Andrej Bán - The Other Slovakia 2002
The exhibition will last from March 12th until March 30th, 2003 "In my work as reporter I have come to realize that more interesting than 'the main stage' is, for the most part, the backstage of events. Hence, unintentional gestures, ambiguous situations and possibly also such as are difficult to understand, and in which - and I am convinced of this - something spontaneous and unique appears at certain moments. I am most interested in authentic life, rituals and customs of the ordinary people who live as if against the current of time. I am intimately familiar with Slovakia and particularly its remote spots. I am interested in a Slovakia that is disappearing, one that cannot and maybe does not wish to get even with "the new times". This apparent rigidity on the part of a country being transformed is but an external mask to grave internal dramas. That is also why in my book The Other Slovakia I have written just one sentence: "It may happen that you won't find such a country on any map".
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