Katalin Ladik: Homo Ludens | exhibition

ExhibitionPerformanceCella Gallery and Hovorny, Opava

Katalin Ladik: Homo Ludens
27.8.–31.10.2024
Cella Gallery, Matiční 4, Opava
Opening will take place on Tuesday 27th August, 6pm at Cella Gallery.

curator: Jakub Frank

The exhibition of Katalin Ladik is the fourth in a series dedicated to leading European artists who expand the concept of sound art in their work. At the HOMO LUDENS exhibition, Ladik presents a video reflecting her poetic works to date, collages, scores, visual works, and recent creations from the series “embroidered sounds” and “singing chests.” These works are complemented by samples and documentation of key projects from the 1970s and 1980s. The opening will feature a performance by the artist, in which she will present her sonic poetry. The exhibition aims to present Katalin Ladik as an artist capable of continuously coming up with new ideas, revisiting past projects and updating them for the 21st century, but above all, always carefully listening to and interpreting her surroundings through her own sonic language.

Katalin Ladik (born 1942) is a Hungarian artist, performer, and poet born in Serbia and currently based in Budapest. Although she primarily identifies as a poet, she leaves the boundaries of poetry completely open, which in her work means a free transition from written text to visual collages and graphic scores, to performances and actions, vocal interpretations of written or visual symbols, and even to radio and theater production. Between 1973 and 1976, she was a member of the Bosch+Bosch group. She currently collaborates with her partner, Josef Schreiner.