SK Parking
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- SK Parking
- 2001/2021
- Installation
“SK Parking” was originally shown in 2001, as part of the exhibition “Ausgeträumt...” at the Secession in Vienna. For the duration of the exhibition, Roman Ondak had parked several Škoda cars in the exclusive parking space behind the Secession building, right in the middle of one of the busiest places in Vienna. Being parked in the centre of Vienna, the cars stood out not just for their design and colouring, but also their Slovakian license plates.
20 years later, during the lockdown in spring 2021, “SK Parking” was unexpectedly on display again in a public space – this time in front of the Kunsthalle building in the centre of Bratislava. Once again, it became apparent that the cars from the 1970s and 1980s were a deviation from the normal, an interruption of everyday urban life. With their Czechoslovakian design and Slovak license plates, they reminded people in Bratislava of the radical socio-political transformations that determined their lives in post-1989 Eastern Europe.
Since June 2021 “SK Parking” is back in Vienna. Roman Ondak has donated the installation, which has become one of the most iconic works of Eastern European contemporary art, to the Kontakt Collection. In the parking garage of Erste Campus, amidst the cars parked there, Ondak’s work implies a further shift of meaning, drawing attention to the geopolitical space in which Erste Group operates. K.R.
20 years later, during the lockdown in spring 2021, “SK Parking” was unexpectedly on display again in a public space – this time in front of the Kunsthalle building in the centre of Bratislava. Once again, it became apparent that the cars from the 1970s and 1980s were a deviation from the normal, an interruption of everyday urban life. With their Czechoslovakian design and Slovak license plates, they reminded people in Bratislava of the radical socio-political transformations that determined their lives in post-1989 Eastern Europe.
Since June 2021 “SK Parking” is back in Vienna. Roman Ondak has donated the installation, which has become one of the most iconic works of Eastern European contemporary art, to the Kontakt Collection. In the parking garage of Erste Campus, amidst the cars parked there, Ondak’s work implies a further shift of meaning, drawing attention to the geopolitical space in which Erste Group operates. K.R.