The Spirit of Kumbhaka
Magda Stützer-Tóthová
curatorial support: Bettina Siegele
The term “Kumbhaka” derives from yoga practice and translates as holding the breath – a pause between inhaling and exhaling that is natural and affects our
breathing rate. Cultivating this pause makes it possible to perceive the stagnation in a movement and to generate new strength from it for the further course of breathing. Stagnation as growth and retreat: a comparison with Stützer-Tóthová‘s artistic practice, in which, after initial dissonance, her own role as a mother became an additional facet of her being an artist. A role in which she struggles on multiple levels for visibility and needs-orientation, for necessity and justification. The Spirit of Kumbhaka is part of the annual programme The Resistance of Nothingness curated by Bettina Siegele.
Magda Stützer-Tóthová (*1979 in Bratislava) lives and works in Berlin. She studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL), the School for Artistic Photography Vienna with F. Kubelka, and at the University of Applied Arts Vienna with G. Rothemann. Participation in residency programmes in Amsterdam, London, Chicago and Copenhagen. Stützer-Tothova was co-editor of an art magazine with a changing name (www.ztscrpt.net/). International exhibitions and exhibition participation, including: Galeria umelcov Spisa, Spišská Nová Ves (SK); Hilbert Raum, Berlin (D); Essener Lichtkunsttheater, Essen (D); Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (D); Zollamt, Bad Radkersburg (D); Galery Syster, Luleå (SE); Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga (LVA); ADDS DONNA, Chicago (USA); The Kitchen, New York (USA); Haunch of Venison, London (GBR).
www.magdatothova.com
OPENING
Thursday 13.06.2024, 6pm
With a performance by Magda Stützer-Tóthová
Welcoming: Miriam Tiefenbrunner (member of the board)
Introduction: Bettina Siegele
