Videolekcia
Na domácej výtvarnej scene výraznejšie rezonujú práce Eji Devečkovej od roku 2009, kedy sa dvojicou videí predstavila na výstave finalistov Essl Award. Už vtedy jasne formulovala svoje tematické zameranie I osobitý vizuálny jazyk. Devečková absolvovala atelier IN Ilony Németh na VŠVU a odvtedy sa stabilne pohybuje prevažne na poli videa, video- performance, inštalácie ale aj site- specific realizácií často s využitím priamej participácie diváka. Ideovou doménou jej diel sa stave postavenie umenia v súčasnej dobe a spoločnosti.
- Oh, this way, right?00:00:00.828
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- Hello.00:00:06.694
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- EJA DEVEČKOVÁ VIDEO COLLECTION00:00:09.194
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- Will you hold it for me?00:00:15.054
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- My favorite medium is video.00:00:20.364
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- I use it to express my opinions on the themes I deal with.00:00:26.100
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- Apart from videos, I also make installations00:00:32.677
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- that interact with the viewers00:00:39.332
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- and make them participate in the artwork.00:00:42.832
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- One of my main themes is the role of art00:00:47.373
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- in contemporary society,00:00:51.873
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- the way art is perceived not only by experts,00:00:55.373
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- but also by the general public.00:01:00.873
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- In addition, I like working with language.00:01:08.054
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- Through these themes,00:01:13.880
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- I try to create my own definition of the meaning of art.00:01:16.880
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- The video "A Chat About a Potential Concept"00:01:22.380
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- was shot in 2007.00:01:27.136
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- I asked several Slovak curators, artists and art teachers00:01:30.341
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- to say a certain phrase in front of the camera.00:01:36.514
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- I recorded several phrases00:01:41.236
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- but this was the one I finally chose.00:01:44.736
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- The phrase is "A chat about a potential concept".00:01:49.236
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- The video is a set of portraits of people who work with art,00:01:53.987
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- repeating the same phrase.00:01:59.634
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- Some of them focus on it, others are more distracted.00:02:02.720
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- "A chat about a conceptual poten... wait, no.00:02:08.244
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- A chat about a conceptual concept.00:02:12.330
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- A chat about a potentional... potential concept."00:02:18.032
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- The video "Gestures"00:02:22.567
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- deals with another theme I find interesting.00:02:26.349
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- In sign language,00:02:32.247
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- there are very few signs denoting art as such.00:02:35.747
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- It only has some basic signs for painting or a brush.00:02:41.104
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- That's why I created a list of frequent terms00:02:46.956
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- relating to contemporary art.00:02:52.456
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- I collaborated with an interpreter00:02:56.026
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- and two young deaf people.00:03:00.482
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- I explained the terms to them and they translated them for me.00:03:04.013
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- Based on all this, I developed some new gestures.00:03:10.353
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- The video tutorial focuses on the correct behavior00:03:16.026
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- in a gallery for all gallery goers.00:03:21.136
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- It comprises several points. Now let's get us started.00:03:25.253
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- It's a short instruction video about the basic situations00:03:31.593
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- one can encounter in a gallery.00:03:37.812
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- Of course there is a slight educational meaning,00:03:45.183
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- but also a mild criticism of the idea of a perfect viewer.00:03:52.950
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- Are we, the artists, perfect viewers?00:03:59.014
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- The video "Viewers" is another collection00:04:05.459
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- of portraits of artists and curators I met in Leipzig.00:04:10.459
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- I asked them to explain their behavior in galleries,00:04:16.551
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- the way they try to understand an artwork.00:04:22.906
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- I also asked them to give some advice00:04:27.773
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- on how to perceive an artwork.00:04:32.355
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- In fact, I put them in the role of gallery viewers.00:04:36.303
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- They were not artists talking about their own works00:04:42.286
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- but regular gallery goers00:04:48.286
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- talking about the way they look at others' works.00:04:52.148
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- Where can I find...00:04:57.094
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- ...a good gallery?00:05:02.804
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- The last video was also created during my residence in Leipzig.00:05:06.336
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- I tried to teach one Slovak sentence to foreign artists:00:05:12.608
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- "Where can I find a good gallery with contemporary art?"00:05:17.808
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- The video reflects the question whether we have00:05:23.685
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- a quality modern art institution in Slovakia.00:05:29.185