NEUSTADT construktion of urban life 18.-21. February 2003

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18.02.04wednesday Bilder
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Stadtwerkstatt

Jana Kovandová
,Krumlov – "From puddle to puddle" drawings
(till 21.02.04)
Pictures
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Jirí Havlik,Krumlov – photos (till 21.02.04) Pictures
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Jiri Bloch, Krumlov "Research of ancient fassade-structures" - photos and samples of fassade coatings from historical buildings in Krumlov (till 21.02.04)
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Lubos Fidler, Ivan Palacký & Oldrich Janota /Brno - virtual and real „light partiture“ - concert-performance
He is an enigmatic personality of the czech alternative music and independent culture scene, one of the very few who did never get engaged with the entertaining industry and PR policy.
Milos Vojtechovsky

http://www.slede.cz/
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19.02.04thursday Bilder
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O.K Center für Gegenwartskunst

czech_in in O:K / RADIUS 04 – label-politics
Pode Bal, Prague
The Czech group Pode Bal was founded in 1997 and their work grew out of a critique of visual communication. The group has re-policized the art scene, and has been significantly engaged in discussion centered around drugs and the law, parliamentary election, taboo problems related to the eviction of Germans after the Second World War, and the critique of art institutions. The group has realized many projects in public places and media. At the exhibition entitled Malik Urvi (a pun meaning literaly Ripp Off the Little Finger and implying Little Whores), portraits of well-known political, economic and cultural figures were exhibited together with publicly available information regarding their political career and collaboration with the secret police.
(Jiri and Jana Sevcik for East Art Map - A (Re)Construction of the History of Art in Eastern Europe)

curated by Thomas Edlinger
http://www.podebal.cz/
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Stadtwerkstatt

Jana Kovandová
,Krumlov – "From puddle to puddle" drawings
(till 21.02.04)
Pictures
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Jirí Havlik,Krumlov – photos (till 21.02.04) Pictures

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Jiri Bloch, Krumlov "Research of ancient fassade-structures" - photos and samples of fassade coatings from historical buildings in Krumlov (till 21.02.04)

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20.02.04friday Bilder
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Stadtwerkstatt

discussion „newtown“ – construction of urban life
participants: Jan Tabor - (journalist and architectur critic - magazine "Falter" Vienna-, curator and assistant lecturer, a.m.m,..), Robert Jelinek – artist and founder of the label “Sabotage Communications“ Vienna, Pode Bal – Artistgroup, Praha, Mark Gilbert, architect, urban ecologist and assistant lecturer at Vienna University of Technology- institut for technique and theroy
http://www.podebal.cz/
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ afterwards Martin Blazicek, Prague
Born 1976. Making films since 1996, he specializes in abstract film and film performance. Occasionally he has worked as curator of experimental film programmes and has published his articles in various magazines.

experimental films:
"Image Description"- 2002-03, 16mm, 11min, sound, b/w
Linguists operette in 6 languages. Image material creates a background for language action. 7 people answer simple questions about the way they get oriented in a city and they describe certain city areas using the same terms in different languages. The answers were edited to create new relations between the sound and meanings of the words in these languages. The sound track connects phonems and meanings into a interlingual collage, linking the single sentences, words and its fragments. Image material describes development from still frame; map - ikonographic description of the space - motion picture - motion picture multiplied and superimposed. Film is in lithuanian, czech, english, russian, portugese and french.
Cooperation: Jindrich Biskup, Marcus Godwyn, Hedvika Hansalova, Sergej Kotov, Zydrone Krasauskiene, Annie MacDonell, Frantisek Wirth

"Studie 8" - 2002, 16mm, 4min, silent, b/w
Chemical interferences on a black surface evoked structures oscillating during the film projection between the illusion of depth, several motion plans and a totally inarticulate rustle.

"Studie 9"
- 2003, 16mm, 4min30sec, silent, b/w
Originally 3-screen performance on 16mm. Light scanning slowly the borders of a screen, expanding into space and finally explosing to great fireworks. Original footage of this film is a short hand-painted abstract b/w film loop, projected through a set of lenses hanging in front of the camera. rounded shape in front of projector lenses creates partially focused broken beams. This image was re-shot on 16mm camera and multiplied onto 3 screens.


"NP55"
- 1997, 16mm, 2min30sec, silent, b/w
Materialization of light points is caused by multiple exposure of the negative to night lighting. Light - a bright peephole in the dark surface is solidified on the negative strip. With the aid of different speeds, sizes and directions of motion the randomly flying black spots create an impression of ungraspable space and the intersection of different levels in motion. At the same time the film is a tribute to the East-German negative Orwo NP55, which is a starting point of many experimental movies.


"Night stories"
- 2002-03, 16mm, 20min, sound, b/w
Night glances of light, changes of artificial light and night sessions beween 11pm and 3am. Abstract hand-made film, abbreviation of a originally 45 minute performance of the group Ultra. New visual qualities of pure cinematic imagery are reached by various techniques and processes using color and chemicals applied to a filmstrip.

Pictures

http://blazicek.net
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Jana Kovandová,Krumlov – "From puddle to puddle" drawings
(till 21.02.04)
Pictures
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Jirí Havlik,Krumlov – photos (till 21.02.04) Pictures

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Jiri Bloch, Krumlov "Research of ancient fassade-structures" - photos and samples of fassade coatings from historical buildings in Krumlov (till 21.02.04)

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21.02.04saturday Bilder
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transpublic

Michal Krysl, Pilsen - „Red Luggage“ minimal-streetperformance videopresentation
Anymous performance 2001
„white is public“, „soc realismo“, „streso-scio-metr“, „vizor, let the fly to eat you“
Anymous performance 2002
„gnat“, „red hand“, „anym inkvizitor“, 2vote anymous“, „bruno ferarri“
Anymous performance 2003
„today is the perfect day for shopping“, „eyes“, „public dissection“, „new move“, „anym inkvizitor“

http://www.anymous.com/

Pictures
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Backwood Association, Harrachsthal

Lhotáková and Soukup, Prague - „Tromba“ - physical performance
Žan Loose, Kristýna Lhotáková, Ladislav Soukup;
This performance of Žan Loose emerges from idleness and the absence of time… so unravels the life of a sailor.

„Tromba“

A “tromba” is a small sea storm. It usually occurs above the ocean or above large inland bodies of water. On the Adriatic, the tromba is often referred to as a „leech or bloodsucker“, formed from great masses of storm clouds, sometimes more than 1000 m high. This mostly happens in calm weather when there are a large number of thunder clouds in the sky and in unstable atmospheric conditions. This performance of Žan Loose emerges from idleness and the absence of time… so unravels the life of a sailor.

The performance of “Tromba” was realized in cooperation with Czech artists Kristyna Lhotáková and Ladislav Soukup in Studio Kokovice 4.

Žan Loose (born in Mostaru, 1972) studied non-verbal and comic arts at the HAMU Academy of Performing Arts in Prague from 1994 to 1999. As an artist and actor, he has taken part in the creation of several live action and pixel films. From 1999 to 2003, he was a member of the Krepsko experimental theatre company, and continues to work with the UNIT improvisation group and the MAMAPAPA organization. He lives in Prague.

Kristýna Lhotáková (born in Jicín, 1977) studied dance at the Duncan Centre Dance Conservatory in Prague and the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, following her studies at the Václav Hollar high school of art. From 1993 to 1996, she dance in Leka Flory´s dance company. From 1995, she has devoted her time to her own choreographic and dance creations.

Ladislav Soukup (born in Prague, 1968) studied art history at the Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague. He has also taught art history at the Duncan Centre Conservatory. He has played the contrabass, guitar and even the flute in several bands based in Prague. Currently he is dedicated to contemporary dance and performance.

Lhotáková and Soukup formed the Kopir Rozsywal Bestar band and have released a CD by the same name. They have also created the performances of „Venus With A Rubik´s Cube“(1999), „Trans It!“(2000), the open air performance of „Blankets“(2001), „Swan“(2002) and „Question for Next Year“(2002).

Pictures

http://www.ctyridny.cz/lhotakova/index.html

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Stadtwerkstatt

Jana Kovandová
,Krumlov – "From puddle to puddle" drawings
(till 21.02.04)
Pictures
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Jirí Havlik,Krumlov – photos (till 21.02.04) Pictures

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Jiri Bloch, Krumlov "Research of ancient fassade-structures" - photos and samples of fassade coatings from historical buildings in Krumlov (till 21.02.04)