I would like to say that I'm grateful that this event exists in the first place.
I want to thank all the organizers and especially Lucia, who engages in it with such passion and courage.
And... basically, I already said everything that I wanted to say today,
but I'm grateful that I could meet with everybody and be here with people who are competent,
and who understand what it's like to be in the international contemporary art community...
and I feel great thankfulness that I don't have to talk to morons anymore.
The response is fulfilling when I talk to somebody who knows what they're talking about.
Thank you.
From my point of view, there definitely are some other ways of supporting contemporary visual artists
without this moment of tension that can be... on one hand, it's beauty and joy, and someone will win.
But on the other hand, there's also some room to define the awards as less competitive, that's what I wanted to say.
The 26th year of the Oskár Čepan Awards is behind us, we just recently found out who the winner is.
I'm very happy that even despite the two years of the pandemic we have reached a resolution, the Awards will continue.
But I think some reform in the close future would be welcome in the project.
What are you planning next?
I'm returning to Paris tomorrow, back to the art residency I participate in.
I'm continuing with my work there, and then I'm going to an art residency in Dresden.
From there, I'm going either to Paris or Hamburg, where I live.
The artwork I created for this event gave me work for the next couple of years because for me it opens up new themes, or goes deeper into multiple themes.
This artwork opens up new possibilities in the theme, or the theme of painting and technique, as a medium.
There's a lot of what the artwork brings, and what I want to work on.
So thanks to this competition, I created work for the next years, it's a challenge and it will keep me shape.