PYTHAGORAS’ DESCENT
Exhibition Pythagoras’ descent of Petra Feriancová (1977) is characterized by the same radicalism that is present in several of her aspects.
- Pythagoras' Descent00:00:15.283
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- refers to social isolation that every artist00:00:17.918
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- must feel before they mount the stage00:00:23.621
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- or exhibit their works.00:00:26.924
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- It is also about communication00:00:29.136
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- or shutting oneself away.00:00:31.718
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- That is why this exhibition is not00:00:33.986
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- very welcoming to the visitors.00:00:36.500
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- It's only meant to bring satisfaction to me.00:00:39.697
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- Another of my works is Hamlet.00:00:44.559
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- No, it's not entitled Hamlet but "Play".00:00:47.913
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- I downloaded the original text of Hamlet00:00:52.715
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- in Times New Roman, size 12,00:00:59.738
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- to provide a sort of scale.00:01:06.457
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- I printed the text00:01:11.817
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- with direct speech whitened out.00:01:14.439
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- This does not mean that the direct speech00:01:19.148
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- is not there. It is present00:01:22.249
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- inside the paper, in the A4 pages00:01:25.400
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- situated vertically next to each other00:01:28.977
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- around the gallery.00:01:32.080
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- The vertical position of A4 pages00:01:36.057
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- is a functional representation of text,00:01:39.224
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- whereas the horizontal position can be seen00:01:43.930
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- as criticism of a painting.00:01:47.472
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- I have worked with photography and film,00:01:52.918
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- so my expression was always horizontal,00:01:57.084
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- I have no vertical photographs.00:02:00.951
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- I realized that this takes a lot of place00:02:03.700
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- and that it is less satisfying00:02:12.169
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- from an aesthetic point of view00:02:19.593
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- than the vertical, utilitarian form00:02:23.604
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- that represents text to me.00:02:27.923
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- That's it.00:02:30.829