AUTOMATIC VIEW
The exhibition AUTOMATIC VIEW takes its origin from and is represented as a monothatic and focused dialog of two artistic individualities, a photographer and a painter. For both of them, whose work is mainly known for traditional techniques and its qualities, the exhibition gives, one might even say – a possibility to increase the creative approach and drive to more conceptual and systematic way in terms of artists’ methods.
All parts of the project in general could be considered as a certain documentation or transposition of the concrete public space areas in a manner of shooting, framing and seeing. The Emergency exit series consist of ten looks to almost the same parts of interiors in a skyscraper. As of a viewer, he is confronted by empty, substitutive and a bit nostalgic reality which is captured in the most skillful way. The only change he can follow, however outside of the image – is a photographer’s vertical travel within the hotel floors, as if common emergency evacuation was shown. We can see the same precision in a nostalgical ambience of the movie projection Broadcast. It consists of a short of mechanical captures taken every 30 minutes during one day, shot on 8 mm film without using a tripod. Caused changes of the light, as a day turns to night, throw us back to stereotypical vanity, at the same time camera movement let us feel a spectator‘s attendance. It seems that funnel-shaped symmetry of the building in the middle of a dull observation tries to affirm the unforgettable of the once seen landscape from the position of a viewer.
- Petra Steinerová, Zbyněk Sedlecký AUTOMATIC VIEW00:00:17.863
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- At first we meant to put our views together00:00:31.641
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- through the choice of a specific theme.00:00:37.806
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- But we found out that it wasn't necessary at all00:00:42.806
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- because what we have in common was already included.00:00:48.186
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- Each work captures the same subject00:00:53.351
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- from different views.00:00:58.049
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- This is an 8 mm film converted to video.00:01:10.061
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- It captures the view of the city during one day00:01:15.901
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- from a hotel in Bratislava.00:01:22.205
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- The exhibition also comprises my cycle "Emergency Exit",00:01:26.507
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- showing the exit of a hotel.00:01:32.515
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- It gives you the impression of going through several floors,00:01:36.015
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- while in fact it is a single room with changing details.00:01:41.515
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- We both use the same methods, although in different ways.00:02:03.809
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- Petra is a conceptual author whose works are long-term00:02:10.491
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- and focus on the passing of time,00:02:16.420
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- while my paintings are very different.00:02:19.952
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- But we felt that our works share the same atmosphere,00:02:23.411
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- which is why we wanted to try to do something together.00:02:28.928
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- My four paintings depict Palach's square in Prague00:02:34.831
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- as seen from the VŠUP building.00:02:39.353
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- We wanted this exhibition to become a project,00:02:42.853
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- not just a display of our latest works.00:02:47.353
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- It was meant to look like made by one person.00:02:51.506
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- Yes, one or three.00:02:56.193
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- Camera, editing00:03:09.233