Open studio / Barbara Gocníková

*In English

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: BARBARA GOCNIKOVA

Barbara Gocníková is a multidisciplinary artist from the Slovak-Hungarian border whose practice often focuses on site-specific and multisensory installations. Her work explores the complex relationship between the individual and their surroundings, drawing on both intimate personal experience and broader sociological concerns. Aiming to move beyond the visual, she incorporates senses such as taste, smell, and touch, including ephemeral elements that fade or transform over time. Through this expanded sensory language, she creates atmospheres that invite intimate dialogue between the viewer and the surrounding space - blurring the lines between observer and participant, and opening space for shared experience and collective storytelling.

During her residency at Prostor, she will focus on material research for the ephemeral components of her installations and further develop the integration of taste and smell through community-based research.

During her residency, Barbara will hold a workshop (December 3rd) and an afternoon of open studio on Monday, December 15th from 5 to 8PM, during which anyone interested can come to Prostor to talk to her and see what she is working on.

The studio visit is free and open for all!