{"id":7063,"date":"2023-08-11T23:06:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T23:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bienale.lt\/2023\/?post_type=artists&#038;p=7063"},"modified":"2023-08-21T09:33:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T06:33:08","slug":"adela-souckova","status":"publish","type":"artists","link":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/archive2023\/en\/artists\/adela-souckova\/","title":{"rendered":"Ad\u00e9la Sou\u010dkov\u00e1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A. Sou\u010dkov\u00e1&#8217;s work draws on the disconnection between folklorized traditions and the lived reality in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">post-enlightenment European cultures<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She attempts to de-colonize the thought system gained through her upbringing and education in Central Europe<\/span><b>. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0She aims to revisit the relationship to landscape, often by working with traditional materials and bringing focus to natural processes. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Driven by the concern towards alternative ways of thinking, mythologies and symbols, Souckova <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">addresses the relational crisis of humans to their cultural, natural and ecological environment<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s. She seeks to make the human agent aware of the landscape\u2019s presence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sou\u010dkov\u00e1\u2019s essential means of expression is drawing, however, the medium adapts to the theme: extended crafts, text, and performative practices are the starting point for the blend of drawings, object installations, video, and music collaborations.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Her theoretical background derives from feminist literature, critical theory, and reflections of philosophers of ecology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her solo exhibitions include Kupferstisch Kabinett Dresden; label201 in Rome. She performed in National Theatre in Prague; Oktagon, HfBK Dresden; CCI Fabrika in Moscow among others. She published a three-author book. She has exhibited in group shows in the National Gallery, Prague, trafo, Budapest; TRAFO, Sczeczin; Museum of Applied Arts, Prague; Living Art Museum, Rejkjav\u00edk; Bozar, Brussels. In 2018, she was shortlisted for the Chalupecky Award. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sou\u010dkov\u00e1 undertook residencies in Art-in-General, NYC, USA, Awagami, Shikoku, Japan, Silk Museum, Tbilisi, Sesama, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Hablar en Arte, Madrid. Recent two years she lead a studio at The Art Academy in Prague.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7062,"template":"","class_list":["post-7063","artists","type-artists","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/archive2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists\/7063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/archive2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/archive2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/archive2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/archive2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}