ART PROJECTS > SHAPE AND LIGHT

The Shape and Light project carries on the basic ideas of the Wandering project. It started in 2000. The first rehearsals took place in the residential program in Čimelice followed by the exhibition in Opava. In 2002 the light objects were presented in the exhibition in Klenová entitled The Wild World, and at the two spots in Prague: in the Lesser Town's Gallery Navrátil and in the "Slovanský dům" complex, also in Prague. At the Castle in Hranice it was exhibited as a part of a larger whole: 23 lighting objects were distributed in the roofed vestibule and in the gallery as well as in the adjoining park. In 2003, a large exhibition took place on the town square in Zlín with ten objects incorporated in the centre of the town. Some objects from the complex represented the project in the exhibitions in Kroměříž (exhibition Sculptors of Zlin region), in Prague (The Youngest, The National Gallery, Veletržní Palace), in Unětice near Prague (The Enlightened Season) and in the atrium of Hypovereinsbank in Berlin. The project is developing. It should culminate in large exhibitions.

The goal of Fekar´s works is a special occupation of the site in a way that enables the spectator to meet the objects in a familiar environment and perceive the transformation of the site through the presence of these new objects. This way the deeper nature of the site where the viewer lives is revealed to him/her. Such exhibitions also strive to enrich the space with the unusual objects bringing about a new content and engaging new dynamics. Objects are placed in the public space either on the ground or hung, for example from trees. Their inner life is symbolized by the light radiating out from them in the night time and keeping them "alive" despite the objects themselves not being visible at night. This pulsing state of changes of the rhythm of day and night as well as the rhythm of seasons of the year offers revelation of the anticipated inner essence of life and can inspire deeper contemplation on the material substance and the core of being in general.