Michal Rohal

Kosice’s media artist Michal Rohal was born in 1988 in Bardejov, now studying New Media at FU TUKE.

When choosing University, Michal was not sure whether music or visual arts should be his field. After graduating at gymnasium he decided for "New Media" which is offering an opportunity to gain knowledge in both, sound and visuals. Michal also came because of Kosice, it´s double character, the cultural and the industrial, inspires him.

The fact that Kosice won the title of ECC 2013, led Michal to have a closer look at contemporary art and culture. At the moment, he is working as a photographer for Kosice 2013. Beside that, he takes every opportunity to travel. Michal would like to visit Krakow via Erasmus program.

M.R. about his work

“When creating, I usually proceed from idea into form and realization. That is why form and final medium are subordinated to the concept. This particular video is a record of action, where not only sound, but also time linearity were important. This work was a spontaneous reaction on the environment and circumstances during the festival PerformAction Scaner in Gdansk.

We were meeting at school, where my attention was caught by sound coming from a water pipeline that was expanding and contracting due to temperature change, and it happened in regular intervals. But its structure was irregular what made me feel uncomfortable. So my reaction was simple action, when I put regulations into a chaotic environment – contrast situation. And so I named it a bit lofty: composition for the radiator and the wall clock.”