Mapping
“Mapping 1” reconfigures Sebastian Münster's "Europa Regina" (1628), which depicts Europe as a female* figure in a long gown with Bohemia at its center. It is based on the initial concept for the “Meet The Memory Person” project: a public, collaborative textile gown that embodies the memories of its different wearers and is passed on and altered. The Burmester curves, used in mathematics and textile design, and the sewing pattern are additional elements to this allegorical map.
Mapping 1
2024
Fine Art Print on paper
60 x 80 cm
Exhibited at House of Arts, Ústí nad Labem as part of IDENT 4. 12. 2024 – 8. 3. 2025 and Gallery Karin Sachs, Munich as part of Archived ruptures – Ruptured archives 28. – 29. 11. 2024
Cataloge in Czech and English language
Created as part of the residency at the House of Arts, supported by The Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem and Schafhof Europäisches Kunstforum Oberbayern
“Mapping 2” is part of the installation “Chrono Reach” (2025). It explores themes of time, identity, and monumentalization—specifically, the elevation of everyday garments to the height and posture of a statue. “Mapping 2” references elements of the installation, such as the patchwork garment forming the landscape upon which a figuration of human and non-human hybrid identity is seated. The constructed garment in the installation Chrono Reach integrates a local traditional jacket, a punk "skin" garment gifted by Petr Růžička during the artist's residency in Ústí nad Labem—serving as a symbol of resilience and solidarity due to Růžička's pre-Velvet Revolution imprisonment related to his musical activities—and additional garment fragments derived from diverse sources. These elements are assembled in the installation to form an over-dimensional sleeve column, which introduces a sense of theatricality to the work and elevates the garments as public carriers of memories.
Mapping 2
2025
Fine Art Print on paper
13 x 18 cm
Exhibited at Schafhof Europäisches Kunstforum Oberbayern as part of Transformation | Fokus Europa VI 01.03. – 27.04.2025
