Veranda

There are sacred moments that inten­si­fy our sense of being. Moments when time seems to stand still, the edge of a cur­tain rip­ples in a pass­ing breeze, and rays of sun­light paint images on the walls. In such moments, an inner space emerges, along with an oppor­tu­ni­ty to expe­ri­ence it deeply.

We are sur­round­ed by objects, shapes and colours, yet what gives us weight and anchors us to the ground are rela­tion­ships and peo­ple. Maxim Velčovský’s instal­la­tion Veranda con­nects the world of mate­r­i­al objects with emo­tions. It offers an expe­ri­ence that com­bines won­der and tran­quil­li­ty, indi­vid­u­al­i­ty and a sense of belong­ing. It cap­tures the moment when, in our unique­ness, we feel part of some­thing greater that tran­scends us.

At the cen­tre of the instal­la­tion is a table that grad­u­al­ly trans­forms, its sur­face ris­ing from the height of a child’s table to the lev­el of a bar counter. This grad­ual pro­gres­sion is not mere­ly a for­mal ges­ture, but a metaphor for growth, trans­for­ma­tion and the pas­sage of time: from a child’s first games at the table, through shared moments with fam­i­ly or friends, to infor­mal con­ver­sa­tions at a bar.

In this way, the table lit­er­al­ly and metaphor­i­cal­ly con­nects dif­fer­ent stages of life and dif­fer­ent forms of shar­ing. People sit beside one anoth­er, com­ing togeth­er, only to give up their places to oth­ers a moment lat­er, in one con­tin­u­ous gesture.

The instal­la­tion cre­ates an open space in which there is room for every­one whom design has brought to the Trade Fair Palace. Design is the con­nect­ing ele­ment here, and the table is its symbol.

The exhi­bi­tion was co-produced by DesignBlok and the National Gallery Prague for the 28th edi­tion of the inter­na­tion­al design festival.

Exhibition curator

Michaela Kádnerová, Moravská galerie v Brně

Curator, National Gallery Prague

Michal Novotný

Exhibition co-producers

DesignBlok, Národní galerie Praha

Main partner

KKCG Real Estate

Exhibition partner

Ton a.s.

Supplier

PFNonwovens Czech s.r.o.