Diana Takacsova

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Artist in residence: Pustovňa pre umenie
diana takacsova
Sep 12, 2025
As an artist in residence at the unique Pustovňa pre umenie - Hermitage for Art, I explored the deep, complex, and at times conflicting relationships between the natural surroundings of the Hont region and its inhabitants. Historically agricultural, the area is rich with fruit trees, ancient stone cellars, vineyards, mineral springs, and roaming wildlife. However, lifestyle changes in recent decades have led to the transformation - or even abandonment of many of these long-standing connections. Currently, new local narratives and interpretations are emerging with their perspectives, but also contradictions about our collective place in nature.

For me, a residency always opens possibilities to engage with an often previously unknown place or context with openness. Since the Hermitage seeks both to introduce new artistic influences and to cultivate a creative dialogue with the region, this is precisely how I approached my stay - by engaging with local interpretations of space and meaning, also through holding two public presentations of my practice and residency work in progress.

Many thanks to the team of the residency programme - Mária Piatriková and Stanislav Piatrik for the invitation and their care.

The 2025 artist residency programme is supported by Fond na podporu umenia - the main partner of the project, using public resources. Implemented with the financial support of the Nitra Self-Governing Region.

Photo by Jozef Pajerský.
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