Výstava Pawnshops nastavuje obraz společnosti prostřednictvím zastaváren
The exhibition Pawnshops sets the image of society through pawn shops
We encounter pawn shops and second-hand stores in every city. In these shops, we find not only items for use, but also memories and recollections. The exhibition Pawnshops: Places of Marginal Economy by Prokop Matěj at Gallery 45,000 l: Volume for Committed Architecture approaches the culture and significance of pawn shops. The opening of the exhibition will take place on Tuesday, March 7 at 18:00. As part of Brno Art Week, a guided tour of Brno’s pawn shops will occur on Sunday, April 23, 2023, at 15:00. The exhibition will be on view until May 13.
The first exhibition of the year at Gallery 45,000 l: Volume for Committed Architecture develops Prokop Matěj's studio work, created at Delft University of Technology, and transfers the typology and format of the pawn shop/second-hand store from their typical marginalized locations into a passage in the center of Brno. The exhibition depicts the typology of the marginal economy that arose as a reaction to pathological phenomena in society. Through a curatorial selection of artifacts, in addition to the typology itself, the stories of the original owners and the associated subjective values of the items are presented.
„The gallery will transform into a temporary pawn shop with real objects telling the stories of their original owners. Alongside a theoretical introduction about the typology of pawn shops, their social context, and the ethnographic display of “artifacts” with accompanying descriptions, there is also a great degree of interaction with the public and an extension of the project into the socio-cultural scene,“ states the curator of the exhibition Eva Truncová.
The exhibition will be complemented on Sunday, April 23, 2023, at 15:00 by a guided tour with the author Prokop Matěj through both current and defunct Brno second-hand and pawn shops. Their history, typology, and the stylized aesthetics of the collective memory archive, which is a result of the curators of individual collections, will be briefly presented. Architect Prokop Matěj (*1992) studied architecture and urbanism at the Czech Technical University in Prague and TU Delft. During his studies and subsequently after graduation, he completed several architectural internships in both domestic and foreign studios, including JRKVC (SK), Schenker Salvi Weber (AT), or Brno’s Consequence forma (CZ). The exhibition Pawnshops continues from his studio work at the Technical University in Delft (NL) and develops it in the format of an interactive installation in a vitrine gallery in the center of Brno.
Prokop Matěj – Pawnshops: Places of Marginal Economy
Gallery: 45,000 l: Volume for Committed Architecture
Exhibition in the passage from Šilingrovo náměstí to Velký Špalíček
Dominikánská 342/6, 602 00
Brno May 3–13, 2023 (nonstop)
Vernissage Tuesday, March 7 at 18:00
Author: Prokop Matěj
Curator/Production: Eva Truncová
Graphic Design: Pavel Holomek
Thanks: Jan Kristek, Adéla Šoborová, Faculty of Architecture, Brno University of Technology, Brewery Poupě
We encounter pawn shops and second-hand stores in every city. In these shops, we find not only items for use, but also memories and recollections. The exhibition Pawnshops: Places of Marginal Economy by Prokop Matěj at Gallery 45,000 l: Volume for Committed Architecture approaches the culture and significance of pawn shops. The opening of the exhibition will take place on Tuesday, March 7 at 18:00. As part of Brno Art Week, a guided tour of Brno’s pawn shops will occur on Sunday, April 23, 2023, at 15:00. The exhibition will be on view until May 13.
The first exhibition of the year at Gallery 45,000 l: Volume for Committed Architecture develops Prokop Matěj's studio work, created at Delft University of Technology, and transfers the typology and format of the pawn shop/second-hand store from their typical marginalized locations into a passage in the center of Brno. The exhibition depicts the typology of the marginal economy that arose as a reaction to pathological phenomena in society. Through a curatorial selection of artifacts, in addition to the typology itself, the stories of the original owners and the associated subjective values of the items are presented.
„The gallery will transform into a temporary pawn shop with real objects telling the stories of their original owners. Alongside a theoretical introduction about the typology of pawn shops, their social context, and the ethnographic display of “artifacts” with accompanying descriptions, there is also a great degree of interaction with the public and an extension of the project into the socio-cultural scene,“ states the curator of the exhibition Eva Truncová.
The exhibition will be complemented on Sunday, April 23, 2023, at 15:00 by a guided tour with the author Prokop Matěj through both current and defunct Brno second-hand and pawn shops. Their history, typology, and the stylized aesthetics of the collective memory archive, which is a result of the curators of individual collections, will be briefly presented. Architect Prokop Matěj (*1992) studied architecture and urbanism at the Czech Technical University in Prague and TU Delft. During his studies and subsequently after graduation, he completed several architectural internships in both domestic and foreign studios, including JRKVC (SK), Schenker Salvi Weber (AT), or Brno’s Consequence forma (CZ). The exhibition Pawnshops continues from his studio work at the Technical University in Delft (NL) and develops it in the format of an interactive installation in a vitrine gallery in the center of Brno.
Prokop Matěj – Pawnshops: Places of Marginal Economy
Gallery: 45,000 l: Volume for Committed Architecture
Exhibition in the passage from Šilingrovo náměstí to Velký Špalíček
Dominikánská 342/6, 602 00
Brno May 3–13, 2023 (nonstop)
Vernissage Tuesday, March 7 at 18:00
Author: Prokop Matěj
Curator/Production: Eva Truncová
Graphic Design: Pavel Holomek
Thanks: Jan Kristek, Adéla Šoborová, Faculty of Architecture, Brno University of Technology, Brewery Poupě
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