Student category: Sofie Gjuričová and Jasmína Lustigová
Sofie Gjuričová and Jasmína Lustigová met in the Architecture II studio at the UMPRUM in Prague. While studying, they shared an ambivalent relationship to architecture in the traditional sense. They see their field as a conceptual and communicative method that leads to multimedia projects. Sofia and Jasmina's first collaborative work is the short film Arkada, which narrates the floor of the Nový Smíchov shopping centre. The partly fiction and partly animated video deals with one of the first shopping centres built after 1990 in the Czech Republic. It is a typology that was originally seen as utopian but now holds uncertain economic promise. The authors study the strategies used in the design of the department stores, accentuate the issue of the constant struggle for the attention of visitors and propose a series of spatial interventions through which they provide Nový Smíchov with a humorous but sincere therapy. But the never-ending debates at Pumpkin Spice Latte® have also given rise to other script ideas.
What would happen if the architecture of the new Suomi Hloubětín development became the antagonist of a Nordic thriller?
The sunny visuals of the residential complex promised a romantic Nordic-style home. But after a few steps between the buildings, they realised that this had nothing to do with the Finnish idyll. Prefabricated concrete fences imitating brick have carved fearsome paths between the houses from which there is no escape.
The people have been wiped off the earth. The developer isn't answering his phone. They tried to get their bearings, to decipher the confused hierarchy of the complex, but the towers blended into a single jumble of plastic cladding and supposed tinsel. Suddenly a shrill scream came from the luxury loft towering over their heads.
Suomi Hloubětín, is there another hope?
Proffesional/Amateur Category: Karolína Matušková and Lucie Zelmanová
Karolína Matušková and Lucie Zelmanová studied in the Photography I studio with Alexandra Vajd and Martin Kohout at the AAAD in Prague. They were brought together by the synthesis of the themes of identity, relationships and interspecies communication. Since 2019, they have been creating a series of works that share the title Sugar be my caramel. They tell stories in a narrative language. With a dose of nostalgia and humour, they lay bare power relations and expose their vulnerability. They enjoy deliberate role reversal and, through the application of technology, refer to the intangibility and transience of these moments. They have collaborated with the Institute of Anxiety, exhibited at the Fotograf Festival, the Czech Centre in Paris and screened their videos at the Les Symposium and QFF Mezipatra.
Category for support of the ukrainian artists
Due to the low number of applications received that met the basic criteria for consideration, we have decided to announce an extended deadline until August 31st 2023. The selected artist will receive honorarium and we will prepare a publication for Artyčok.TV that will present the artistic work of the selected person. The terms and conditions remain the same as originally.
