Válek Merta Tarnovski: Metal

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Metal is a live performance full of crackling energy, tactile sound, and unexpected humour — played on Petr Válek’s kinetic sculptures, homemade synthesizers, ball bearings, kitchen utensils and old suitcases.

Metal on metal, metal on wood, metal with skin. Objects roll, whirr, creak, tinkle and rustle across the space. The trio – Válek, Merta and Tarnovski – move among their instruments and inventions, animating the room with friction, vibration and surprise.

The performance combines physicality and improvisation, with a raw spontaneity that blurs the line between composition and chance. Movements start mysteriously, spiral outward, and vanish – clanking, crashing or quietly slipping away.

Metal invites audiences into a world of restless textures and delicate balances, where sound becomes sculpture and every surface can speak. It is both playful and intense, grounded in the material and yet open to the imaginary.

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About Válek Merta Tarnovski

Petr Válek is a painter, illustrator, musician, and creator of sound instruments and kinetic objects. Based in Loučná nad Desnou in the Jeseníky Mountains (Czechia), he has been immersed in painting, drawing, book illustration, and music since childhood. Alongside frequent musical performances, he constructs mechanical and electro-mechanical sound instruments from found materials — creating twirling, rustling, creaking, spinning, tinkling, and gurgling sculptures. These works, referencing pataphysics and the arte povera movement, stand as both unique musical tools and distinctive art objects.

www.instagram.com/the.vape.noise

Ondřej Merta

Brno-based Ondřej Merta, also known as OGJ, is a member of the experimental-pop duo Hugo & Zoe and has collaborated with artists such as Oliver Torr, Dirty Electronics, and Tomáš Niesner. He co-founded Bastl Instruments with Václav Peloušek (aka Toyota Vangelis), a community-focused company producing handmade electronic musical instruments and modular systems. Active in Brno’s experimental scene, he curates concerts at Vasulka Kitchen, runs workshops, and teaches at the Faculty of Fine Arts.

www.bastl-instruments.com

Tarnovski

Jara Tarnovski is a member of the electro-acoustic group Gurun Gurun (Buh Records) and performs solo as well as with projects such as Wabi Experience (Mikroton), IQ+1 (mappa), and in a duo with Mexican multimedia artist Laura Luna Castillo (Genot Centre). He is involved in the audiovisual collective Telekinetic Assault Group, and creates music for theatre, field recordings (under the alias Prosoxi Skylos), and radio documentaries. Tarnovski frequently collaborates with Japanese musicians including Dustin Wong, Takako Minekawa, aus, and Asuna, and has released two albums with vocalist Haco, touring with her across Japan and Europe. He curates Jipangu, a small label dedicated to experimental music and sound art.

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