We are pleased to invite you to attend the COLLABORATIVE DRAWINGS workshop and screening of Slovak short movies that will be held at The Laundry, 3359 26th St, San Francisco. MAY 7, 2017
Collaborative drawings @ 6PM
Join visual artists Maria Corejova and Svetlana Fialova in playful workshop in which fragments and cuts of art works, drawings and photos will get a new narrative in art works of the participants. The new context will be repainted on a larger format, accompanied by Slovak artists who both specialize in drawings.
Slovak animations and short films Screening @ 8pm
Discover beauty in the art of Slovak animated and short films selected and presented by film director and visual artist Andrej Kolencik.
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Maria Corejova
Painter, graphic designer and cultural activist. She is a Fulbright scholarships alumna (Art Institute of Boston, 2002) and was selected for several art residency programs (USA, Europe). She exhibits individually and collectively in Slovakia and abroad. She was a co-founder and member of artistic collectives Burundi and 13 kubikov collectives (active in 2004-2009). While she is considered as one of the most successful Slovak contemporary artists, her medium expands into the graphic design as well. She has designed and illustrated a number of publications and books.
https://www.mariacorejova.sk
Svetlana Fialova
Uses mainly pure painter‘s line in her work and she is inspired by the current cultural subcultures and is interested in topics like a cliché, boredom or the effect of the internet on society. She studied in Kosice, Prague and Bratislava and graduated with PhD in Arts. Svetlana exhibits nationally and internationally (Paris, Vienna, Budapest and London). She was the finalist for the 2011 Painting of the Year Award and the Art Critics Award of Young Painting in Prague, and was nominated for the Essl Art Award CEE and she is the winner of British Jerwood Drawing Prize in 2013.
svetlanafialova.com
Andrej Kolencik
Film director and visual artist, nicknamed Admiral. He studied graphic design at School of Applied Arts and graduated from Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava in the field of animation. He studied also at RITS in Brussels during his Erasmus studies and made intership at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. Today Andrej freelances as a film director of fiction, documentary and also animation films, music videos and commercials. As a visual artist he deals with illustration. He is a co-founder and program director of well known international animation festival Fest An?a. In 2014 he was selected for Berlinale Talents. In 2015 he started his own production company called Admiral Films.
https://www.kolencik.org
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The event is a part of international collaborative program REGULAR LINE presented by The Laundry and curated by Zuzana Godalova from Platform 1-12 (Nástupište 1-12, Topo??any, Slovakia).
Additional programme / Workshops, presentations, screenings
May 6th, Regular Line 2017: Kick Off San Francisco
https://www.facebook.com/events/1254088551375921/
May 8th, Animation workshop / Film Screening
https://www.facebook.com/events/1115608021877431/
May, 12th, Regular Line 2017 Topolcany -SF
https://www.facebook.com/events/1783152638593267/
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Financially supported by Slovak Art Council, Fond na podporu umenia.