Viktor Čech / Mario Mu
Curator in Residence / Czech Republic, Artist in Residence / Croatia, March–April 2026 /
Viktor Čech
Viktor Čech, born in 1980 in Tábor, Czech Republic, is a curator, critic, and art theorist based in Prague. His work focuses on interdisciplinary overlaps, particularly between choreography and visual art, questions of physicality in relation to performative and social forms, and the relationship between Art history and contemporary art. In addition to a number of curatorial projects and theoretical texts (such as the book Choreography of the Mind – Effort – Physical Motion as a Time/Space (Dis)Continuity, 2023) devoted to this theme, he also addresses it from the perspective of a critic of contemporary art and contemporary dance. In his curatorial work, he is also interested in the issue of experimental presentation of contemporary art and the role of the viewer (for example, the long-running project of a community show of contemporary art in video format, Videokemp, since 2005). He is a laureate of the Věra Jirousová Award for established art critics (2019).
Project info
During his residency at MQ, Viktor Čech is primarily engaged in research for his project, which places the modernist and avant-garde heritage of interdisciplinary overlaps (primarily choreography, visual arts, and performance) in dialogue with contemporary artistic practice.
This dialogue with contemporary Viennese artists and archival research into the local dance and visual avant-garde of the first half of the 20th century will become part of a broader project, which will ultimately take the form of a book and an exhibition. The project combines art-historical research with creative writing and curatorial dialogue. Another activity during Viktor Čech's residency is the ongoing publication of essays and reviews reflecting on the Viennese art scene on his website www.arthasnohistory.com.
Mario Mu
Mario Mu is a visual artist and filmmaker, born in Metković, Croatia in 1987. He holds an MFA from the University of the Arts Berlin (2017), a BFA from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb (2015), and an MA from the Faculty of Graphic Arts in Zagreb (2013). He has received fellowships and awards from MuseumsQuartier (2026), the Croatian Audiovisual Center (2025), Northern Sustainable Futures (2023), the 34th Ljubljana Biennial (2021), and V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media (2021). His work has been shown internationally at institutions including the Singapore Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Lombardi—Kargl Vienna, Nova Gallery with WHW, MGLC Ljubljana, and Seager Gallery London, as well as collaborative projects presented at Fondazione Prada Milan, the 60th Venice Biennale, MAAT Lisbon, TAP—Théâtre auditorium de Poitiers, Galerie Grund, and Silent Green Kulturquartier.
Project info
For the MuseumsQuartier Residence Programme, Mario Mu will investigate how individual and collective histories are reconstructed through virtual environments. Transforming digital space into cinematic experience, he examines the architecture of the border checkpoint as a site of differentiation, a place where things are defined, shaped, and formed, where passage is granted or denied. Events turn into personal myths as different testimonies layer over one another, each addition measuring the distance between history and individual recollection. The MuseumsQuartier, itself a spatial experiment in social permeability, provides the suggestive setting for this work, grounding his digital investigation in the cultural and architectural fabric of Vienna.
External Links
Viktor Čech: https://arthasnohistory.com
@vikcech
Mario Mu: www.mariomu.com
@mario_mu_