STARTPOINT 09

• The project "Startpoint" is now 7 years old.00:00:35.924
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• During last four years it has become European project.00:00:42.646
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• This year it includes 31 artists, or rather artistic couples or groups.00:00:49.370
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• It includes 15 European countries.00:00:55.833
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• Originally it was just Central European show.00:00:58.410
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• During summer we always organize the biggest exhibition in the Gallery in Klenová.00:01:04.817
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• We try to invite the majority of the artists00:01:10.391
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• and we prepare an exhibition with them.00:01:17.486
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• It is something between selection and residence.00:01:20.815
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• The selection is done by six different people00:01:24.462
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• who travel in small committees all over Europe.00:01:29.011
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• Invited people come here, and live here together for one week.00:01:34.784
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• We intend to provide them some00:01:40.040
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• background in the year just after university.00:01:43.218
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• At the same time, this is a big opportunity for us to make some interesting contacts.00:01:50.414
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• He is afraid.00:01:59.460
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• Stay here.00:02:02.313
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• Rád bych Vám oznámil vítěze.00:02:05.000
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• Nejdříve bych rád představil lidi, kteří tady sedí.00:02:09.634
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• Tyto lidé jsou porota.00:02:11.622
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• Porota musela hlasovat dvakrát.00:02:13.927
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• Ale hned od samého začátku bylo jasné, že00:02:16.830
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• vítězem se stává Serena Korda.00:02:20.390
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• We have chosen her because she uses different media00:02:40.744
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• from sculpture through graphics and creation of mytology.00:02:47.855
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• It is a bit feministic as well.00:02:55.830
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• Sometimes her combination are very unusual.00:02:58.269
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• For example, sculpture with design.00:03:05.329
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• Then there are two video installations.00:03:12.921
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• Moreover, she has created an authorial book how00:03:20.420
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• an absurd sculpture of Matternhorn is built in home conditions.00:03:23.607
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• It relates to a story about00:03:31.533
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• an English suffragette who climbed it up alone in the 10´s or 20´s.00:03:36.004
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• At least, it it said.00:03:41.394
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• It is still about the prize.00:04:04.042
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• Even though we intend to put emphasis on a broader context.00:04:07.413
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• I think this is compensated by our web page where everybody is presented.00:04:12.703
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• The prize is still announced, and is important.00:04:20.245
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• We pay the winner for the catalogue for the next year.00:04:23.868
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• At the same time, we invite00:04:27.237
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• Then we prepare an exhibition with them, mostly in spring called "Started".00:04:30.828
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• Christoph Meier from Vienna University00:04:38.051
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• has been awarded the Gallery Prize this year.00:04:42.822
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• This prize is awarded by the curators of the gallery.00:04:45.994
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• And other 5 or 6 honourable mentions have been awarded.00:04:49.140
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• I am not sure now.00:04:53.013
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• In every case you will be able to read it on our web page in a short time.00:04:54.250
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• All these people are going to come next year.00:04:58.405
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• We will continue in our cooperation.00:05:02.814

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