Martina Simkovicova

Mgr.art Martina Šimkovicová

Interests: Photography, Modern art

Visual artist and photographer. My interests lie in connections of art and photography, related to geographic issues. Exhibitions in off spaces and institutions throughout Europe (Austria, Slovakia,Hungary, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Greece). Project leader of an ongoing process SK/AT: artistic project reflecting the term of border and specifically the border between Austria and Slovakia through workshops, exhibitions, performances and publications.

In 2015, I was nominated for the Essl Art Award CEE 2015 for Slovakia, for the submitted portfolio of three works. In 2013, I was awarded Stipend of the City of Bratislava at the Slovak Press Photo for project ‘Pressburg.‘

Since 2014 pursuing ArtD. (PhD. in practice) studies at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava with the topic Geographical principles in photographic image. The proposed artwork as well as the article are part of the ArtD. studies.

Projects

Gallery

In this gallery you can see a selection of my work. I hope you enjoy.

PART2. HIDEAWAY 2014 8 × 6 × 4 m, site-specific video-projection
A subtly changing nature scene alternatingly directs the viewer’s concentration upon the real space he finds himself in and upon the imaginary space of the image. The image is, however, distorted by the real space into which it is being projected. Nature as an imaginary escape, nature as simulation.

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PART3. PLACES - ORTE - MIESTA 2015, digital projection, single-slide projection, oil painting.
Accidentally, I photographed this place twice, without remembering that I did it. I noticed it while going through developed negatives. Apparently I wanted to capture something which already persisted in my mind

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PART1. THE CORRIDOR I 2012 120 × 80 cm, single-slide projection, installation
The corridor I is a site-specific installation of single-slide projection. The slide of a landscape is being projected on a marble surface in historic space (Aula of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria), creating multilayered reference to the romantic tradition of landscape painting itself as well as to the historical paintings in the space itself. The material surface changes the immaterial image into a mural. The slide is projected from a side, allowing the visitor to see the image vis-à-vis, from the front, and therefore creating an illusion of continuing space, again, in a painterly manner.

The Corridor

PASSAGEWAY/ THE CORRIDOR

The work consists of digital projections of still and moving images on a specific spot in the interior of the Hofburg. The projection takes advantage of obtuse and acute projection angles. Taking into account the pattern of wallpapers, the materiality and division of the walls as well, its aim is to emphasize the experience of space and contradiction of its two elements - the virtual space and the space defined by material means. The venue itself brings the issue of aesthetic and political representation; I would consider these associations in the final artwork.

The strength of this work lies within the interconnection of the projection and of the spot. Incontrast to VJ-ing or cinematic projections, the use of ambient light of the space plays a key role. The next distinctive characteristics of this work is its site-specificity. Furthermore, the movement of theviewer in the installations challenges their perception.
The installation is meant for the general public for which the installation will be an intuitive discovery of an unexpected layer of the space. However, the audience with a background in Fine Arts or Art History will be able to connect the artwork with specific concepts of the disciplines.

See more: https://www.fedu.uniba.sk/en/faculty-structure/departments/department-of-arts-and-culture/section-of-fine-arts-education/4p-events-invitations-projects-publications/invitations/vernisaze-vystavy-pozvanky/

Film

THE CORRIDOR I 2012 / 120 × 80 cm single-slide projection, installation

The corridor I is a site-specific installation of a single-slide projection. The slide of a landscape is being projected on a marble surface in a historic space (Aula of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria), creating a multilayered reference to the romantic tradition of landscape painting itself as well as to the historical paintings in the space itself. The material surface changes the immaterial image into a mural. The slide is projected from a side, allowing the visitor to see the image vis-a-vis, from the front, and therefore creating an illusion of continuing space, again, in a very painterly manner.

See this video on YouTube

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