to develop projection mapping projects for future events, art installations, and performances.

Workshop organized in partnership with TRAKT

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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.

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