There are moments in an artist’s trajectory when the production of images ceases to obey the logic of visibility. In such moments, it returns to its original function, becoming a pure gesture directed inward. “Postcards from Cacti Falls” emerges from precisely this state of suspension. The Polaroids that comprise this body of work – produced over a period of more than six years and accompanied by annotations and fragments of writing – took shape as a private archive of images and thoughts, accumulated with devotion and without addressing any specific recipient. It can be read less as the documentation of a project conceived for public display than as an interior retrospective; or, in other words, as the belated revelation of a practice that developed in the shadows.
About the artist:
Dušan Kochol is an Artist, Photographer, Curator, and the Founding Director of Off Bratislava, the Contemporary Photography Festival and the Photography Gallery Fog. Active in the Slovak Photographic Scene since 2006, he has Created Numerous Photographic Series Presented Across Europe, North and South America.