Botond Keresztesi

Installation view of the exhibition, ‘ Extra - Planetary Commitment’ , lítost gallery, Prague, 16 March 2019 – 28 April 2019 . From left to right: Evita Vasiljeva, ‘Hormones’ , (2017), metal, concrete, wood, cable ties, noise sensitive light, wires, each part 25 cm x 57 cm x 57 cm – Courtesy of the artist gallery; Botond Keresztesi, “Miss Universe 1” , black colour airbrush on paper, 29.7 cm x 42 cm – Courtesy of the artist; Botond Keresztesi, “Miss Universe 2” , black colour airbrush on paper, 29.7 cm x 42 cm – Courtesy of the artist ; Evita Vasiljeva – ‘There is no Grace in Shrinking’ , (2017), latex, pump, plastic tubes, various sizes – Courtesy of the artist; And Botond Keresztesi, “The Audience” , black colour airbrush on paper, 29.7 cm x 42 cm – Courtesy of the artist . Photograph by Lenka Glisníková. © lítost
Artishock • 26.03.2019

Extra-planetary Commitment

«Extra-Planetary Commitment» is not so much about space flight as it is about the freedom of imagination to critique current establishments and political practices as well as our contemporary daily life. Technology is already redefining the human body and our relationship to nature. Artworks compare the pictorial space of the imaginary with the sculptural conditions of material reality. While imagination can expand into worlds free of gravitation and time, sculptural materiality gives way to a non-human agency.