Martin Jurik

What struck me first – or rather second, right after an unholy sneeze caused by blooming poplar trees – was the light radiating from an overgrown corner next to the canteen entrance. The lady had no means of reflecting it. The cast aluminium surface oxidised by years of rain and something else yet pierced my watery eyes with the same kind of vigour that emanated from its presence. There couldn’t have been a better day to stumble across it – I was in a light, reminiscent mood, prone to observation and equipped with swollen eyes that tended to see every piece of the world anew, creating a sort of rhythm in the moments of recognition and imagination.

Martin Jurik (b.1998) is a graduating student of the Master’s programme in Fine Art. Primarily working with object and installation, his interest lies in observing changes of urbanised landscapes in dialogue with fiction and collective memory.