2 March 2018

‘n0 way’ by Milan Mazúr at HotDock project space

Milan Mazúr: Nigel, 2017, video, 4:10 min
‘n0 way’ by Milan Mazúr at HotDock project space
Milan Mazúr: Nigel, 2017, video, 4:10 min

The present-day consumerist aesthetic of our material culture is constantly tempting us with its captivating glow. Being both simultaneously glistening and plush, it is not unlike the surface of an intoxicating beverage. Nevertheless, beneath this surface we can often sense the contours of something menacing; it seems that what we are trying to hide under this enchanting veil could be the symptoms of a crisis.

Milan Mazúr: n0way, 2018, installation, projection, objects, lighting
Milan Mazúr: Paradoxical Happiness 2, 2017, video, 08:08 min
Milan Mazúr: Nigel, 2017, video, 4:10 min 
Milan Mazúr, n0 way, exhibition view, HotDock Gallery, Bratislava
Milan Mazúr: n0 way, 2018, installation, projection, objects, lighting
Milan Mazúr: n0way, 2018, installation, projection, objects, lighting
Milan Mazúr: n0way, 2018, installation, projection, objects, lighting
Milan Mazúr: n0way, 2018, installation, projection, objects, lighting

This spectre of our ever-consuming yet suppressed anxiety, which is constantly digesting the seemingly never-ending stream of pleasurable instigations. It is with this same impetus – reflecting today’s specific existential situation – that Milan Mazúr reflects within his video and installation work. Mazúr’s non-linear fragmented narratives are built up from recycled and original visual and material stimuli that unmask the interlaced trap of our lives, where we are continually being torn between anxiety and gratification. It reveals us as prisoners in the constantly accelerating, systematic consumerism of late capitalism.

Viktor Čech

Imprint

ArtistMilan Mazúr
Exhibitionn0 way
Place / venueHotDock project space, Bratislava
DatesFebruary 12, 2018 – March 17, 2018
Curated byViktor Čech
PhotosLeontína Berková
Websitewww.hotdock.sk
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