Wednesday Walkthrough: Eva Koťátková
Join us for a Wednesday Walkthrough – a gallery tour where artists, experts, researchers and academics give short talks in their field of expertise relating to the concepts explored in our exhibition.
In this walkthrough, Helena Hunter will explore the artworks in Eva Koťátková’s exhibition as a stimulus for writing poetry and prose. This walkthrough will have a participatory writing activity which Helena will guide us through, drawing on the story of Lenka, the first-ever giraffe at the Prague Zoo. The texts produced will contribute to the ongoing narrative of Lenka’s story as a living animal and museum object at the heart of the exhibition.
About the event
Free. Limited Capacity.
Booking is required.
The duration of the event is one and a half hour. A rest break is not included. Seating is available.
Access
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Speakers will use microphones.
This event is wheelchair accessible.
There are no audio descriptions for this event.
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Safety during your visit
Please do not attend this event if you/someone in your household is currently COVID-19 positive, has suspected symptoms or is awaiting test results.
Staff and visitors are welcome to wear a face mask in all areas.
Helena Hunter works at the intersections of visual art, poetry and science to investigate the critical ecologies of environmental change. Her practice involves site-based research and collaboration with environmental scientists, combining field and laboratory work with archival research. Her recent video work Postnatural Supernatural was exhibited at LUX Moving Image (2022) and published in The Contemporary Journal, Nottingham Contemporary (2023). Her project Falling Birds was exhibited at the Horniman Museum in London (2022) and at Gasworks (2019). Helena presented poems from Falling Birds and Postnatural Supernatural alongside film and sound works at Café Oto (2023).
She has a Master’s in Fine Art from Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, and has been awarded AHRC M4C funding to undertake a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at Nottingham Trent University in partnership with the University of Warwick. Her collaborative practice, Matterlurgy, with Mark Peter Wright intersects art, ecology, science and technology. Matterlurgy were UK Artist Associates as part of the Delfina Foundation’s Science, Technology, Society programme 2019. Their work has been presented at Wellcome Collection, Tate Modern, Whitechapel Gallery, Gazelli Art House, Onassis Stegi, John Hansard Gallery, BALTIC, The Showroom, Arts Catalyst, ICA and MIMA.
Event:
Wednesday Walkthrough: Eva KoťátkováDates:
30 Aug 2023, 2pm–3pmSupported by:
