Tomáš Kajánek

Tomáš Kajánek employs primarily the media of photography, video and performance. In his work, he enters the gaps, found on the edges of social phenomena. His actions embody the issues of today so as to make them a matter of concern. While his early work usually deals with the question of agency – the individual’s capacity to act within rigid social structures, recently Kajánek moved on to a possibilities of new technologies may change recently known infrastructure. In particular he is focused on an implementation of 3D printing which was named as a new industrial revolution. Application of 3D printing contributed to a collapsing distinction of digital data and physical object and it also brought urgency in the matters of the liberty. Democratization of the manufacturing shows new scenarios of society which are the basis for his recent work.  

He has exhibited his work in the Czech Republic as well as in Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, the Netherlands and Belgium. For Vienna Biennale 2015 he participated in research project with A. Żmijewski Speaking (of) Monuments in the exhibition Performing Public Art. In 2015, he received the VIG Special Invitation as part of the Essl Art Award CEE and year later he has been at Het Wilde Weten residency in Rotterdam.

http://www.tomaskajanek.com/