The exhibition Toto som už niekde videla (I've already seen this somewhere) was created by artists Zuzana Sabová and Gabriela Zigová.
Gabriela and Zuzana are artists who know each other for a long time and they are friends.
The concept of the exhibition is about mixing up identities, it brings up the question of what is original, and what is contemporary artistry about.
The exhibition came to life thanks to a suggestion by a gallerist Dušan Chrastina,
he allowed us to meet each other again because Gabriela currently lives in London,
and he allowed us to be in the Format Gallery for a whole month.
During August we got to use the gallery as our dream atelier.
Format Gallery or the cultural platform Format, is a generous space, I think it's fantastic, and it's divided into two main spaces.
Gabriela and Zuzana used the first space to showcase the dominant part of the exhibition -
an archive of their joint artworks, where we can find collaborative projects but also their solo projects.
I think what's important is that we didn't want to show only our old stuff or solo stuff created by her or myself,
but we wanted to find something to disrupt the solo identity.
It's also a reaction to the social discourse considering erasing identity,
a lot of artists riot because of the influence of modern technology and the availability of programs that utilize AI to create new content.
They wanted to show their photos from their childhood and growing up.
They generated these with Midjourney AI.
I think it's created in a way where you cannot specifically tell which artworks belong to whom.
The archive is made in a way that shows joint works, and solo projects,
and the entire collection is created in a way where each work takes inspiration from each other's work.
There's a lot of content and it's not linear.
They merge past and present, present with modern technology and I think that's how they show they're not afraid of this new tech.
This new exhibition shows one of the paths they might take in the future.