ATELIÉRY AVU: ŠKOLA NOVÝCH MÉDIÍ II VERONIKY BROMOVÉ
- Welcome to the opening of a studio00:00:23.291
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- of Academy of Fine arts in Prague,00:00:25.183
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- New media II- photographic and digital image.00:00:27.291
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- As evident in the title,00:00:29.789
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- for the last five years00:00:32.045
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- we have been exploring the possibilities of00:00:33.382
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- photography and digital technologies,00:00:34.837
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- but also its combination with classic media00:00:36.273
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- of painting, drawing, sculpture and installation.00:00:39.089
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- Here in the Prague house of photography00:00:41.339
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- we present an overview of what we do00:00:42.859
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- with photography,00:00:45.293
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- or rather with two dimensional image,00:00:46.530
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- in our studio.00:00:48.383
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- Work with photography00:00:50.251
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- as a means of expression00:00:51.472
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- is just one one of the media00:00:52.643
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- that some of the students00:00:53.947
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- currently lean towards.00:00:55.285
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- Part of the exhibition00:00:56.863
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- are also three projections of videos,00:00:58.200
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- in the hall there will be00:01:00.767
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- a thirty minute long loop00:01:02.453
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- where we introduce works of individual students.00:01:04.022
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- In front of the entrance to the gallery00:01:06.489
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- there is a welcome video00:01:08.424
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- by Irena Svobodová and Mája Roztočilová,00:01:09.778
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- and in the gallery we will have a video00:01:12.295
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- by George Hladík, our dear guest who,00:01:14.878
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- despite not oficially studying at AVU yet,00:01:16.747
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- is an indispensible part of the studio.00:01:19.114
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- I would also like to apologize00:01:21.902
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- to all of our former students00:01:23.424
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- whose works couldn't be presented here00:01:24.812
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- due to lack of space in this project,00:01:26.215
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- and thank my assistant Pavel Klvaňa00:01:28.283
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- for the support he,00:01:32.195
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- for the support he provides to me.00:01:33.964
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- With a certain resistance...00:01:40.235
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- he definitely provides support.00:01:43.316
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- Both of us and the students00:01:47.212
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- thank the Prague house of photography,00:01:49.363
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- mainly to Eva Marlen Hodek and00:01:51.498
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- Linda Šilingerová there in the hat00:01:53.466
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- for their generous help with preparation00:01:57.046
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- and realisation of the exhibition.00:01:59.180
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- Thanks to all the photographers00:02:01.514
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- for being open to our experiments00:02:04.480
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- and taking us in.00:02:07.062
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- Academy of Fine arts in Prague00:02:09.657
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- where our studio is,00:02:11.322
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- is the oldest art school in the Czech republic00:02:12.830
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- and it aims to bring up free artists00:02:14.483
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- who are able to use their sensitivity00:02:17.581
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- and creativity to express themselves00:02:19.432
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- through a piece of art,00:02:21.368
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- bring joy with its beauty,00:02:23.602
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- help open eyes and minds00:02:25.288
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- and lift spirits.00:02:26.991
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- Art cannot be taught...00:02:28.594
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- I mean learnt, that is what I think...00:02:30.413
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- It can be taught,00:02:36.219
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- it has to be lived and sometimes00:02:40.496
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- it is not an easy life00:02:42.381
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- and not everyone can expect00:02:44.566
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- quick fame and money.00:02:46.152
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- Thanks to my students for their honesty,00:02:48.072
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- genuineness and courage they have00:02:49.906
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- and I wish them a lot of patience00:02:53.270
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- and joy of work on the path they chose.00:02:54.757
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- Thank you for your attention.00:02:57.954