Work
With his installation Work, Bujňák employs moving images to artistically augment the SPEJS atrium, which is surrounded by numerous busy offices pulsating with work-related activities. The projection is divided into two parts. The first displays moving images of figures resembling the artist entering the building and walking up into the offices. The second is an almost pictographic depiction of work, specifically that of a person pushing a wheelbarrow. Together, these two moving image tapestries somewhat grotesquely complement the architectural space, accentuating it with additional layers of meaning.
- In fact, this work doesn't have a deep meaning00:00:03.516
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- or an elaborate concept.00:00:09.104
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- It's rather a workspace.00:00:12.574
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- People come in here in the morning and leave at night.00:00:16.066
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- The gallery is in the atrium of an office building00:00:21.497
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- so it's difficult to make people pay attention to the work.00:00:26.566
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- It may start to annoy them after several days.00:00:31.977
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- My goal was to accentuate the building itself,00:00:37.126
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- to show its purpose.00:00:42.219
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- There are offices where people work,00:00:45.219
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- and the two animations only adjust the meaning of the space.00:00:49.660
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- They represent people entering the building,00:00:56.077
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- climbing up to the offices,00:01:00.577
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- and also a man pushing a wheelbarrow,00:01:04.577
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- which is a symbolic expression of work in general.00:01:09.180
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- I tend to prefer very simple means of expression00:01:16.362
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- to sophisticated concepts and reflections.00:01:22.208
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- There is too much of them around us these days.00:01:27.066
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- Big ideas, big global issues, big solutions.00:01:32.529
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- I try to leave that behind in my work00:01:37.609
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- and to focus on the visual.00:01:41.851
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- While there exist some trends to de-aestheticize art,00:01:45.778
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- I try to do the contrary.00:01:50.837
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- As this is a specific kind of a building00:01:54.262
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- with a certain esthetic value,00:01:58.762
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- I wanted to respect it, rather than interfere with it.00:02:02.262
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- That's why I only pointed out several elements00:02:07.758
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- that were not in contact with the walls.00:02:12.758