Viva video, video viva (2020)
Viva video, video viva (2020)
Today, analogue video is attractive primarily thanks to the distinctive aesthetic quality of its pixelated image and raster errors. But for Czech artists who first explored the possibilities offered by video art in the late 1980s, this medium represented a path towards freedom. Through a portrait of her grandfather Radek Pilař, one of the pioneers of Czech video art, the director explores her own legacy of imperative creative fascination. Her film’s main story, i.e., the process of reconstructing the 1989 exhibition Video Day, contrasts this enchantment with life in the final days of the totalitarian regime, which different sharply with the adventures of those who decided to emigrate – whom the filmmaker also visits in order to discover forgotten works, get to know their creators, and re-establish broken ties.

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Today, analogue video is attractive primarily thanks to the distinctive aesthetic quality of its pixelated image and raster errors. But for Czech artists who first explored the possibilities offered by video art in the late 1980s, this medium represented a path towards freedom. Through a portrait of her grandfather Radek Pilař, one of the pioneers of Czech video art, the director explores her own legacy of imperative creative fascination. Her film’s main story, i.e., the process of reconstructing the 1989 exhibition Video Day, contrasts this enchantment with life in the final days of the totalitarian regime, which different sharply with the adventures of those who decided to emigrate – whom the filmmaker also visits in order to discover forgotten works, get to know their creators, and re-establish broken ties.


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Genres: Documentary

Language: Český

Release Date: 13 February 2020

Country: CZ

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Company: Universal Production Partners

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Adéla Komrzý

Adéla Komrzý

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Sound

Jakub Jurásek

Jakub Jurásek

Sound

Jan Hammer

Jan Hammer

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Ondřej Anděra

Ondřej Anděra

Music

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Kryštof Hlůže

Kryštof Hlůže

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Jakub Halousek

Jakub Halousek

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Jan Gogola ml.

Jan Gogola ml.

Dramaturgy

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