Helen Kukuľová

I am an architect. Nothing scares me anymore.
Výstava/Galerie Mini/02.2024
Spolupráca: Vojtěch Zajíček
Kurátor: Jan  Šebánek
Imagine a room, that uses sliding doors. Imagine a room, that is painted with the color of the year. Imagine a kitchen, that is connected with the living room. Imagine a bathroom , where the sink takes centre stage. Imagine a house, that has two toilets. Or imagine... 
Are you brave enough to produce such designs? Are you architect enough? In our exhibition we ask what wants to be architect. Or more specifically, which inhabitants of a house want to speak in the contemporary architectural language. By ignoring the architected and highlighting the natural structure of rituals and symbols of convention, we broaden the means of communication for all inhabitants. They can step outside their defined meaning and freely exist within the house. 
But what is left to highlight if we ignore everything architected in an architected house? What other language can we communicate in, if the architect only speaks architect? That’s why we let our inhabitants use the structure of our personal artistic languages. Our house represents the process and outcome of highlighting the natural. With this approach the multitude of interpretations and possible scenarios corresponds with the notion of culture.
But is it fair to critique in a different language? Aren’t we obliged to speak just architect? Let’s see...

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