presentation, workshop – Kristýna Lutzová
The Internet-based Kurzor kolektiv (Kristýna Lutzová, Kateřina Cepáková etc.) started organising exhibitions called Braincandy in 2015. Now, they are following up their famous concept of one-second videos and they have announced their first open call for Braincandy: One Swallow project – at the Festival of Film Animation 2016.
Aristotle himself demonstrably appreciated the metaphor “one swallow does not make a summer. He knew that one kiss does not always mean love and that the first success is not going to last forever. The swallow travelled to us over an abyss of time from the story of a wealthy young man whose father had died. The son lived life to the full and eventually spent all his fortune. The only things he had left were some light clothes and a coat. That was when he saw a swallow joyfully crisscrossing the sky in celebration of the coming spring. The young reveller interpreted the swallow in the sky as a clear sign of spring so decided to sell his coat. However, winter came back and remained for some time, and the young man accused the poor swallow of his own irresponsibility.1 The lecture-presentation will show the activities
of the (post)internet art collective. The audience will find out about the concept and genealogy of one-second videos as well as their presentation history in the gallery of Kurzor kolektiv. All the knowledge gained is necessary for the creative workshop”, which involves making animalthemed one-second videos. On the same day, the workshop output will be integrated into the exhibition of one-second videos (5) Braincandy <1 One Swallow 1>, which will already be in progress in the virtual ScreenSaverGallery. Thus, the workshop output will be streamed to the whole world. However, the exhibition also has its four-day presentation in the physical space of Konvikt. Here, visitors may assess the display of one-second videos curated by Kurzor kolektiv and also show their own one-second videos. One Swallow does not make a summer.
Kurzor kolektiv
1 Slanina, Jan. “Umíte Chytit Štěstěnu Za Pačesy Aneb Netlačí Vás Někde Bota?” Procproto. May 23, 2011. Accessed November 1, 2016. http://procproto.cz/historie/
umite-chytit-stestenu-za-pacesy-aneb-netlaci-vas-nekdebota/.
2 Dec | 12:30 pm | CH
One-Second Videos: One Swallow
presentation, workshop – Kristýna Lutzová
Aport Animation
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