Daniel Tollady works in relation with the environment and space, also on an urban level. Daniel created the Urban Archive, an installation that combines a breadth of field research conducted during his month-long residency in Prague.
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Daniel Tollady is a British artist whose practice explores the connections between the world of spatial design and the world of art. Using objects and drawings, he develops projects that explore and model new possibilities for the surrounding space.
The heart of the project, developed with Prague Biennale, is enclosed within the term “skanzen:” originally referred to open-air museums, and now used to indicate the historical areas of the city that tourist flows have transformed into other things (shops, AirBnBs, and other places) that no longer represent the authenticity and historicity of the city. A map of Prague was the starting point for the project and served as a database and data mining.
The artist, following a long research stage in the city, responded to this “request for authenticity,” and here as in Prague, recreates an installation with objects and urban decorative elements donated by the people who lived in Prague’s historical centre. Tollady’s room seems like a flat for occasional tourists, but his intention is quite different: to launch a silent protest aimed at restoring the originality of those places.
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