Category: Exhibition

The future is often seen as a science fiction structure competing with human characteristics, rather than a development of predetermined outcomes. The purpose of its exploration by designers is not to predict the inevitable, but to discover ways of influencing future events.

Inclusive, resilient and innovative design has a place in the future of our society. Design is ubiquitous, transforming current designs into future solutions that impact the quality of our lives. Let’s explore its place in the future with the finalists of the 15th edition of the international Best in Design competition.

For fifteen years, Best in Design has provided a space for new talent to explore ways to influence the direction of design and everyday life. Which themes and approaches do they highlight? How do they see the world and its direction? The exhibition Future is Best of ’24!: A Place in the Future brings together visual communication, industrial product design, service design and textile design. It opens a space for encounters, discussions and reflection on how to create and support design for the future we want.

The finalists of the 15th edition of the competition will be presented from 9 to 24 May at the G18 Gallery.

Exhibition curator: Kristína Mlynárová

G18 Gallery invites visitors to the world of Czechoslovak cinematography not only of the 1960s. The exhibition “Jaroslav Kučera Laboratory” will show the work of the cameraman as creative and artistic. The opening will take place on Monday 19 February 2024 at 6 PM at Štefánikova 5670, Zlín.

The centrepiece of the exhibition is the work of Jaroslav Kučera, who is inherently one of the most important creators of Czechoslovak cinema in the second half of the twentieth century. He is known as a progressive cinematographer who determined the visual form of a number of Czech films (including Diamonds of the Night, Daisies, Fruit of Paradise, All My Good Countrymen and Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet).

“The exhibition builds on previous projects about the (not only) Czech New Wave cinematographer Jaroslav Kučera, which came out of an extensive and completely unknown estate that includes photographs, negatives, slides, family films, never-published daily works, test footage (revealing and post-production editing) and other film materials on 16 mm and 35 mm tape,” says Kateřina Svatoňová, co-curator of the exhibition.

Jaroslav Kučera’s archive is both very varied in terms of material and media, and a perfect “textbook” of various film techniques and possibilities of experimentation with classic film material. For this reason, students from various disciplines of the Faculty of Film and Television Studies at the University of Technology in Zlin were invited to participate in the exhibition, and together they thought about Kučera’s individual media practices and uncovered his ways of working.

“The exhibition of Kučera’s work at the Faculty of Multimedia Communications brings new possibilities compared to previous projects. The aim of this exhibition is therefore not only to present Kučero’s work, but to create a specific laboratory and space for communication – between the past and the present, between photography and film, and between students of different disciplines who are preparing the exhibition together,” adds Svatoňová.

The experimental laboratory will be complemented by the creative workshop G18 EduLab, which was supported by the National Recovery Plan. Visitors of different age groups will have the opportunity to explore the behind-the-scenes work of the cameraman from different angles and through a gallery case. In the first week, the exhibition will also be complemented by an accompanying programme for the students of FMK UTB in Zlin and the public; we will publish the complete accompanying program on our website and social media.

The exhibition will launch with an opening on 19 February 2024 at 18:00 at Štefánikova 5670, Zlin. The exhibition itself will then run from 20 February to 18 April 2024, always open Monday-Thursday from 1 to 6 PM.

The last exhibition of 2023 will present a selection of the best works of the Hungarian art colony Art Colony Cered. The exhibition will showcase a curated selection of the best sculptures, installations, prints, textiles and photographs from the recent themed summer symposia that take place annually in the Hungarian village of Cered. Founding figures from the older generation – conceptual and textile artist Cecilia Kun and graphic designer László Sánta – will be presented, as well as other artists – sculptor Pál Németh, conceptual artists Szabina Péter and Eszter Pálik, photographer Agóta Krnács, Slovak sculptor and coordinator Jozef Suchoža.

Art Colony Cered is an artistic and intellectual creative workshop founded in 1996 in Hungary, which aims to strengthen the social, sociological, economic and cultural role of contemporary art, not only in metropolises but also in regional peripheries. It seeks to preserve local folklore wealth, but also to foster new creative, technological and material processes and to present important artists in joint meetings, exhibition projects and printed publications. The connection between the Zlín environment and the Hungarian art association Art Colony Cered is greater than it may seem. For decades, one of the teachers of the FMC TBU, the author of the objects Vladimír Kovařík, has been coming to Cered, and many of the aforementioned artists have been participating in the Panta Rhei symposium, which our faculty has been organising for almost two decades.

The curators behind the selection are Jozef Suchoža (Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica) and Miroslav Zelinský (FMK UTB in Zlín).

The opening of the exhibition Best of Art Colony Cered will take place on Wednesday, 6 December 2023 at 6 pm.
The exhibition will then run from 7 December 2023 to 1 February 2024. Admission to the gallery is free for all, opening hours are Monday to Thursday 1-6 pm.

 

We will start the new academic year with an exhibition of Latin American posters entitled ¡IMPRESIONES DE AMÉRICA LATINA! – Posters and Prints. In addition to artists from South American countries, the exhibition will also provide greater insight into printing techniques, especially screen printing.

The technique of screen printing appeared in China as early as the first century AD. However, it declined in the USA and Europe as a result of technological developments that led to the emergence of faster and more efficient offset printing. One of the countries where screen printing continued to thrive was Mexico and surrounding countries.

Mexico put itself on the graphic design map in 1968 with the visual style of the Summer Olympics. It was during this period that the Biennials of Graphic Design were created in Europe, specifically in Warsaw and Brno. Graphic design did not reach its peak until the 1990s with the creation of the Mexican International Poster Biennial.

“The exhibition will feature more than 60 posters and limited edition prints by professionals from Mexico’s classic generation, not only from the 1990s, bringing cultural, social, political and commercial overlap to the gallery. Visitors will have the opportunity to experience a selection of the most important graphic designers from Mexico, Cuba, Brazil and other countries,” says Eduardo Barrera Arambarri, graphic designer and one of the exhibition’s curators.

In addition to the exhibited posters, the exhibition also includes a screen-printing workshop that will introduce visitors to the authentic atmosphere of the Latin American culture of local printers. As part of the accompanying program, there will be a lesson on color separation for screen printing and an expert lecture for the public on various printing techniques.

The opening will take place on Wednesday 27 September 2023 at 18:00, with an introductory speech by the curators doc. Mgr. A. Pavel Noga, ArtD. (Head of the Graphic Design Studio) and Eduardo Barrera Arambarri (PhD student of the Graphic Design Studio). The exhibition will run from 28 September to 24 November 2023, from Monday to Thursday, 1-6 PM. Admission is free for all.

 

 

Eduardo himself will tell you more about the exhibition in the following video:

 

 

 

The exhibition was made possible with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture. Thank you!

G18 Gallery invites you to the last exhibition of the summer semester – Speed and Escape, which will guide you through the visual strategies of graphic design in automotive advertising of the 1920s and 1930s.

The exhibition continues the long-term research of curator Helena Maňasová Hradská, who focuses on the history of advertising and marketing in interwar Czechoslovakia. The first exhibition output of the research was a presentation of the visual identity of the Alpa brand (Blue and Strong. The Story of the Alpa Brand and Leo Heilbrunn).

Another exhibition depicts another of the important themes of contemporary imagination, which were used in advertising campaigns of brands such as Praga, Škoda, Zetka (Zbrojovka). The research will again focus on the timeless value structures of visual advertising, such as the aestheticization of speed, the simplification of the concept of freedom, social valuation and technological progress.

Reproductions of period posters will also be complemented by typographic posters by students of the Graphic Design Studio at FMK UTB in Zlin.

The opening of the exhibition will take place on 21 June, traditionally at 6 PM, and will run from 22 June to 31 August 2023, every Monday to Thursday, 1-6 PM.

The exhibition was made possible with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture. Thank you!

The topic of sustainable design resonates almost everywhere these days. The use of recycling and upcycling is one of the many ways we can help protect our world from overuse of natural resources and waste. The Upstart exhibition will show how we can creatively and aesthetically create new things from already used materials.

The opening of the exhibition will take place on 5 June at 6 PM, admission to the exhibition is free for all.

 

 

 

 

 

The exhibition was made possible with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture. Thank you!

EXHIBITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR DESIGNERS UP TO 30 YEARS

The human ability to design solutions and combine them with aesthetics greatly impacts the quality of our lives. So it makes sense to look for new paths that design can take. These often open up through interesting ideas that emerge by disrupting the status quo in places that offer a diversity of opinion and give room for innovation.

For over thirteen years, the international Best in Design competition has allowed new talents to explore and develop these paths as part of ZlIn Design Week. This exhibition showcases the works of the finalists of the 14th edition of the competition. Individuals and teams compete in four categories: Product & Industrial Design, Fashion Design, Communication Design and Service Design.

What themes and approaches do the designers emphasize in their work? How do they see the world that surrounds us, and where might it be heading under their hands? How does the intersection of the academic ground from which they emerge with business work? The Best in Design Best of ’23 exhibition provides a space to connect apparel, visual communication, and industry solutions, products, and services. A space to meet, discuss and reflect on how contemporary design can influence our future.

 

Curators: Kitti Mayer, design theorist and Noémi Viski, design theorist, curator

In the selection of this year’s Best in Design exhibition, it is noticeable how many of the projects are leaning on digital technologies, moreover, experimenting with newer forms of it, such as neural networks and VR. No wonder why: designers have always had the task of addressing the challenge of identifying constructive uses for new technologies. On the other hand, we can also find projects which are focusing more on emotions, sensitiveness, inclusivity, traditions, and remembrance – phenomenons that bring us closer to the traditionally claimed features of being a „human”, especially in a time when the boundaries of human are constantly questioned and blurred. Best in Design Best of ’23 shows us all these aspects and even more: it effortlessly highlights and celebrates the many different ways of infusing design into our life.

 

Guided tours:

6. 5. 2023  – The opening is connected with a guided tour of the exhibition, which will be conducted by its curators Noémi Viski and Kitti Mayer.

8.5. 15:30–16:00 – Guided tour with Klárka Pelcová, manager of Best in Design

10.5. 16:00-16:30 – Guided tour with Klárka Pelcová, manager of Best in Design

EXHIBITION OF THE GLASS STUDIO AND STUDIO S+M+L_XL – METAL AND JEWEL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN BRATISLAVA

Curators: Naďa Kančevová, Patrik Illo (head of the GLASS ATELIER), Karol Weisslechner (head of the S+M+L_XL ATELIER – METAL AND JEWELRY)

Professional collaboration: Palo Macho, Milan Opálka, Kristýna Španihelová, Matúš Cepka

The exhibition will present the activities of two progressive studios of the Department of Applied Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava – the Glass studio, led by Patrik Illo, and the STUDIO S+M+L_XL – METAL AND JEWEL, led by Karol Weisslechner.

The “glass” part of the exhibition, planned in Zlín, will map the development of the VŠVU Glass studio since 2010, when it was headed by doc. M.Sc. Art. Patrick Illo. During that time, the archive of the studio has concentrated many works of students, which are not only valuable documents of the educational process in P. Ill’s concept, but especially insight into the possibilities of applying glass design and art in the contemporary world.

The studio focuses on teaching in the areas of design and liberal arts. It builds on the knowledge of glass technologies that students acquire both in school workshops, but also directly in the operations of top manufacturers in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Glass is a material tied to a centuries-old history of craft tradition, but with an open potential to currently receive and process the stimuli of contemporary art and design. The teaching program is also built in this sense – after mastering glass technologies, to direct future graduates to the design profession or liberal arts, i.e. two positions that frame the discipline of glass.

The studio S+M+L_XL – KOV A SPERK is the only one of its kind in Slovakia and belongs to the youngest studios at VŠVU. The name of the studio S+M+L_XL – METAL AND JEWELRY derives from the size designations, which express the philosophy of broad-spectrum action and the focus of teaching from small jewelry artifacts to the design of industrially realizable objects of large-scale work to specific architectural spaces. The studio in the individual teaching program provides the best conditions for the development of the student’s creative personality so that he can develop his talent and creative abilities to the full extent and later be a successful artist or designer in practice.

We cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition, which will take place on March 1, 2023 at 6 p.m.

The exhibition will be opened by curator Naďa Kančevová and heads of studios Patrik Illo and Karol Weisslechner.

We look forward to your visit!

The exhibition can be viewed from Monday to Thursday, 1 – 6 p.m. until April 20, 2023.

Guided tours will take place:

March 13, 2023 from 5 p.m.
March 30, 2023 from 5 p.m

Please accept our invitation to the exhibition called Pavel Škarka – Industrial design. The opening will take place on December 7, 2022 at 6 p.m. You will be able to visit the exhibition until February 8, 2023.

About the exhibition: 

The retrospective exhibition is dedicated to Zlin designer and educator Professor Pavel Skarka (1942–2014). It brings us closer to his work from his early studies at a detached studio of shaping machines and tools VSUP of Zdenek Kovar, where after graduation he worked as assistants and in the 1990s years he led it himself. Back then already as an Industrial Design Studio. Professor Skarka was a significant educator at FMC TBU, founder of the Industrial Design Studio and in years 2002–2005 dean of the faculty. The exhibition will present his wide range of work from the design of small items of ergonomically designed hand tools, through packaging materials, to machine designs and transport vehicles. In his work, prof. Skarka was also devoted to products for kitchen equipment, utensils and packaging design, furniture and other interior elements. We could not forget designs of various measuring devices, printing woodworking, cutting and shoemaking machines as well. He was also involved in the design of transport vehicles – his name is associated with, for example, the design of the Skoda Felicia convertible, the Dandy motorcycle or motored scooters that have won numerous awards.

Curator: Vít Jakubíček

You can visit the exhibition from Monday to Thursday, 1 – 6 p.m.

Due to great interest, the exhibition has been extended until February 16, 2023!

On the occasion of celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Faculty of Multimedia Communications of TUB in Zlín prepared an exhibition presenting the most significant creative outputs, experiments and successes in the field of art and creative industries that have emerged from the studios of the Faculty of Arts over the past two decades.

On the occasion of celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Faculty of Multimedia Communications of TUB in Zlín prepared an exhibition presenting the most significant creative outputs, experiments and successes in the field of art and creative industries that have emerged from the studios of the Faculty of Arts over the past two decades.

The opening of the exhibition will take place on September 20, 2022:
from 5 p.m. in the G18 gallery
from 6 pm in the Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín
from 9 p.m. videomapping on the 14|15 BAŤ INSTITUTE platform, prepared by students of the Faculty of Multimedia Communications of TUB in Zlín

On an imaginary table laid in the Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, the Faculty of Multimedia Communications of TUB in Zlín presents THE BEST OF – works by graduates from thirteen studios, which show both the unique journeys of individuals and the surprising intersections of their work. “The retrospective part of the exhibition entitled THE BEST OF shows the diversity of the faces of the individual studios of the Zlín Faculty. The creative undergrowth cultivated on the grounds of our school also includes the character of the individual exhibits, ranging from objects that could without much difficulty be modified for mass production to conceptually felt experiments that go beyond the scope of the words design or applied art,” comments the curator of the regional gallery Vit Jakubicek.

The second part of the exhibition is prepared in the university gallery G18. The exhibition FOR FUTURE, with the curatorial supervision of Helena Maňasová Hradská, presents a view into the future, viewed through recent faculty projects and themes. “Together with the heads of our studios, we selected works from the faculty workshop that attempt to respond to the expected needs of future communities and thus indicate visions of profiling creative fields. We thus come across topics such as re-evaluating the organization of the design process, researching materials in the context of the circular economy, or transferring human creativity into the virtual space as part of digitization,” explains Helena Maňasová Hradská.

Part of the accompanying program of the exhibition itself will be a guided tour of both parts of the exhibition on October 13, 2022, and a film screening of student films from the Audiovisual Studio, which the faculty and the Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín are preparing for Friday, November 11, 2022.

 

TWENTY YEARS OF FMK – THE BEST OF

🗓 20/09/2022 – 22/01/2023

Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín

Vavrečkova 7040, 760 01 Zlín

 

TWENTY YEARS OF FMK – FOR FUTURE

🗓 20/09/2022 – 11/11/2022

G18 – gallery of the Faculty of Multimedia Communications of TUB in Zlín

Štefánikova 5670, 760 01 Zlín

 

A guided tour of both parts of the exhibition will take place on Thursday, October 13, 2022, starting at 5 p.m. in the Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín (Vavrečkova 7040, Zlín), after which we will move to gallery G18.