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michaelacagan Mar 10, 2025

Since March 8th, you can read our statement and look through our works on the Secondary Archive platform, which represents non-Wedstern ( primarily Central and Eastern European ) female artists.
Check also other wonderfullly resourceful makers!
@kmlvls

https://secondaryarchive.org/artists/holo-collective/

Holo- collective - Secondary Archive

Holo- is a duo consisting of designer Kamila Valešová (1995) and transdisciplinary glass artist Michaela Cagáňová (1999). A millennial and Gen Z duet. Holo- arose from a long-lasting friendship and the rejection of the myth of the genius individual artist. Rather, holo- explicitly admits the inherent need for mutual dialogue and codependency. The driving force behind their practice is […]

Secondary Archive

michaelacagan Feb 11, 2025

(@kmlvls) Text written for and read at the Selenite event during the opening listening set. @__silverpearl11 @microchic
The set served as an indirect response to the recent violent police interventions and, mainly, as an act of reclaiming our safe space before the event fully began.
😶‍🌫️
How can we claim space through scent?
How can scent cross boundaries?
And is scent a more-than-human medium?

michaelacagan Feb 3, 2025

Michaela Cagáňová Jan 27, 2025

Documentation of the glass censer by holo-, ( w/ @kmlvls ) made for Selenite on the 13th of December 24. ( Subdeck, Bratislava )
Performing custom scent, that accompanied reading from the Beyond Species publication, together with
listening set by @__silverpearl11 and @microchic. 🩶😶‍🌫️

michaelacagan Feb 3, 2025

Michaela Cagáňová Jan 29, 2025

With my dearest human @kmlvls we are celebrating our baby holo-‘s second birthday. 🩶🎉

holo- arose from a long-lasting friendship and the rejection of the myth of the genius individual artist.

Rather, holo- set out to explicitly acknowledge the inherent need for mutual dialogue and codependency.

Today, this feels even more relevant, as we need to learn to stand together on common grounds, either in the form of collective creativity or as an aid to break through the current political mess.

michaelacagan Feb 3, 2025

mappa Jan 27, 2025

“Zberné jarky”
@michaelacagan & Jakub Juhás

House of Samuel Mikovíni (Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia)
12/2024
Site-specific installation, metal waste, water, borosilicate glass

The installation represents the darker side of his meticulous and “exact” cartographic work, which took place in the studio on the upper floor of the building.
The installation is more linked to the filthy and damp foundations of the house. It mirrors something subconscious, emerging, imperfect, and intuitive.