Darker than Black
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- We are in the Soda Gallery and00:00:04.433
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- the exhibition is called Darker Than Black.00:00:06.576
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- As the name indicates, the main theme is black colour00:00:14.175
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- and its use in contemporary art.00:00:21.925
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- The theme is very broad,00:00:25.061
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- so there's just limited selection of authors.00:00:27.286
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- I chose authors who appealed to me as a curator00:00:33.076
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- and whom I am close to.00:00:37.443
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- It's a collective exhibition of nine authors and one00:00:40.533
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- art couple from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.00:00:45.687
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- Why black? Well, it may have came out of00:00:49.439
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- the colour perception in the history of art,00:00:54.326
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- or within iconography and attitude of people to that colour.00:00:58.792
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- The colour is sensed a lot00:01:04.221
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- and there's a split perception,00:01:05.901
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- on the one hand, it's a majestic colour,00:01:08.942
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- referring to elegance, respect and power00:01:13.496
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- and on the other hand it's related to00:01:19.041
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- demoniac forces or something repulsive.00:01:22.485
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- Another line for the selection was00:01:32.545
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- the extent they treat the colour.00:01:35.154
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- For example Jan Vytiska or the art couple Jirka Franta00:01:39.361
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- and David Böhm use a linear black00:01:45.510
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- line primarily within their drawing installations.00:01:49.535
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- Whereas Martin Špirec uses the black a bit differently,00:01:58.596
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- with the help of the colour, he is able to model00:02:03.344
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- almost 3D effects. Although it's drawing,00:02:06.675
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- it's rather close to painting media.00:02:10.530
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- Some authors combine the theme00:02:13.694
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- of black or something sinister with expression00:02:17.779
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- and they also add another themes such00:02:24.272
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- as folklore, occultism, superstitions and in case00:02:29.262
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- of Lucia Dovičáková it's almost demonizing the feminine world.00:02:33.834
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- András Cséfalvay relates the black with dangerous fish.00:02:40.093
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- In the installation of Pavla Sceranková00:02:49.701
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- and Lucia Tallová the black functions and00:02:51.786
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- puts emphasis on expressivity and expressional strength.00:02:56.619