ARTIST PROFILE
- Czech Republic (b. 1984 in Prague)
- Currently in Berlin, Germany.
- I live and work between Berlin and Prague. I work in various media from film to installation and object and I also run a publishing house TLTRPreß and produce sonic works under the moniker TOLE.
REPRESENTATION
- Polansky Gallery
- Prague, Czech Republic
CONTACT & LINKS
ARTIST STATEMENT
I'm interested in the habits that come with new communication devices and services. How various levels of dematerialised, virtual and physical reality mix together in various speeds and parallel narratives and how we frame our lives within them. How we relate to the bodily versus the technological on the example of haptic senses, that are idealized as harder to deceive than sight and hearing. And that are linked to an actual physical presence in an event united by time and place. And how this breaks down with current technologies, prosthetic limbs, and communication across time zones.
I like to learn new skills and test new techniques, finding those best fitting my current interests.
For better documentation of my work, please visit the website http://martinkohout.com or see a hi-res pdf portfolio here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/aww00wvbk49ndus/AACaljvLpLGO258WvMlyU67wa?dl=0
You can watch a two-part video interview about my work here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a24ug3bJMXk
I'm represented by Polansky Gallery in Prague and Exile in Berlin.
BIOGRAPHY
Education:
2013 - Meisterschüler, Städelschule, Frankfurt (De), class of Simon Starling
2011 - Absolvent at UdK Berlin (De), classes of Alicja Kwade, Gregor Schneider
2010 - BA, Film Academy FAMU, Prague (Cz)
Selected solo exhibitions:
2016 - Jokes Machines Make About Humans: 2nd infusion @ Kunstraum Riehen, (Ch)
2016 - Lebensrhythmen Und Geschwindigkeit @ Goethe Institut China, Beijing (Cn)
2015 - Jokes Machines Make About Humans: 1st infusion @ Polansky Gallery, Prague (Cz)
2015 - DungeonTT (duo with Lars TCF Holdhus) @ Tromso Kunstforening (No)
2015 - DungeonTT (duo with Lars TCF Holdhus) @ Meet Factory, Prague (Cz)
2014 - Sjezd @ etc. galerie, Prague (Cz)
2014 - Skip the door, save 4s @ Forum-1822, Frankfurt am Main (De)
2014 - 5006 years of daylight and silent adaptation. @ Exile, Berlin (De)
2013 - Wrong Step @ Percival Space, Oslo (No)
2012 - Glare Inland, Quiet Attachment 2 @ Futura, Prague (Cz)
2012 - Skinsmooth Sur+ @ Headquarters, Zurich (Ch)
2011 - Glare Inland, Quiet Attachment @ Exile, Berlin (De)
2016 - Survival Guides for Ballroom Dancers, Renovators,... @ Vleeshal, Middelburg (Nl)
2016 - Episode 9: Dinner Room Terravore @ Oslo10, Basel (Ch)
2016 - Episode 9: Dinner Room Terravore @ Oslo10, Basel (Ch)
2016 - Lock Up International @ Ks Wave, Nakano Broadway, Tokyo (Jp)
2016 - States of Flux @ Swimming Pool, Sofia (Bg)
2016 - Пикник на обочине @ Exo Exo, Paris (Fr)
2016 - F-Holes @ HHDM, New York (US)
2016 - Latent Fiction @ Sperling, Munich (De)
2016 - Apocalypse Me @ Galerie Emila Filly, Usti nad Labem (Cz)
2016 - Grand New @ Future Gallery, Berlin (De)
2015 - Aufloesung / Neuordnung @ D21, Leipzig (De)
2015 - HPSCHD 1969>2015 @ MAMbo, Bologna (It)
2015 - Generation Smart @ National Technical Library, Prague (Cz)
2015 - Telepathy or Esperanto @ Futura, Prague (Cz)
2015 - Deep Skin (online @ www.deepsk.in)
2015 - Typografie @ Tsjechisch Centrum, Rotterdam, (Nl)
2014 - Jindrich Chalupecky Award @ Veletrzni Palac, National Gallery, Prague (Cz)
2014 - Redrawing Sol LeWitt @ Exile, New York (US)
2014 - The Meditative Relaxation Cycle @ Arcadia Missa, London (UK)
2014 - ABBA: Art Books by Artists @ Vondelbunker, Amsterdam (Nl)
2013 - Breathing Kevlar, Perforated Skin @ VAULT, Berlin (De)
2013 - Atlas 2013 @ Bundeshalle, Bonn (De)
2012 - Superpositions, New Wight Biennial @ New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
2012 - New Prophets @ vecteur interface, Nantes (Fr)
2012 - Brand Innovations for Ubiquitous Authorship @ Higher Pictures, New York (US)
2012 - Nobody Knows You’re a Dog @ Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar (Swe)
2012 - Astral Projection Abduction Fantasy @ Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin (Ir)
2011 - Resonance: Looking for Mr. McLuhan @ Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York (US)
2011 - RAT PISS VIRUS GIVE IT TO ME @ Yautepec Gallery, Mexico City (Mex)
2010 - Play Biennial @ Guggenheim Museum, New York (US)
2010 - Down Stairs, Up Stairs @ Gyeonggi Creation Center, Gyeonggi-do (Kor)
2010 - The Bell 2010 Young Artists Biennial @ City Gallery Prague (Cz)
Curating:
2016 - Dog. Piss. Protection. Attachments. @ Shapes Without Names, Beijing (Cn)
2014 - Driving Fast Nowhere @ Polansky Gallery, Prague, (Cz)
Selected press in English:
2015 - Two-part video interview / profile by Video In Common, London
2015 - Berlin’s top new artists @ Dazed & Confused online
2015 - Labyrint Revue #35-36 – interview and a profile by Karel Cisar
2014 - Jindrich Chalupecky Award exhibition catalogue
2012 - User-Friendly essay by Jakob Schillinger, Artforum, November
2012 - Martin Kohout essay by Marie Meixnerová, Fotograf #19
2011 - The Prosumer Version essay by Jakob Shillinger, FlashArt international, October
2010 - Vernacular Video essay by Domenico Quaranta, Flash Art Italy, #285
Stipends, lectures, residencies etc.:
2016 - research and production in London in collaboration with Video in Common (London) and Sleep and Circadian Neurosciences Institute (Oxford).
2016 - residency at I: project space, Beijing
2015 - lecture ‘Thirst’ at exmf (Bochum, De) and Berlinskej model (Prague, Cz)
2014 - lecture ‘On The Archiving of The Living’ for the studio of sculpture at VSUP, Prague (Cz)
2013 - Alfred Toepfer Scholarship Programme Germany
2012 - Paths Crossing artist residency at NKD Dale (No)
Selected writing / publications as author:
2016 - General Fine Arts, Issue 4; published fiction text @ Version House (De)
2016 - Umelec 1/2016; published fiction text @ Divus (Cz)
2014 - Sleep Cures Sleepiness – artist text-book; editor, writer, designer @ TLTRPreß (De)
2014 - Poltroneria - Rivista Apparente 8; published fiction text @ Rivista Apparente (It)
2012 - Linear Manual – artist text-book; editor @ TLTRpreß (De)
Founder and director of the publishing house TLTRPreß since 2011.