Come To Dust

How to depict the fragility and temporality of moments that accompany us on the borders between worlds? The exhibition Come To Dust answers this question.

The Fotograf Gallery will present the most interesting photographic talents from Central Europe. How to depict the fragility and temporality of moments that accompany us at the borders between worlds? This will be answered by the new exhibition Come To Dust, along with artists representing the emerging generation of photographers. Their perspective on the existential questions of today will be on display at the Fotograf Gallery from February 20. The search for the thin line dividing the real from the imaginary, ways to cope with the ambiguity and complexity of the world, or speculations about the afterlife. Through the installations of the five exhibiting artists, you will find yourself in environments that are not easily named, in a hospital representing a space of transition, in an unknown city full of strangers, or at a research rocket station. “The themes of transience and the impossibility of grasping certain phenomena with words open up space for thinking about the relationship of humans to time, place, and their own transcendence,” explains the theme of the exhibition curator Světlana Malina, adding that the artists you will see here represent a selection from Fotograf Zone TALENTS. This initiative, in collaboration with the FUTURES platform, works with the most interesting creators from the emerging generation in the Central European region. The exhibition will feature five photographic series touching on themes of temporality, alienation, and the feeling of transience. Karina Golisová, in her project Like everyone else, I have to be somewhere too, captures life in a close-knit community in a new city and explores feelings of loneliness and the search for personal space. Oskar Helcel's series Past Future photographs the Baikonur space complex and its specific atmosphere, where the weight of military propaganda intertwines with Islamic and Kazakh culture. Barbora Bačová, in her cycle I am gonna live my life, addresses the theme of serious illness in the family and approaches photography as a material form of self-therapy. Ines Karčáková focuses on the feeling of alienation from nature and despair, reflecting the failure of civilization in the context of the environmental crisis, while Nadia Markiewicz, in her project Carolyn, explores themes of death and life after death, capturing the objects of her close friend with funeral themes. She understands the collection of objects as a way to prepare for the inevitable. Each of the exhibitors opens existential questions in their work and seeks ways to deal with the ambiguity of the contemporary world. The exhibition project Come To Dust is created based on the collaboration between Fotograf Zone and the FUTURES platform, which ensures visibility for talents. They are selected annually by the dramaturgical council of Fotograf Zone based on a publication in the WANTED section of the Fotograf magazine. Come To Dust Exhibiting: Barbora Bačová, Karina Golisová, Oskar Helcel, Ines Karčáková, Nadia Markiewicz Curator: Světlana Malina Exhibition duration: February 21 - March 6, 2025 Opening: February 20, 6:00 PM