Monthly Archives: Listopad 2023

Two of my movies were screened at this year International Documentary Film Festival Jihlava. Was ist Kunst? and Let’s Connect Yesterday. The firste mentioned is part of Spoiler Alert series that I cretade for Prague Municipal Gallery GHMP. Let’s Connect Yesterday was presented as a part of Inspirational Forum with performance and participative talk with philosopher Alice Koubová and writer/ publisher Bára Baronová. → more

My alter ego Mr. This Is Fine is invited to represent his country at the Venice Biennale. He has studied three art schools and has been an active artist for 17 years. He loves his work and hopes to be of good use to the public as well. He is a performer, driver, filmmaker, distributor, accountant, cleaner, photographer, secretary… But enthusiasm doesn’t pay the rent! In the creative industries, most of the players get exploited for a „good cause“. Architects and artists shape our cultural landscape and yet only a handful of them receive decent wages. This moment is illustrated by a performance that symbolically took place at the Venice Biennale. Where else do artists‘ and architects‘ dreams take shape than at well-known art shows that are good for their portfolios? They compete, they network, they send out portfolios, they endlessly submit opencalls and wait for someone to notice them and pull them into the spotlight. The sarcastic pokerface Mr. This Is Fine refers to precarization, unsustainability, climate change, exploitation, and the elite world they must penetrate to become recognized and dignified. Videoperformance for the The Office for a Non-Precarious Future/ Czech pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, 2023 @ngprague @labiennale Dop: Vojtěch Polák @vojtech.polaaak Costume design and assistant: Mars Industries @mars_industries → more

My movie Let’s Connect Yesterday was premiered at KVIFF 2023. Resilience as the ability to cope with crises and unexpected disruptions is portrayed in this film through movement performance and scientific lecture. The viewer is offered the opportunity to understand situational sequences that simulate principles such as homeostasis, finding supports and resources for adaptation and transformation, on two levels. First on an abstract emotional level, then through concrete philosophical interpretation. The acceptance of ambiguity is not only a condition for the perception of an artwork, but also one of the essential prerequisites for the development and maintenance of resilience. Loss of certainty, disorientation and liminal states are understood here not only as threats but also as states of high potentiality. However, a prerequisite for such a perception is the provision of a minimum margin of safety and trust. This artistic film by Vladimír Turner is based on the scientific research of the philosopher Alice Koubová and the theatre performance of the Tantehorse ensemble directed by Miřenka Čechová and Markéta Vacovská. director: Vladimír Turner DoP: Petr Racek second camera: David Ticháček additional camera: Vladimír Turner editing: Vladimír Turner sound: Adam Bláha color grading: Petr Racek assistant: Martin Král graphic design and VFX: Petr Kněžek 16 minutes, Czech language with English subtitles 2023 → more