Artist Residency
in Šumiac
Lýdia Pribišová has been the editor-in-chief of Flash Art magazine since 2015. She is the curator of the Slovak Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale with the project Floating Arboretum by Oto Hudec and works as a curator at the Ján Koniarek Gallery in Trnava. Between 2020 and 2024, she was a curator at Kunsthalle
Martin Toldy is an artist, performer, researcher, and organizer working in the context of Slovak art since 2013. Combining intermedia project or installations with live performance he focuses on how we confront ourselves with play, chance, experimentation, and collaboration. In this way he inquires into current cultures of care, economies of intimacy, politics of sharing;
Magdaléna Žiaková works as a dramaturge at Ludus Theater, where she primarily prepares production materials and lecturer introductions. Her most recent work was the premiere of a piece about Juan de la Cruz in March 2024, exploring medieval holiness transcending family ties. In August 2022, she completed her doctoral studies at the Academy of Performing
Peter graduated department of Production FAMU in Prague. He works as a producer in the company BFILM based in Bratislava and Prague. He has produced several shorts (PANDAS won the award at Cinefondation 2013 in Cannes, THE KITE was released at Berlinale in 2020, SH_T HAPPENS at IFF Venice and Sundance in 2020, ONCE THERE
Andrea Kalinová graduated from the Department of Photography and New Media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava with her graduation film The Secret of the Swimming Pool, which explored and mystified the never-finished swimming pool above the Bratislava tram tunnel in the form of a mockumentary. In 2014, she completed her PhD studies
Monika H. Kováčová, born in Bratislava, pursued photography and new media at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. Notable works include the “Killart – Vražedné umenie” series and the documentary “Secrets of Love.” She co-founded the art group “KONTRA” and studied abroad through the Erasmus program. Her master’s study, under Ilona Németh,