It will offer a dynamic range of art exhibitions, education programs, cultural events and social activities. Kunsthalle Praha is a new space for art and culture in the historical center of Prague. The current cycle focuses on research-based practices of visual artists manoeuvring on the edge of architectural practice and explores mechanisms of co-production across institutional hierarchies while dealing with the politics of space ranging from display, monuments and representative architecture to urban design. SO’s interests lie in the mutually influential relations of Art and Architecture, geographies as well as collaborative practices amongst individuals and institutions. Significant Other is a curatorial platform and exhibition space currently based in Vienna proposing a format alternating between exhibited, written and programmed positions. Furthermore, the festival aims to cultivate public spaces, to analyse and disrupt social and local stereotypes and engage in a broader public discussion in relation to topics relevant to each iteration, while focusing on one specific quarter of the city in order to achieve a condensed and correlated experience. The goal of the festival is to enrich the city based on interventions by selected artists and to mediate direct contact with contemporary art outside of institutional grounds for visitors and residents alike. M 3 festival/ Art in Space was established in 2017. Organised in partnership with Kunsthalle Praha Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague Academy of Fine Arts in Prague Prague City Gallery and Institute of Urban Development and Planning in Prague. They spring from a necessity to produce and not from a necessity to consume. Is taken up by those talents – artistic, poetic and scientific… The mental space left by the reduction of our needs… Dealing with issues of inclusion and exclusion, gentrification, visual pollution, the economy of tourism and therefore also the living conditions of the local inhabitants of Prague, a selected group of internationally active artists has been invited to develop and present new context-specific works, deploying practices which transcend traditional sculptural positions and encompass among others performance, moving image, photography and installation in an attempt to realign Moon and Earth. VICE VERSA focuses on the heart of the city of Prague and specifically gives attention to those things that usually go unnoticed in the spotlight. In the context of a festival of art in public space, it relates to issues of wide discrepancy between the general public and the professional art audience, questions regarding the various levels of social hierarchy in the population inhabiting the city, same as the peculiar relationship between local residents and short-term visitors. VICE VERSA: Our Earth is Their Moon, Our Moon is Their Earth, is the title of this year's m3 festival: Art in Space and a phrase borrowed from Ursula Le Guin's 1974 utopian Sci-Fi novel The Dispossessed it underlines the dual coexistence of two opposite, yet mutually dependent and intertwined civilisations. Has been extended to include almost everything… He began working with Vice Versa in 2014.Participating artists: Hynek Alt, Matyáš Chochola, Jasmina Cibic, Viktor Dedek, Deniz Eroglu, Feld72, Liam Gillick, Anna Hulačová, Christian Jankowski, Barbara Kapusta, David Maljkovic, Christoph Meier, Ute Müller, Antonis Pittas, Boris Ondreička, Lisa Reitmeier, Sofie ThorsenĬurated by Significant Other: Laura Amann & Jen Kratochvil For the past 20 years Philippe has served as the winemaking consultant for some of Napa’s most highly regarded properties. The terroir here was a revelation for him and although he went back to France afterward, taking a position with Chateau Petrus, he returned to the valley in 1994 and has called this his home ever since. His first job in Napa Valley was studying soils for Dominus Estate from 1991 to 1993. He has been trained and influenced by some of the most notable personalities in the wine business including Jean Delmas and Jean Philippe Masclef from Haut-Brion, Christian Moueix and Jean Claude Berrouet from Petrus, Paul Draper from Ridge, and the globetrotting wine consultant Michel Rolland with whom he continues to work on consulting projects. Philippe has the rare combination of talent and fortune to be a winemaker who started at the top: his first job out of school was at Château Haut Brion. A class in winemaking in his final year was a turning point, propelling him to earn a Master’s degree in Agronomy and Enology. When it came time for college, he acted on his childhood interests, earning a degree in Geology at the University of Bordeaux. Like the celebrated wines on which he’s built his reputation, Philippe Melka’s career has been influenced by soil.Ī native of Bordeaux, Philippe grew up intrigued by the intricacies of the land around him.
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