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ᔕThe event is part of the exhibition Liminal Ecologies: Thresholds of Transition and Entanglement
- May 6, 6 pm, tranzitsk, Beskydská 12, Bratislava -

ᔕThe event will be held in English.

Oto Hudec and Yana Kononova are visual artists whose work deeply resonates with the environmental, social, and political concerns of our time. Their artistic practices converge in a shared effort to connect art with an engaged, conscious approach to the world. Both artists address topics of global injustice, ecological imbalance, and symbolically highlight new forms of solidarity, interconnectedness of ecosystems and countries.

In this discussion, we will talk about how nature copes with the consequences of war, mining, or climate disasters, and how ecological renewal can take place. We will also explore how these processes raise new questions about permanence, temporality, and our understanding of the land as a static entity. We will reflect on the memory of the land and its violently interrupted cycles.

A fundamental link between the works of Yana Kononova and Oto Hudec is their focus on ecological memory – how the land inscribes itself into our history and how we inscribe our present into the land. Hudec’s work introduces the concept of renewal through poetic moments, while Kononova confronts the transformation of natural landscapes.

Despite Hudec’s inclination toward metaphorical, poetic expression and Kononova’s use of an analytical visual language, both share a sincere effort to respond to crises that transcend national boundaries, genres, and media. Their works offer a new way to think about the world: not as a collection of isolated problems, but as a complex, interconnected ecosystem of experiences that demand empathy, attention, and creative responses.