Krištof Kintera: Neuropolis
The new Gong Gallery (the gallery was created by expanding the artistic scope of the Milan Dobeš Museum) features an exhibition titled Neuropolis by Krištof Kintera. He is one of the most prominent and respected representatives of contemporary Czech visual art.
The intertwining of technology with human life has been a long-term theme in his work. This is also true for the Neuropolis exhibition, where sculptures and reliefs made from fluorescent lights, used batteries, and other components create installations of an urban landscape. Krištof Kintera gives a second chance to things that most of us consider waste, and through clever combinations, monumental works of art are created. The opening took place on 14th October 2021 in the spaces of Gong.
City of Electronic Waste
Kintera first presented the Neuropolis project in 2020 at the Zdeněk Sklenář Gallery in Prague. He drew inspiration from the book Scale by American scientist Geoffrey West and the idea of changing scales in architecture and urban landscapes. Objects resembling skyscrapers were created from discarded fluorescent lights and clusters of electronic waste, while urban landscapes were made from unnecessary light bulbs, blenders, phones, and toasters. The author depicts the landscape as a dense network of pipes, cables, communications, solar panels, and data centers.
Krištof Kintera was born in 1973 in Prague and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He has long used consumer goods and electronic components as sculptural materials. His exhibition Nervous Trees at the Rudolfinum Gallery in 2017 was visited by over 160,000 people.
Gong Gallery
The Gong Gallery is located in the entrance hall of the multifunctional auditorium Gong, a converted gas holder from 1922–1924. Admission to the exhibition is free.