Artistic research
From the Wedding Banquet: Some sauteed mushroom are served next, pompously praised by the usual maniacal huntsman: "I gathered them all by myself, between bagging a partridge and a hare in the Pistoia woods, drenched with rain. There's every kind of mushroom , except the poisonous one...unless my myopia has played an ugly trick on me.... Continue Reading →
Tactile artwork by the great Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer. This image comes from his Dimensions of Dialogue retrospective, which took place in Prague, Dum U Zvonu, 2012/13
From Marinetti's The Manifesto of Tactilism, 1921 1. to wear gloves for several days, during which time the brain will force condensation into your hands of desire for different tactile sensations; 2. to swim underwater in the sea, trying to distinguish interwoven currents and different temperatures tactilistically; 3. every night, in complete darkness, to recognise and... Continue Reading →
"In a hunter's cabin secluded in a green-blue-gilded forest, two couples sit down at a rough table made from trunks of oak. The brief blood-red twilight lies in agony beneath the enormous bellies of darkness as if under rain-soaked and seemingly liquid whales. As they wait for the peasant woman to cook, the only food... Continue Reading →
An incredibly inspiring interview with Sissel Tolass, Norwegian scientist and artist who has dedicated her life and work to the world of smells: http://mono-kultur.com/issues/23
Spring 2013, Prague. A still from my filming experiments.
Tereza Stehlíková 