Exhibition Opening: Jakub Choma "Healing Through Fatigue"

In the organizer's words:

Upcoming exhibition

JAKUB CHOMA: HEALING THROUGH FATIGUE

Opening: Saturday, March 1st, 2025, from 6pm

- 6 p.m. - Opening speeches

- 7 p.m. - Performative activation of the exhibition by Jakub Choma

- until 11 p.m. - Bar Blau with music by Lukas dos Passos

In his first institutional solo exhibition, artist Jakub Choma translates elements from digital game worlds into a spatial installation that captivates the audience with its intricately layered structures, hybrid material combinations, and chaotic-artificial aesthetic.
He transforms the exhibition hall of the Heidelberger Kunstverein into a dungeon-like terrain that visitors can explore like an open-world level. The title Healing Through Fatigue refers to a familiar gaming trope: the loss of a character's vitality when straying beyond predefined game boundaries. Yet, where exhaustion in games often leads to death, Choma sees the potential for self-empowerment through artistic strategies.
The complex layering and interplay of digital and analog structures in Choma's artistic practice engage with contemporary discussions around what is termed Post-Internet-the idea that the internet has permeated all areas of life, continues to expand, and that even physical reality is always infused with digital logic.

#JakubChoma was born in 1995 in Košice, Slovakia. From 2014 to 2023, he studied Fine Arts at the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design (AAAD) in Prague, where he currently lives.

Exhibition Duration: 2nd March 2025 - 18th May 2025

Curator: Søren Grammel
Co-Curator: Fabienne Finkbeiner

With the kind support of Zahorian & Van Espen

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