LIMBÓ Opening: Soft Water
Welcome to the opening on March 1st, 16:00—18:00 of SOFT WATER a site specific processual installation exploring the process of oxidation of silver in contact with pure Icelandic water. The exhibition will be viewable during the museum’s opening hours until March 5th.
It’s “only” pure water and at the same time it's not. Our world consists “only” of things and events. Through deep exploration from the observation of water in a glass to the geological processes of planet formation and back to man. Even with one focused observation, we can peel off a multitude of connections layer by layer. Water in Iceland is a good example. Water erosion caused by surface water has played a major role in shaping the landscape. Electricity in Iceland is produced mainly in hydropower plants, it is also used for domestic heating and around 16 million tonnes of water are annually used up by energy-intensive industries. The clear, colorless water carries a trace of history and the processes associated with the Earth’s formation. Through it, the deep composition of the Earth comes into physical contact with our bodies. The innocent combination of tap water from Reykjavik and a 1 mm thick sheet of 925/100 silver creates "tangible" evidence that our shared environment in which we live is formed by a tangle of processes and interactions of almost everything with everything.
Artist Bio
Lucia Gašparovičová is a visual artist from Slovakia. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, where she completed her doctoral studies in 2019. Through the creation of objects, photographic images, author’s books, site-specific installations, she focuses on the study and recording of environments and phenomena related to the perception of everyday life. She tries to programmatically draw attention to and visualize phenomena that are, so to speak, “invisible” and thus ignored.
Lucia underwent classic craft training in high school and transfers her skills and principles of working with material (mostly metal) to a wide range of art media. For being able to step aside from everyday life and look onto in with a ceratin distance Lucia during winter months exposes herself to the extreme condition of Island as a part of residencies.
Welcome to the opening on March 1st, 16:00—18:00 of SOFT WATER a site specific processual installation exploring the process of oxidation of silver in contact with pure Icelandic water. The exhibition will be viewable during the museum’s opening hours until March 5th.
It’s “only” pure water and at the same time it's not. Our world consists “only” of things and events. Through deep exploration from the observation of water in a glass to the geological processes of planet formation and back to man. Even with one focused observation, we can peel off a multitude of connections layer by layer. Water in Iceland is a good example. Water erosion caused by surface water has played a major role in shaping the landscape. Electricity in Iceland is produced mainly in hydropower plants, it is also used for domestic heating and around 16 million tonnes of water are annually used up by energy-intensive industries. The clear, colorless water carries a trace of history and the processes associated with the Earth’s formation. Through it, the deep composition of the Earth comes into physical contact with our bodies. The innocent combination of tap water from Reykjavik and a 1 mm thick sheet of 925/100 silver creates "tangible" evidence that our shared environment in which we live is formed by a tangle of processes and interactions of almost everything with everything.
Artist Bio
Lucia Gašparovičová is a visual artist from Slovakia. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, where she completed her doctoral studies in 2019. Through the creation of objects, photographic images, author’s books, site-specific installations, she focuses on the study and recording of environments and phenomena related to the perception of everyday life. She tries to programmatically draw attention to and visualize phenomena that are, so to speak, “invisible” and thus ignored.
Lucia underwent classic craft training in high school and transfers her skills and principles of working with material (mostly metal) to a wide range of art media. For being able to step aside from everyday life and look onto in with a ceratin distance Lucia during winter months exposes herself to the extreme condition of Island as a part of residencies.
