Hlad – 5. ročník festivalu performance
Hlavním tématem letošního festivalu performance jsme vyhlásili HLAD. Téma hladu v sobě skrývá mnoho aspektů. Poukazujeme také na jeho sociální ekologické a psychologické podoby. Hlad jako stav sociální nouze u nás i v nejchudších zemích světa. Hlad jako důsledek nehospodárného zacházení se zdroji. Hlad jako touha po informacích. Hlad po fyzickém či psychickém kontaktu. Hlad po lásce, sexu, komunikaci, hlad po penězích, věčná nenasytnost i přesycení trhu i člověka. Orálně anální freudovské a Sternovské psychoanalytické aspekty hladu. Tautologie hladu. Kanibalismus. Nebo hlad mytologický – had Uroboros zakusující se do vlastního ocasu. Orel živící se lidským vědomím. Hlad jako věčná touha člověka jít dál. Hlad po smyslu věcí. Hlad jako prvek sebeomezení. Hladovka.
- We have been invited to curate the 5th Festival of Performance together.00:00:26.417
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- Lexa lives in Sweden and Prague, so he is in charge of the Swedish part,00:00:34.006
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- and I´m in charge of the Czech performances.00:00:41.927
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- We have chosen the theme of hunger00:00:45.400
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- because it has many connotations,00:00:47.003
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- social and existential ones,00:00:49.622
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- the theme involves many things,00:00:52.383
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- we can experience hunger as a physical deprivation00:00:56.456
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- as well as intellectual hunger or the need of sensual satisfaction,00:01:00.738
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- including unfulfilled hopes.00:01:04.426
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- This theme is multilayered00:01:06.464
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- and we like it because it enables us to compare the two countries,00:01:08.267
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- their art and the present state of society in both countries00:01:14.438
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- and the way it reflects in art.00:01:19.322
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- I got this idea about a year ago,00:01:38.658
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- I follow the art scenes in both countries,00:01:40.455
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- and there are some similarities -00:01:44.003
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- the age of artists, both scenes originated at the same time,00:01:47.039
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- in Stockholm almost out of nothing,00:01:51.105
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- there was no continuity of art performances there.00:01:53.988
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- As Darina already said the scenes can be connected00:02:00.342
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- only through such a broad theme00:02:10.723
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- because both the art scenes and the conditions in both countries are different.00:02:16.226
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- There are different social systems, reactions to different things,00:02:23.215
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- basic emotions are a bit shifted,00:02:28.554
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- so they cannot be compared verbally,00:02:30.502
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- you can only arrange to bring the people together.00:02:35.348
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- There is no history of art performance they could turn to at home at present.00:02:40.358
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- So they turn to art abroad and try to bring foreign art to Stockholm,00:02:46.830
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- which is so far away geographically.00:02:57.236
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- For them it´s always a new beginning but with what they choose from world art.00:03:00.461
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- That´s where they learn over and over again.00:03:06.308
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- I don´t want to deny everything and say there was no history of performance at all,00:03:10.056
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- it just did not stand out enough.00:03:15.810
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- Our idea was to dedicate the exhibition to Milan Kozelka,00:05:07.848
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- which is not easy,00:05:15.998
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- because if taken seriously,00:05:17.303
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- it would take a really long time to get all his things together,00:05:20.241
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- all his texts and videos and prepare a retrospective exhibition.00:05:26.129
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- Perhaps not enough time has passed since his death.00:05:29.108
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- We collaborated with Sráč Sam, a curator and artist,00:05:33.137
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- and Denisa Bytelová and Alena Zikmundová,00:05:41.108
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- the authors of this exhibition,00:05:44.788
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- and who sort of enlivened Milan´s work here00:05:48.236
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- displaying certain photographs and objects,00:05:53.566
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- and they even included a recording00:05:57.280
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- on which he partly tells everyone to fuck off and partly recites poetry.00:06:00.968
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- This installation is dedicated to Milan and it´s a way how to remember him.00:06:22.481
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- You can see Lexa´s part of the program tomorrow at the clinic.00:07:26.176
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- Tomorrow evening we´ll see the Swedish art scene.00:07:28.777
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- Then in autumn a selection of performances from this festival will be presented in Stockholm.00:07:31.805
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- So that´s another dramatic preparation for an unknown audience.00:07:41.295
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- This will be the culmination of this whole event.00:07:50.033