Ars Electronica Garden Prague

Synthesizing / Distancing - Video

UMPRUM, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (CZ)

Two recent installations exhibited in different locations in Prague introduce the works The Platform, by Shota Tsikoliya and David Kovařík, and Photosynthetic Landscapes, by Veronika Miškovicová, which were created at the Studio of Architecture III at UMPRUM, the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.

Photosynthetic Landscapes

UMPRUM, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (CZ)

The technologization of the natural element is a phenomenon closely connected with the present time, and in addition to the increased efficiency of plant production, it is also negatively associated with the loss of the "natural" at the expense of the "technological". What happens if these elements support each other?

The Platform

UMPRUM, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (CZ)

The crisis of recent months is forcing us to rethink topics that we until recently took for granted. One of them is the idea of public space as an open platform for meeting people and exchanging ideas, a space without borders that is suddenly confronted with security rules. Just as these risks first affected the public areas of airports and later social public events, now the public space in general is affected by strengthen security rules.