Buildings / Spaces

"Human beings not only discern geometric patterns in nature and create abstract spaces in mind, they also try to embody their feelings, images, and thoughts in tnagible material". (Yi-Fu Tuan, Space and Place: The Perspective of Experiance, 2007, p.17)

The book Martin Papcún. Buildings/Spaces surveys of the previous decade of the artist’s work. Essays by Christine Nippe and Petr Rezek supplement the survey of works and broaden the perspective on Papcún.

Papcún’s research-based practice is informed by his long-term interest in relationships, definitions of private and public space and the gaps between them. Works presented in the book examine the differences between communication systems — those of states, nations, subcultures and individuals, and their own languages — and systematically interprets broad socio-political systems.