PD Petr Dub

“What appears here is the topic of expectation, waiting and surviving. The female custodian is an employee of the institution who fulfils her duties according to the instructions. In the precisely defined time, she oversees the displayed artefacts. She spends here, on “her workplace”, i.e. at the exhibition, her paid time. She thus becomes an element that – despite not being part of the exhibition intention – is part of the exhibition area, similarly to fire protection measures, emergency exit arrows or air-conditioning. Whether she likes it or not, the female custodian enters the context of the exhibition as a supervision body, being a proof of elevated caution towards the viewer: in essence, she is an act of distrust to the visitor who is a potential danger to the presentation place.” Custodian’s double code: From an innocent joke to a critical gesture by Petr Vaňous read more here…