Szpagetowa dzikość / Erik Sikora’s Performance

Erik Sikora describes himself as a citizen, a father, an artist, a songwriter, and a rural alien. He analyzes and deconstructs his life experiences down to the smallest detail, then enriches them through various forms such as vlogs, poetry, and performances inspired by Pecha Kucha and TEDx formats. About his performance at Cricoteka, he writes:

“A Slovak artist comes to measure Kraków. With a special measuring device for detecting the curvature of the shape of reality. A homemade hygrometer. Industrially produced raw spaghetti, each strand identical, becomes wild and gains personality when placed in a public space. You’ll witness the artist planting spaghetti in a performative lecture that twists spaghetti around the very language itself.”

Concept: Erik Sikora

Performance: Erik Sikora, Tomáš Agat Bloński

Curatorial collaboration: Alexandra Tamásová

May 16, 7:00 PM

Theatre Hall

Duration: 1 hour

Performance in Polish and Slovak

Admission free

Erik Sikora (b. 1986 in Košice) – a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, he earned his doctorate from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Technical University in Košice, focusing on issues of authenticity and interaction in post-internet society. His works are part of the permanent collections at the Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín and the Kutná Hora Gallery in the Czech Republic.

Alexandra Tamásová (b. 1985 in Košice) – an art historian, critic, and curator. She studied at the University of Trnava, where she received her PhD with a dissertation titled “Existential Boundaries of the Body.” Since 2012, she has worked at the Slovak National Gallery, and in 2016, she was appointed curator of the modern and contemporary art collection. Her curatorial practice focuses on contemporary art, addressing themes of ecology, the body, marginalized identities, and expanded consciousness.

Event held as part of the Night of Museums.

Event held as part of the Three Seas Art Festival.

Project implemented with the financial support of International Visegrad Fund as part of the “Smart Power of Culture – Challenges of a Common V4 Identity vs. the Three Seas Perspective” project and the University of the National Education Commission, Krakow as part of the “Excellence Initiative – Research University” program.