Michal Mitro was born in Slovakia, 1989. He graduated from Psychology and Sociology at Masaryk University, Czech Republic. After that, he went to study Sculpture and Sonic arts at University of Tasmania, Australia and later on he also studied Karawitan (traditional Indonesian music) at ISBI Bandung. He is a conceptual artist, composer and performer working across wide field of media. Coming from Social Science background, he aims to doubt and discuss the status quo of the “naturally given”, “normal”, and “traditionally right”. He focuses his attention on nuances of every day life that granted their ordinariness and omnipresence, cease to attract any interest and critical thought and are widely but silently accepted. He, too, strives to diminish and ultimately defy the border between audience and artist/composer, to redefine the art making process and to work towards more inclusive, more accessible and more public art.
We pay our respects to the Gundungurra people who are the traditional custodians of the land. We acknowledge Elders past, present and emerging for their immense spiritual connection to place which was never ceded.