From Josef Sudek’s photographs to images generated by AI, what makes us trust what we see? Pixels and Poetics opens with a guided tour led by curator Johana Rittmeyer and a short interactive performance by exhibiting artist Lenka Hámošová.
RSVPThe exhibition brings the work of Josef Sudek and Jaromír Funke into conversation with contemporary artists exploring how technologies shape images and our understanding of reality. Traveling to New York for the opening, Rittmeyer will introduce the exhibition’s themes and connections between the works.
Hámošová’s Troubling GAN and Strange Attractions explore the visual possibilities and limitations of neural networks. Her performance offers another way into these questions through audience participation.
The evening also includes a screening at Czech Center Cinema of My Life to Live (Žít svůj život), Evald Schorm’s short documentary portrait of Sudek. Jan Špáta’s cinematography, inspired by Sudek’s photographs, captures the artist at work, accompanied by music by Jan Klusák.
My Life to Live / dir. Evald Schorm / Czechoslovakia / 1963 / documentary / black and white / 13 min.
Lenka Hámošová is a Prague-based artist, designer, and educator whose work explores how AI shapes imagination, authorship, and independent thought. She co-founded the Uroboros festival and initiated Prague’s Creative AI Meetups.
Admission is free and open to everyone. No registration required.
The exhibition is organized by Czech Center New York with support from the PPF Foundation. The New York Public Library is its official partner.
