Matej Krén: Passage

The project itself is a metaphorical synthesis of several formal-meaning elements: the entrance, the sidewalk, "endless walls" of books, mirrors, light, the exit, and even the physical presence of the viewers. Here, the viewers transform from merely "passive" observers into actors co-creating the symbolic and meaningful dimension of the artwork. Their physical presence is transformed into an image – "an image of pedestrians" walking through the passage, and at the same time "an image of pilgrims" walking along a narrow path through the "endless" space. These metaphorical transformations momentarily reveal the possibility of insight into this hidden, intangible, yet constantly omnipresent "world-occurrence."

Despite its essentially discreet presence, the passage becomes both an obstacle and simultaneously the only possibility for movement in the space of the gallery or the world, thus reflecting another aspect of this "occurrence" – the absence of other alternatives...

Matej Krén