The latest F1 single-seater—the pinnacle of modern engineering and a symbol of the relentless pursuit of greater performance—served as a source of inspiration for the exhibition at the Artium by KKCG art space. In direct dialogue with it, the art studio PRASKLO presents a series of monumental objects created from authentic fragments of the car, concrete, and Czech glass. Together, they create a unique confrontation between two worlds: the world of speed and the world of memory. What was originally designed for a fleeting moment gains permanence. What served performance becomes art.

The world of Formula 1 is a world of extreme speed. Fractions of a second determine the outcome; every detail is subordinated to performance; and every component is created with a single goal: to push the boundaries of what is possible. The creative process at the PRASKLO studio, on the other hand, unfolds in a completely different temporal rhythm. Concrete needs time to cure. Glass takes shape slowly. Crystals grow at their own pace. The material cannot be rushed or fully controlled. Here, time is not an obstacle, but a creative partner.

The exhibition PRIME FAST emerges from the clash of these two worlds. It is not a celebration of motorsports or technology itself. It is an artistic response to the fascination with speed, energy, precision, and power that Formula 1 embodies. For PRASKLO, a single-seater represents much more than the pinnacle of engineering. It is the result of the same process of transforming matter from which concrete or glass is also created: metals, minerals, sand, stone. Materials hidden deep within the earth are transformed, through human imagination and labor, into objects with a new purpose. Sometimes into a race car capable of pushing the very limits of physical possibility; other times into a sculptural object that invites us to slow down and focus.

Components of a race car enter into a dialogue with concrete, glass, and crystalline structures. Elements designed for maximum performance and constant motion are removed from their original context and subjected to processes that require patience, waiting, and respect for the material. What was created for a fleeting moment takes on a new, more enduring form. The exhibition thus explores the relationship between speed and duration, between technological perfection and natural transformation. It asks how to capture the energy of movement at the very moment it stops, and how to give physical form to something that normally exists only for a single instant.

Ultimately, PRIME FAST is neither about concrete nor about Formula 1. It is about time—its various rhythms, scales, and traces that it leaves behind in both the material and human experience.

PRASKLO
Petra Švejdarová created her first vases in 2015, but she didn’t introduce herself as PRASKLO until a year later at Czech Design Week 2016. Although Klára Vaculíková didn’t join her until 2019, her influence and the resulting creative synergy led to the brand’s rapid growth. Since then, PRASKLO has been gaining fans among both the general public and design professionals. In 2019, it was nominated for Best Product at Prague Design Week. In 2020, three vases by PRASKLO were even selected by curators for the highly exclusive TRENDS 2020 collection, which highlights the most significant trends in global design at the Ambiente international design fair in Frankfurt, Germany. PRASKLO is very popular among Japanese and Korean collectors, likely due to its resonance with the Eastern concept of aesthetics rooted in the Wabi-sabi movement. However, it is also represented, for example, at the Código Design gallery in Porto, Portugal, and in the Belgian-Shanghai collection L’Etincelle.

Petra Švejdarová studied at the Secondary Industrial School of Packaging Technology in Štětí and later took courses in Object and Glass under Jakub Berdych at Scholastica.

 
Klára Vaculíková first graduated from the Faculty of Education at Charles University in Prague and later studied Painting and Photography at TAFE NSW in Sydney, Australia. 

Curator: Linda K. Sedláková