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FLOW OF MATTER / JAKUB GULYÁS, SIMONA JANIŠOVÁ
Event by: FOG Gallery, OFF Bratislava
Location: Sushi House Kúpeľná, Kúpeľná 30, Bratislava - Staré Mesto
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TOK HMOTY / JAKUB GULYÁS, SIMONA JANIŠOVÁ
Duration of the exhibition: December 4, 2025 – February 21, 2026
Exhibition opening: Thursday, December 4 at 6 p.m.
Address: FOG, Kúpeľná 1, Bratislava (entrance from Palackého street)
Opening hours: Thursday – Saturday: 15:00 – 19:00
The joint exhibition of the authors Jakub Gulyás (1980) and Simona Janišová (1985) in the FOG gallery traces the transformations caused by time, movement and elements. Ceramics, photography and video meet here in a common space of transition, where light and dark, solid and liquid or creation and disappearance do not appear as oppositions, but as states that constantly pass into each other.
Simona Janišová's sculptures Dead Girl Walking and Alive and Standing represent two phases of the transformation of matter and state. Each is displayed in a separate room, but together they create tension and interaction: as if they are observing each other across the gallery and giving each other new meanings. Clay carries the memory of the gesture, and with fire it only changes the form, not the essence. Like lava solidifying into stone, her sculptures are not modeled as definitive shapes, but as objects in motion. They are a record of the process in which destruction becomes purification.
The works of Jakub Gulyás work at the same pace. His large-format photographs capture ice, water and rock structures as a landscape of constant transformation. What is solid was liquid, and what is liquid can solidify at any moment. The wave video develops this principle even more explicitly: the flow is continuous, the form is born and disappears every second. Light and shadow do not meet here as opposites, but as two sides of the same substance. This phenomenon is illustrated by one of the smaller photographs, where sunlight and darkness exist simultaneously without mutual negation.
In the context of the work of both authors, there is no contrast, but continuity. What is water in one space is stone in another; what stands still in one work moves in another. The works are set in an imaginary dialogic relationship. They interpret, influence, communicate with each other and thus introduce themselves to other levels of meaning. They create a flowing spectrum, a boundary that is not constant because it is subject to movement. The exhibition does not refer to a literal flow, but to a state of "between". The moment when something breaks, spills or transforms. The material changes, but it does not cease to be what it was, just as darkness is only the absence of light.
www.fogbratislava.sk / @fogbratislava
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FLOW OF MATTER / JAKUB GULYÁS, SIMONA JANIŠOVÁ
Exhibition Dates: 4 December 2025 – 21 February 2026
Exhibition Opening: Thursday, 4 December at 6 PM
Location: FOG, Kúpeľná 1, Bratislava (Entry from Palackého Street)
Opening Hours: Thursday – Saturday: 3 PM – 7 PM
The joint exhibition of Jakub Gulyás (1980) and Simona Janišová (1985) at FOG Gallery explores transformations brought about by time, motion, and elemental forces. Ceramics, photography, and video meet within a shared space of transition, where light and darkness, solidity and liquidity, or emergence and dissolution do not appear as opposites, but as states that continually flow into one another.
Simona Janišová's sculptures Dead Girl Walking and Alive and Standing embody two phases of material and existential change. Each is displayed in a separate room, yet together they generate tension and interaction, as if observing one another across the gallery and assigning each other new meanings. Clay carries the memory of gesture, and fire alters only its form, not its essence. Just as lava hardens into stone, her sculptures are not modeled as definitive shapes, but as objects in motion. They are records of a process in which destruction becomes purification.
The images of Jakub Gulyás operate with the same rhythm. His large-scale photographs depict ice, water, and rock formations as landscapes of constant flux. What is solid was once liquid, and what is liquid may solidify at any moment. His video of breaking waves develops this principle even more explicitly: the flow is ongoing, and form is born and dissolved every second. Here, light and shadow do not collide as opposites but as two sides of the same substance. This phenomenon is illustrated by one of the smaller photographs, showing the sun's glow and dusk coexisting simultaneously without negating one another.
Within the context of the two artists' works, contrast does not arise, continuity does. What is water in one space becomes stone in another; what stands still in one piece begins to move in the next. The artworks are placed in an imagined dialogical relationship. They interpret, influence, and converse with each other, shifting themselves into new layers of meaning. They mold a fluid spectrum, a boundary that is not fixed, for it too is subject to movement. The exhibition is not a reference to literal current, but to the state of "in-between". The moment when something breaks, spills, or reshapes. Matter changes, yet never ceases to be what it was, just as darkness is nothing more than the absence of light.
www.fogbratislava.sk / @fogbratislava
TOK HMOTY / JAKUB GULYÁS, SIMONA JANIŠOVÁ
Duration of the exhibition: December 4, 2025 – February 21, 2026
Exhibition opening: Thursday, December 4 at 6 p.m.
Address: FOG, Kúpeľná 1, Bratislava (entrance from Palackého street)
Opening hours: Thursday – Saturday: 15:00 – 19:00
The joint exhibition of the authors Jakub Gulyás (1980) and Simona Janišová (1985) in the FOG gallery traces the transformations caused by time, movement and elements. Ceramics, photography and video meet here in a common space of transition, where light and dark, solid and liquid or creation and disappearance do not appear as oppositions, but as states that constantly pass into each other.
Simona Janišová's sculptures Dead Girl Walking and Alive and Standing represent two phases of the transformation of matter and state. Each is displayed in a separate room, but together they create tension and interaction: as if they are observing each other across the gallery and giving each other new meanings. Clay carries the memory of the gesture, and with fire it only changes the form, not the essence. Like lava solidifying into stone, her sculptures are not modeled as definitive shapes, but as objects in motion. They are a record of the process in which destruction becomes purification.
The works of Jakub Gulyás work at the same pace. His large-format photographs capture ice, water and rock structures as a landscape of constant transformation. What is solid was liquid, and what is liquid can solidify at any moment. The wave video develops this principle even more explicitly: the flow is continuous, the form is born and disappears every second. Light and shadow do not meet here as opposites, but as two sides of the same substance. This phenomenon is illustrated by one of the smaller photographs, where sunlight and darkness exist simultaneously without mutual negation.
In the context of the work of both authors, there is no contrast, but continuity. What is water in one space is stone in another; what stands still in one work moves in another. The works are set in an imaginary dialogic relationship. They interpret, influence, communicate with each other and thus introduce themselves to other levels of meaning. They create a flowing spectrum, a boundary that is not constant because it is subject to movement. The exhibition does not refer to a literal flow, but to a state of "between". The moment when something breaks, spills or transforms. The material changes, but it does not cease to be what it was, just as darkness is only the absence of light.
www.fogbratislava.sk / @fogbratislava
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FLOW OF MATTER / JAKUB GULYÁS, SIMONA JANIŠOVÁ
Exhibition Dates: 4 December 2025 – 21 February 2026
Exhibition Opening: Thursday, 4 December at 6 PM
Location: FOG, Kúpeľná 1, Bratislava (Entry from Palackého Street)
Opening Hours: Thursday – Saturday: 3 PM – 7 PM
The joint exhibition of Jakub Gulyás (1980) and Simona Janišová (1985) at FOG Gallery explores transformations brought about by time, motion, and elemental forces. Ceramics, photography, and video meet within a shared space of transition, where light and darkness, solidity and liquidity, or emergence and dissolution do not appear as opposites, but as states that continually flow into one another.
Simona Janišová's sculptures Dead Girl Walking and Alive and Standing embody two phases of material and existential change. Each is displayed in a separate room, yet together they generate tension and interaction, as if observing one another across the gallery and assigning each other new meanings. Clay carries the memory of gesture, and fire alters only its form, not its essence. Just as lava hardens into stone, her sculptures are not modeled as definitive shapes, but as objects in motion. They are records of a process in which destruction becomes purification.
The images of Jakub Gulyás operate with the same rhythm. His large-scale photographs depict ice, water, and rock formations as landscapes of constant flux. What is solid was once liquid, and what is liquid may solidify at any moment. His video of breaking waves develops this principle even more explicitly: the flow is ongoing, and form is born and dissolved every second. Here, light and shadow do not collide as opposites but as two sides of the same substance. This phenomenon is illustrated by one of the smaller photographs, showing the sun's glow and dusk coexisting simultaneously without negating one another.
Within the context of the two artists' works, contrast does not arise, continuity does. What is water in one space becomes stone in another; what stands still in one piece begins to move in the next. The artworks are placed in an imagined dialogical relationship. They interpret, influence, and converse with each other, shifting themselves into new layers of meaning. They mold a fluid spectrum, a boundary that is not fixed, for it too is subject to movement. The exhibition is not a reference to literal current, but to the state of "in-between". The moment when something breaks, spills, or reshapes. Matter changes, yet never ceases to be what it was, just as darkness is nothing more than the absence of light.
www.fogbratislava.sk / @fogbratislava