Fůd Collective (eds.) – Fůd mag: Daily Bread
Instead of the usual catalog or exhibition guide produced entirely by the organizers, the ninth edition of the Fůd magazine was created for the 2026 Biennale Matter of Art. It does not appear in the exhibition as an artwork, yet it is a legitimate part of it, resonating with the biennale’s themes and adding further layers through which it mediates them to visitors. In addition to illustrations, it also contains texts about the biennale for those who wish to gain greater insight into the curatorial group’s approach to contemporary art.
As the main theme of the publication for the Biennale Matter of Art, the editors chose the topic of “daily bread”—the conditions under which artists in various regions live and create and the everyday obstacles they must overcome along the way. The collaboration with Fůd is part of the curatorial strategy of this year’s biennale. This strategy focuses on sharing curatorial responsibility and expanding our understanding of what artistic practice is and what form an art biennale can take.
Edited by: Fůd Collective
Texts: František Fekete, Jakub Gawkowski, Oleg Gryshchenko, Barbora Müllerová, Olena Staranchuk, Jaroslava Tomanová
Illustrations: Fuad Alymani, Meysam Azarzad, Davyd Chychkan, Bára Gallo, Veronika Homolová, Inma Hortas, Vincent Kilbride, Barbora Müllerová, Studio Seri/graph (Jenya Polosina and Anya Ivanenko), Michal Šumichrast, Barbora Tögel, Juliana Toro, Zeloot
Translation: Františka Blažková, Brian D. Vondrak
Printing: Risograph, printed at Dark Press
Size: 188×266 mm
Pages: 59
The Fůd platform is a space for socially engaged illustration and comics which was created in 2015 by illustrators Barbora Tögel, Veronika Homolová, and Barbora Müllerová. It focuses on publishing magazines and zines, producing exhibitions, giving lectures, and creating opportunities for socially engaged artists from around the world to meet and share their expertise. Through exhibitions in cafés or, for example, in community centers, it has long sought to bring topics related to feminism, queer people, environmentalism, mental health, social inequality, and xenophobia to the forefront of public debate; in recent years, Fůd has also addressed the challenges of working as a socially engaged illustrator.