Folk Architecture Monument

Is a unique project by the artist Tomáš Džadoň. Its first version dates back to 2006, and gradually the idea of a work of art to be set up in a public space in Košice took shape. The Folk Architecture Monument consists of three "classic" log cottages situated on the roof of a "classic" prefabricated housing block on one of the largest housing estates in Košice. This iconic artistic gesture represents for the author a deeper reality, in which many inhabitants of Košice and elsewhere have grown up and lived. Let us not forget that around half the inhabitants of Slovakia live in prefabricated housing blocks. The project is an opportunity and an inspiration for a new perception of one's own history, of which housing estate architecture is an intrinsic part. The Folk Architecture Monument has the potential to be a unique type of monument. It is not a monument to a historic person, event or memory. It involves the present we have lived through, taken symbolically: the housing block is us. The inhabitants of the Monument will become active co-artists in the project. It is a highly attractive work of art for the public at large, too, not only for a circle of interested professionals. Its monumental size and installation outside the over-exposed historic centre of Košice give it a human, citizen's and public aspect.

Tomáš Džadoň(1981),works and lives

Slovak visual artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, doctoral student at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, winner of the Essl Award 2007, finalist of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award 2009, the Oskár Čepan Award 2012, laureate of the Young Artist Award 2012 of the Tatra Banka Foundation.