opening October 13, 18:00 – performance and projections by Michal Kindernay, Tereza Sochorová, Filip Cenek, Beata Spáčilová and others, slide-cooking by Tomáš Uhnák, Aleš Zemene, Michal Cabowitz
The project which introduces half-forgotten medium of slides is not only an exhibition but also an interactive play. It researches the history and presence of slide production, its methods, procedures and tools and its usage in art, education, entertainment and amateurish spheres in general. Let there be an intermingle of technique and art, education and phantasy, dead and living, private and public, professional and amateurish at our slide soiree.
The exhibition introduces historical slide-projectors, unusual old and new slides, slide-stories from found and newly created slide cycles, family documentaries, fairy tales, adventure stories, comics, accompanied by sound, music or at least squeaking of the slide-projectors.
A series of thematic evenings includes lectures, performances and slide parties.
Participants: Audiofenky, Babypuch, Filip Cenek, Veronika Daňhelová, Lenka Dolanová, Jan Fabián, Marta Fišerová, Fung Ming Chu & Ivo Hos, Václav Hájek, Tomáš Hrůza, Michal Kindernay, Jaroslav Kořán, Jan Kratochvíl, Jan Kříženecký a klub Stereofotograf, Markéta Lisá, Martina Pachmanová, Michal Pěchouček, Jana Pospíšilová, Puk-Puk, Erik Sikora, Tereza Sochorová, Beáta Spáčilová, Petr Strouhal, Johana Švarcová, Kateřina Svatoňová, Takáč, David Trávníček, Eva Valentová, Hana Valentová, Vladimir, Miloš Vojtěchovský, Aleš Zemene, Kateřina Zochová, Lenka Žampachová and others
Call
Create your own slide selection, supply it with a suitable add-on like texts explaining the origin of the slides and/or your relationship to them, sounds or objects and make it part of the exhibition in little projection rooms. The slides will be collected also during the exhibition and can be projected with your commentary at the closing soiree.
Participate in slide-evenings, Wednesday October 22nd and Friday October 31st. Unique opportunity for everybody who want to talk about their childhood traumas, reconstruct the atmosphere of family slide evenings, talk about travel adventures or introduce one of the unusual findings from bazaar, forgotten school storeroom, ground or junkyard. You can take any family members, favorite music and food and drinks.
If you wish to organize your own evening during the exhibition on the subject of slides, let us know!
Events
October 15 – Home-made Cinema of Milada Marešová (1920) – a projection of hand-painted slides by Milada Marešová presented by Martina Pachmanové
October 16 – Educational party with slide lessons of gymnastics, ecology and others presented by Tomáš Hrůza and Veronika Daňhelová
October 17 – Puk-Puk slide-jamaccompanied by Dj Babypuch
October 20 – A walk through slide history, pioneer of multimedia Athanasius Kircher and Vladmaster soiree
October 22– A slide party for your slides and commentary
October 23– Gebhard Sengmüller: A Parallel Image(presentation)
October 29– Stereophotographer’s Club Party
October 30– Slide fairy tales from the collection of Pavel Podhorský, dia-horor show Bloody Birthday & Audiofenky
October 31– Closing show "Come to the Slide Party"
With the Support of
Austrian Cultural Forum, Prague
The Meopta company and Kinotechnika a.s., who lent the projectors
Curators: Kateřina Svatoňová a Lenka Dolanová
Contact: ksvatonova@volny.cz, lenka.dol@gmail.com
