Krátký Petr
I noticed a certain suspicion in his work and expression.
Suspicion not in a negative way but as a kind of irony, which isn’t a cheap pretence to camouflage confusion, but puzzling the intention or the art work tone. The humour there isn’t grotesque. The right definition would be an easiness.
Key to the selection are different approaches of the artists to the the video medium. For Petr Krátký is video a contemporary fulfillment of his conceptual attitude, Mark Ther is familiar with a film language, and Macula uses video as a design strategy.
David Kořínek (curator of the August issue profiles)
- Petr Krátký00:00:07.066
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- Student at the Studio of Intermedia Art (VŠUP, Prague)00:00:09.566
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- Hello, my name is Petr Krátký and I am from Klatovy.00:00:15.938
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- I am a student at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design.00:00:20.438
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- I would like to collaborate with you on my latest project.00:00:25.916
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- I plan to make a short video00:00:31.416
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- using the public green space in the urban area.00:00:34.416
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- I found out on the web that you are responsible00:00:38.416
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- for managing these spaces in and around Klatovy.00:00:42.416
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- The video will focus on the individual in the public space00:00:46.143
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- and on the safety of personal property.00:00:51.371
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- I will need to cut down a smaller tree.00:00:54.896
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- The themes concern vandalism and individual responsibility00:01:41.413
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- for the world we live in.00:01:46.913
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- I am willing to buy and plant a new tree afterwards.00:01:49.963
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- My offer includes hidden advertising,00:01:54.664
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- such as a parked car with your organization's logo.00:01:58.164
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- The video will be presented during exhibitions00:02:03.301
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- in Prague and other places in the Czech Republic.00:02:07.168
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- If you are interested in my offer00:02:11.473
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- and know about a tree that is intended to be cut down,00:02:14.973
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- I would appreciate your support.00:02:20.096
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- Sincerely yours, Petr Krátký.00:02:23.442
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- Dear Vladimír!00:02:44.675
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- Sorry for leaving so early yesterday.00:02:48.098
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- I needed to go.00:02:52.126
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- Here's a draft of what I'd like to shoot with you.00:02:55.437
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- It would be a short video.00:03:00.519
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- Background: my aunt gave me a painting.00:03:03.664
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- I've had it for 5 years, having no use for it.00:03:08.603
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- It's an oil on canvas,00:03:12.703
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- Aunty told me it was made in the 50's or 60's.00:03:17.400
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- The author bore your surname, Houdek.00:03:22.687
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- The signature is in the lower right corner.00:03:26.687
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- This is my idea:00:03:30.842
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- a static shot of a white cube - a neutral space.00:03:33.917
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- I stand inside it for 20 seconds.00:03:38.320
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- Then you come into the view, holding the painting.00:03:42.008
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- You try to smash it against my head in one blow.00:03:46.996
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- And that's all. 30 seconds.00:04:18.759
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- What primarily interests me is the gesture00:04:22.336
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- known from movies. I want to disprove it.00:04:26.539
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- Everyone who has ever seen a painting from up close00:04:30.539
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- knows that it's impossible to break through a canvas00:04:35.539
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- with your head.00:04:40.539
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- So I suppose the painting will stay unharmed.00:04:43.039
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- The second meaning of the video00:04:47.130
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- concerns the history of the painting.00:04:50.967
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- And this is why I chose you,00:04:54.439
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- because of your name.00:04:57.939
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- Thirdly, the video might express00:05:02.029
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- what painters think about dilettante artists.00:05:05.529
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- So, this is what I have. It's all pretty clear00:05:09.469
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- but I'm open to your input. See you on Thursday.00:05:13.543
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- We can discuss it. Thanks, Peter.00:05:19.048
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- Hi Lucie. I'm fine.00:05:38.400
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- Providence is a small city halfway.00:05:42.983
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- Everything's very close for America.00:05:46.804
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- But I'm busy with school.00:05:50.304
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- Unlike in Prague, the school is quite scholastic.00:05:53.804
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- But as Providence is such a "sleepy hollow",00:05:58.994
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- nothing distracts us from our purpose.00:06:02.994
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- I still do video art.00:06:06.942
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- That's why I'd like to present a video at the exhibition,00:06:09.876
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- one of those I've made here.00:06:15.376
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- ... some news from the land of boundless possibilities00:06:52.026
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- and marked contrasts.00:06:57.026
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- I could send you some drafts00:06:59.968
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- that you might want to use in the project.00:07:03.468
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- I could also send you the description00:07:06.958
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- of the installation. But the final word is yours.00:07:10.458
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- The exhibition needs to be compact00:07:14.958
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- and express what we want to say.00:07:18.458
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- Best of luck, Petr.00:07:21.866
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- Hi. So many news just before the end.00:07:29.908
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- I think the project can bear the title00:07:33.841
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- "74 degrees Celsius".00:07:38.037
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- But it needs to be clear that it's a joint project00:07:41.342
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- of Viktor Čech, Petr Krátký, and Martin Hrubý.00:07:45.842
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- It's useless to state our names in the title.00:07:50.142
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- So we'll meet tomorrow?00:07:54.642
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- We can discuss the final version,00:07:57.642
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- although it's unlikely we're going to film anything.00:08:01.142
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- We have enough material, anyway.00:08:06.234
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- ... I also think that the PR guy's objections00:09:23.420
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- are misguided.00:09:27.920
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- He's scared of something that never happened.00:09:30.452
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- The visitors of a library of this type00:09:34.378
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- are expected to have a certain intelligence level.00:09:37.878
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- I don't know why our works should be explained00:09:42.676
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- to the detail.00:09:46.676
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- It occurred to me that if there's no vernissage,00:09:49.119
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- everyone who wants to see our videos00:09:53.119
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- will need to get a library card to get in.00:09:56.619
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- Am I right, or not?00:10:00.619
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- See you tomorrow, guys,00:10:02.858
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- I hope we'll be able to finish this.00:10:05.858
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- Petr Krátký Born on 16/12/1985 in Klatovy00:10:35.120
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- Student at the Studio of Intermedia Art (VŠUP, Prague)00:10:39.620
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- Curator / Execution / Sound July 201100:10:45.903
od 06:15 do 06:45 nejde zvuk
super!
(je-vole ty ses o 184 hodin starsi nez ja)