Once there was a forest here
Galerie Mimochodem je nonstop galerií, která se nachází jako NIKA ve veřejném prostoru vestubulu metra B stanice Karlovo náměstí u výlezu do Palackého náměstí v Praze. Za jejím záměrem stojí snaha oživit prostory mladým vizuálním uměním. Místo, kde denně projde celá řada lidí, kteří by do galerie současného umění normálně nezašli, přímo vybízí k prezentaci začínajících umělců. Výstavy se zde proměňují čtyřikrát ročně a jedná se o monumetálnější projekty a to i díky velkorysé ploše, který tato nonstop galerie tvůrcům nabízí. Galerie Mimochodem je velice specifický a netradiční galerijní prostor. Důležitý je zde moment průchodu, kde není čas na delší zastavení a vnímání umění.
- Once There Was a Forest Tomáš Hrůza00:00:20.119
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- I was asked by Štěpánka Holubová00:00:32.074
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- and a group of the Gallery Mimochodem curators00:00:35.963
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- to make an exhibition which I welcomed.00:00:41.137
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- It is the first exhibition of photographs in this gallery.00:00:44.371
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- The curators were afraid the photographs00:00:49.204
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- would be too expensive,00:00:52.670
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- but we finally managed to get the pasting sponsored.00:00:55.165
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- I decided for the theme of forest,00:00:59.744
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- the exhibition is called Once there was a forest.00:01:03.190
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- I wanted to bring a forest atmosphere to Prague,00:01:06.279
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- because it's summer and time of holidays.00:01:12.421
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- The photographs are unobtrusive00:01:17.867
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- and people passing by may not notice them00:01:21.802
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- until they look carefully,00:01:28.205
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- because they are designed so that they00:01:30.723
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- look like retro-posters hanging there and00:01:33.166
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- corresponding well with the gallery space in the vestibule.00:01:36.082
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- So I picked the theme of forest and combined various photos.00:01:45.393
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- I like recycling my own work,00:01:52.474
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- I combine my old work.00:01:57.854
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- At this exhibition are things eight years old,00:02:02.213
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- but there are also current ones.00:02:06.353
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- The most current work is not mine but my girlfriend's.00:02:10.174
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- It's a record of an event she made in a forest00:02:15.213
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- and it fitted well in the exhibition concept,00:02:18.880
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- so I asked Petra Lacinová to give me00:02:21.965
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- the photo I made as a record of the performance.00:02:25.719
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- I deal with the theme of traveling a lot,00:02:33.349
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- because most of my work comes out from00:02:37.259
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- my travel experience and this theme corresponds with it.00:02:40.694
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- Although it's another form from the one I have presented so far.00:02:50.048
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- Now I tend to resort to rather00:02:56.136
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- abstract forms of photography perception.00:02:58.174
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- Although it's a step back,00:03:01.953
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- it somehow expands the preceding theme00:03:03.741
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- and provides it with something more.00:03:08.171
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- I'm happy I could display it here in the passage,00:03:13.017
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- because I find it very important00:03:18.148
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- to get the art outside among people.00:03:20.965
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- At the moment there is plenty of galleries in Prague00:03:29.495
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- with the same people appearing all the time.00:03:36.207
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- Although it's not a subjective view.00:03:40.398
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- But I guess we are tired of visiting gallery spaces00:03:46.492
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- and I am really happy I could exhibit outside00:03:53.736
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- because it works well with people00:03:58.943
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- and it breaks from routine.00:04:06.069