Adaptus
DUNA group
Adaptus is a speculative project in which we explore the limits of humanity. Through modern mythology and digital post-production, we seek to tell a story about the human species that will open the space of our minds and bodies to new ways of thinking. Our existence is connected to the world around us. Our every conscious and unconscious act can affect a person, animal, plant and thing on the other side of the planet. Our bodies cannot be separated from the air, other bodies, or our very existence. What we have caused affects us retroactively.
Based on predictions of the effects of the human species' monstrous treatment of the world around us, the consequences of which are already reflecting badly on lived experience, we are also trying to find positive visions through the Adaptus series. If we see our bodies as inseparable from the rest of the world and consciously accept the role of host, can we cultivate a symbiotic and all-species beneficial platform within ourselves?
The DUNA group is an open collective of artists (Lenka Bakes, Ladislav Kyllar, František Svatoš) focusing on themes of the future topics such as ecology and technology. Adaptus is a speculative project in which we explore the borders of humanity and complexity of fragile relationship network between various entities.
DUNA has presented in a number of solo exhibitions, presented the first volume of the Adaptus series in 2019 as part of the 4+4 Days in Motion festival in Prague, and has continued to develop the series through the NoD exhibition in Prague and online platforms. The Duna group was included by the French publication NONFICTION 02 on Nature, among a selection of artists born after 1980 setting the trends of the future, with recent works presented by Duna in the exhibition HOLY MATTER at Below Grand in NYC and in the exhibition Baitball at Polignano a Mare Italy.