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Prokop Bartoníček

Sculptor and medi artist based in Prague.

  • Works
    • Exhibition design: Torsos, 2022
    • Resilience, 2020-2021
    • Člověče, nezlob se!, 2020
    • Aeon Art Collective, 2019
    • Resonance, 2019
    • Prisma, 2016
    • Whitewash, Tel Aviv 2016
    • Jller, 2015
    • Sun for Tree, since 2015
    • Complex Harmonic Motion, 2014
    • Flash-face, 2014
    • Laser Screen Printing, 2014
    • Solo exhibition at GASK, 2014
    • Phosphor 360 ver. B, 2013
    • Mirrsaic – NOW, 2012
    • k-tool, 2012
    • Worlds as Fragments, 2010
    • You can’t hide it all, 2009
    • Vibrator, 2008
    • Urna, 2008
    • Network Streetart, 2007
  • Ex Post
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  • “Pozadí událostí” – cooperation with Jan Hřebejk
    Just before Covid, in January 2020, Jan Hřebejk called me. While I was dumbfounded on the phone, “The director” rang out. He outlined what kind of series he was preparing and would need … Read more
  • Exhibit design: Torsos of Gizela Šabóková
    I’m thrilled to share that I recently had the opportunity to design an exhibition titled “Torsos” by glass artist Gizela Šabóková. The exhibition was held at Nová Síň in Prague in May 2022, … Read more
  • The Resilience multiplications
    Resilience is an attribute that was needed more this year than ever before. I am currently finishing a light object, which also includes typography, that I sculpted and printed. Before the Resilience could … Read more
  • (CZ) Rozhovor, Žena a život, 2019
    A protože oboje miluji na světě nejvíc! Kde jinde byste mohli najít můj rozhovor — než v Žena a život.
  • (CZ) Profil příloze Hospodářských Novin Ego, 2017
    Rozhovor v příloze Ego Hospodářských Novin - 8/12/2017 (PDF scan)
  • Richar Drury about Jller, 2017
    A servant with this clauseMakes drudgery divine;Who sweeps a room as for Thy lawsMakes that and the action fine. George Herbert (1593-1633), The Elixir The first impression we have of Jller’s physical manifestation … Read more
  • Award in Japan for Jller
    Jller, got an excellence award at the Japan Media Arts Festival. Two artists—a German who studied robotics at the University of Tokyo, and a native of the Czech Republic, the birthplace of the … Read more
  • (CZ) Rozhovor o oceněné Jller na Ars Electronica, 2016
    Když jsme s Benem před několika měsíci zveřejnili videodokumentaci naši instalace Jller, strhla se lavina mezinárodního mediálního zájmu. Dostali jsme se do časopisu WIRED i Popular Science. Díky globálnímu hype o Jller projevila … Read more
  • The WIRED magazine informs about artwork Jller
    Someone Built a Rock-Sorting Robot and It Is Downright HypnotizingTwo artists built a robot that sorts stones and it’s totally spellbinding.
  • (CZ) Nepřetržitá přitažlivost experimentu – profil v časopise Cinepur
    “Dnes, kdy je pohyblivý obraz všudypřítomný, řada umělců s ním pracuje jako se součástí experimentálních světelně-kinetických instalací, které mohou fungovat v interiéru galerií i na veřejných prostranstvích, kde se stávají součástí urbánního informačního … Read more
  • Catalog of a solo exhibition in GASK, 2014
    PDF of catalog to download. Ve čtvrtek se bude v Galerii Středočeského kraje křtít katalog k výstavě Prokopa Bartoníčka (31), jejíž název tvoří souřadnice místa jejího konání, čili bývalé jezuitské koleje v Kutné … Read more
  • (CZ) Můj profilový článek od Jana Vitvara v časopise Respekt, 2014
    “..dokáže do svých děl vkládat tolik energie a investic, že se z nich vždy stávají události, jež se jen tak nevytrácejí z paměti.” Jan Vitvar, Respekt, 2014 PDF SCAN s celým článkem PDF … Read more
  • (CZ) V ČT Artmix detailně o mé samostatné výstavě v GASK, 2014
  • (CZ) O účati na prvním ročníku festivalu Signal, 2013
    Byl jsem vedením festivalu osloven, abych na Signalu prezentoval můj dřívější projekt MIRRSAIC, který pracuje se slunečním světlem. To by ale MIRRSAIC byl jedinou instalací určenou pro denní světlo a to by situaci … Read more
  • Mirrsaic NOW published in the prestigious book MĚSTO = MEDIUM, 2012
    More about the project Mirrsaice Now is here. Book by BiggBoss
  • Vibrator at CYNETART Dresden, 2011
    Thanks to the Cynetart festival for presenting the Vibrator in an amazing and large space of Festspielhaus Hellerau. Special thanks to Thomas Dumke for the well-done organization and Endre Ketzel for the phenomenally designed … Read more
  • Vibrator video documentation
    HD video: www.vimeo.com/25826569 page about Vibrator: https://www.prokopbartonicek.com/?page_id=167    
  • “You can’t hide it all” at Komfort + Živel mag release party at 2.patro Prague
  • Operative Performances at LEAP, Berlin 2011
    I was invited to participate in Operative Performances at LEAP, Berlin, and had a great time working with Daniel Franke on the piece. The performative part was done by Brina Stinehelfer and Francesca … Read more
  • Artmix – interview about past works, national TV, 2011
    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlAB-gBB8HA[/youtube] [CZ only:] 52 minut o výtvarném umění – Výstava měsíce: První česká retrospektiva Gabriela von Maxe – Portrét: Robert V. Novák, grafický designér, scénograf a fotograf – Talent měsíce: Prokop Bartoníček na … Read more
  • Vibrator at Enter5 biennial Prague
    official web of Enter5 festival [cz+en] Hana Makovcová about festival on joyfulidiot blog [cz]
  • presenting Die Praxis at 22PRESENTS
    I’m proudly presenting my friends from Berlin in Prague. Collective “Die Praxis” and their work “Shift” at showroom 22PRESENTS. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ3tDVDUE8M[/youtube] In this site specific installation a second room is superimposed on the 22PRESENTS … Read more
  • “You can’t hide it all” on A MAZE Transmediale11, Berlin Mitte
    My installation “You can’t hide it all” on “A MAZE + Transmediale11 festival” Vernissage: 2 February, 18:00 Finissage: 5 February, 18:00 systM gallery, Torstraße 68, 10119 Berlin Opening times: Venue 18:00 – 22:00, … Read more
  • Urna in Komfort Mag 5
    Komfort bodyfit. Close fitting and precise, as fitting questions sometimes tend to be. Try it for yourself, with all its sweatiness, bodily anomalies, carnality, and seductiveness. Everyone who has a body will be … Read more
  • Presenting works in Buenos Aires, 2010
    Directly from Istanbul, I traveled to Buenos Aires to present my works at the Cultura y Media conference at Centro Cultural General San Martin. We had a great time together with my friend … Read more
  • Vibrator in Istanbul!
    Vibrator exposed in Istanbul at Amber festival 2010. NetworkStreetart installed too. Meeting really interesting people: Thorsten Wiedeman http://www.amaze-festival.de, Marlon Solano http://www.dance-tech.net, Martin Kaltenbrunner http://www.reactable.com,. Thanks CIANT.
  • Worlds as Fragments (Live) feat. Berg Orchestra at Museum Kampa, 2010
    Orchester Berg asked me to provide a visual accompaniment to their last piece, which Jakub Waisar was supposed to compose for them. I asked them to reconsider the whole thing. The soft VJ … Read more
  • article in dutch funeral magazine
    An article in dutch funeral magazine Uitvaart about my URNA beta2 project. :D http://www.uitvaartmedia.com/agenda/persoonlijke-urn-als-bouwpakket
  • Worlds as fragments video documentation
    HD video: www.vimeo.com/13266794
  • Worlds as fragments at 22PRESENTS
    Worlds as fragments presentation at showroom 22PRESENTS [miniflickr photoset_id=”72157624302226162″]
  • Ubu se baví: Animated Projections for theatre Na Zábradlí, 2010
    I had the privilege to work as an animator and projection designer for a theatrical performance called “Ubu se baví” (Ubu is having fun – The aerodynamic ubunality) directed by Jiří Havelka. This … Read more
  • Pecha Kucha Prague
    Presenting works at Pecha Kucha Night Prague: HD video: www.vimeo.com/56286516    

Month: November 2010

Presenting works in Buenos Aires, 2010

Presenting works in Buenos Aires, 2010

Directly from Istanbul, I traveled to Buenos Aires to present my works at the Cultura y Media conference at Centro Cultural General San Martin. We had a great time together with my friend Pavel Sedlak from Ciant.

Posted on 21/11/201014/10/2022Categories presentation, trip

Vibrator in Istanbul!

Vibrator exposed in Istanbul at Amber festival 2010. NetworkStreetart installed too.
Meeting really interesting people: Thorsten Wiedeman http://www.amaze-festival.de, Marlon Solano http://www.dance-tech.net, Martin Kaltenbrunner http://www.reactable.com,.
Thanks CIANT.

Posted on 21/11/201008/06/2011Categories exhibition, trip
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