synopsis
The freshness, the invigorating breath that emanates from Martin Kollar's photographic curiosity shakes up the debilitating and hackneyed visions of the former Eastern Bloc countries to offer a joyful and offbeat sociology of the changes underway.
technical information
publisher : Actes Sud
2008
96 pages
dimensions : 30 x 23 cm
2008
96 pages
dimensions : 30 x 23 cm
about Martin Kollar
Martin Kollar (1971) Born in Zilina in Czechoslovakia (now Slovak Republic), studied at the Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava, the Film faculty, camera department. He has been working as a freelance photographer and cinematographer since he graduated there.
He has received several grants and awards, including the Prix Elysee and Oskar Barnack Award. His work has been exhibited across the world, including Brooklyn Museum, the Slovak National Gallery (Bratislava), Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany, Tel Aviv museum of art and Musee Elysee (Lausanne).
His previous books include, Nothing Special (Actes-Sud, 2008), Cahier (Diaphane, 2011) Field Trip (MACK, 2013) Catalogue (Slovak National Gallery, 2015) Provisional arrangement (Mack/ Musee Elyse 2016) and AFTER (Mack, 2021)
His work has been part of the public institutional collections as Victoria and Albert Museum, Fonds national d'art contemporain (FNAC), The Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP), Slovak national Gallery and others
As a cinematographer, Martin has worked on a number of films, including 107 MORHERS (2021) KOZA (2015), VELVET TERRORISTS (2013), COOKING HISTORY (2009), 66 SEASONS (2003) and others. He made his directorial feature debut, 5 OCTOBER (2016).
He has taught as a guest lecturer at the Kunstakademie Stuttgart in Germany (2013), Vevey School of Photography in Vevey Switzerland (2015) and Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava (2021).
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publisher : Actes Sud
2008 (1st edition)
2008 (1st edition)