Abstract In my work Sphere Dance, I am exploring multiple sclerosis, the autoimmune illness that I suffer from. This project is part of my artistic research conducted within my doctoral thesis, Disease in Photography and Its Visuality. As a bearer of the disease and an artist,
Abstract Peter Lančarič (b. 1989) works at the intersection of identity, intimacy, and public space, moving fluidly between analog photography, staged tableau, documentary, video, object, and performance. His long-term series probe how images rewrite self-narrative and relationships: REM frame treats dreams as cartographies of the unconscious;
Abstract This study examines the evolution of Slovak skateboarding photography through the lenses of everyday aesthetics, spatial performance, and subcultural capital. It explores how photography captures and co-constructs skateboarding as a creative reappropriation of urban space, with a particular focus on how the legibility of the
Abstract This paper presents the results of participatory research that examined the potential of action art and photography as tools for activating seniors. The research took the form of action workshops, in which 35 seniors participated throughout the year. The workshops, which lasted two to three
Abstract This study examines the relationship between traditional and new media, using the character of Kent Brockman from The Simpsons as a case study. It investigates why new media are seen as potential solutions to the challenges facing traditional journalism, and whether they are suited to
Abstract This paper focuses on the representation of identity and social issues in the episodic drama Wednesday, which addresses several taboo and marginalised topics, such as bullying, discrimination, social stigmatisation, and gender and social differences. The research is based on representation theory and other communication concepts
Abstract This scientific paper represents a complementary and parallel extension of the initial empirical study “Deepfake: Digital Reincarnation of Art” (Štosel & Spálová, in press). The primary objective of the aforementioned study is to identify the attitudes of fans and followers on social media who responded
Abstract The study examines the transformation of institutional strategies for engaging audiences with art in the context of contemporary Slovak and Central European cultural policy. Active support for participation and audience building covers a comprehensive set of strategies and practices that transform passive viewers into active
Abstract The pictures were taken between 1967 and 2022 in Sic/Szék, a small village in the heart of Transylvania, Romania. The project started in the period when despite the rigid political and economic circumstances, the village preserved its traditional peasant culture both in their everyday dress
Abstract Tibor Huszár (1952 – 2013) was a prominent Slovak photographer. As a photographer, he was interested in “all things human”, ordinary days and holidays, every day and timeless moments from the lives of people around him. Views into courtyards and the privacy of rooms, but
Abstract This paper explores Robert Frank’s seminal photobook The Americans, using Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopias, as discussed in his 1967 lecture Des Espaces Autres. By analyzing the visual and thematic elements of the book, this study explores how Frank’s depiction of 1950s America challenges conventional
Abstract This article investigates the power dynamics present in family photographic archives from the Soviet Union, spanning from World War I to Stalin’s death in 1953. An analysis of discovered family photographs, alongside additional artistic interventions, assesses how family photography serves as a multifaceted tool of
