Eva Kot'átková's 'The Dream Machine is Asleep' at Pirelli HangarBicocca
Eva Kot'átková (Prague, 1982) presents her largest institutional exhibition in Italy, 'The Dream Machine is Asleep', at Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan. The show features new works alongside existing pieces, including installations, sculptures, collages, and performances. The exhibition explores the human body as a machine, with dreams creating physical visions of parallel worlds. Key works include 'Stomach of the World' (2017), a long blue tunnel with video projections, and a giant two-story bed-like installation where visitors can lie down and listen to stories and dreams. The artist describes her current methodology as a 'surgical approach', evolving from her earlier 'archaeological' practice of collecting images from historical books. The exhibition uses blue extensively, inspired by Derek Jarman's film 'Blue' (1993). Kot'átková collaborated with a neurologist for the catalogue. The show investigates the imaginative universe of children, contrasting with her previous project 'Error' on psychiatric patients.
Key facts
- Eva Kot'átková is the artist.
- The exhibition is titled 'The Dream Machine is Asleep'.
- It is held at Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan.
- The show runs in 2018.
- It is the largest institutional exhibition of the artist in Italy.
- Includes new works and existing pieces.
- The exhibition explores the human body as a machine.
- Blue color is used extensively, inspired by Derek Jarman's 'Blue'.
- A neurologist contributed to the catalogue.
- The artist's methodology is described as a 'surgical approach'.
Entities
Artists
- Eva Kot'átková
- Derek Jarman
Institutions
- Pirelli HangarBicocca
- Conduits
- Artribune
- Isisuf – Istituto Internazionale di Studi sul Futurismo di Milano
Locations
- Prague
- Czech Republic
- Milan
- Italy