Maroš Baran – NEO

After living in 7 different countries, cultural glitch, clash and paradox are all that is on the mind of Maroš Baran. Currently based in Paris, the menswear designer is returning this Summer to his mother country Slovakia to present his 2-parts new project titled “NEO”. Obviously, inspired by Matrix Trilogy, excited about the upcoming 4th movie, the project is nothing else than a paradox itself and search for “new” aesthetics and visual transcriptions.

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Project experiments with the idea of Superheros among us, dissect pop culture and adores cyberpunk. Instead of showcasing crisp “final” show looks, as designers usually do, NEO is a fragmented project consisting of various stages of design development stapled all together, duck-taped and burned on a DVD, ready for you to steal it from the gallery and give it to your boyfriend as an ideal Christmas gift this Winter. Maroš Baran remembers the beauty of the old times DVDs, containing bonus material, collects vintage sci-fi DVDs (even those which are not working anymore, but have a nice booklet) and with the project paraphrases the deadly VHS cassette from movie Ring, creating an object, which instead of killing you after 7 days, excites and makes one wanna live and to be a Hero (for someone else).

Technically 2 collection-project is going to be presented in Art Books Coffee Gallery, small cafe/library/gallery (also fragmented art-space itself) in the heart of Bratislava. Visitors of the gallery will be able to experience only the first part/collection of the project. The second one will be available only for the first 33 visitors, which will be encouraged to steal the interactive DVD discs from the gallery, containing the second part of the project, only to be seen in safe home quarantine during these dark C-19 times we live in.

NEO is opening on 4.August 2020 17:00.
Come and steal a DVD. Wake up and experience the new old
MAROSBARAN – NEO 2020
Art Books Coffee Gallery
Baštová 6/B Bratislava
04-18.08.2020
opening – 04.08.2020 17:00
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Only 33 copies are going to be available at @artbookscoffee_ba tomorrow at 17:00. Visitors will be able to take them for free, but they are going to be encouraged to compete for them if they feel like – it's up to them how – battle in mud, paper&scissors&rock or singing competition – whatever their talent allows them to use to fight the other visitors to get their own copy and explore NEO2 in safety of their own homes on their DVD player/home cinema/laptop. Pls note, DVD does not work on the finger, however fast you gonna spin it. Yes, it doesn't matter which finger. Neither of them, stop trying and get a DVD player. #gottacatchemall #neo #marosbaran #dvd #getyourcopy

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