Tereza Stehlikova: Artistic research into sensory perception & embodiment
I planned our filming in my grandmother's apartment as is the Christmas tradition. Last year we have not been able to be together because of Covid restrictions and could only speak on Facetime. This year was different. My grandmother's apartment, right next to my parents', in the centre of Prague, brings out many childhood memories... Continue Reading →
Having started the 4th week away, in the remote countryside of South Bohemia, I begun thinking about the deeper meanings of my 4 generations of women project, in relation to a sense of belonging, being part of a continuous (female) line, the meaning of home and what it means to be displaced, even voluntarily, from... Continue Reading →
On this day we gathered to share a meal of root vegetables. To celebrate our own roots, the power of our female line. Some has to be said were not strictly root vegetables, but rhizomes, while others various relations of cabbage, but all of them making me think of the soil, all still carrying traces... Continue Reading →
This year seemed unlikely at first: from the constraints of our London abode, with no outside space, just a tiny flat where not even windows can be properly opened, the idea of South Bohemia, with its open landscape, became utopia. But as the lockdown rules across Europe started to relax, we took the opportunity to... Continue Reading →
These are stills and a short video of my solo exhibition From You to Me: 4 Generations of Women, at Alchemy Film & Arts. https://vimeo.com/428445234 Shown with Alchemy Film & Arts in an installation of six films, Tereza creates an entrance to the world of the four women, temporarily materialising memory through immersive projection and... Continue Reading →
Today is the 95th birthday of my grandmother Jiřina Vojáčková. Here she is in 2015 and 1940. Because we can't celebrate together in person, I wanted to mark the occasion by sharing here a short film I made, in 2017, a small tribute to the other 3 generations of women in my family. Here we... Continue Reading →
FROM YOU TO ME: FOUR GENERATIONS OF WOMEN ARTIST TALK AND FILM SCREENING WITH TEREZA STEHLIKOVA AND DR CLAIRE PAJACZKOWSKA NOV 30, 7pm, CZECH EMBASSY CINEMA, LONDON https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-you-to-me-four-generations-of-women-tickets-50348501724 Mother, daughter, granddaughter, great-granddaughter… London based Czech artist Tereza Stehlikova explores four generations of family and cultural history, memories and delicate ties through an on-going film project. She will... Continue Reading →
Listening to stories of drowning in my grandmother's family history Having resurfaced from my recent immersion in the timeless landscape of Southern Bohemia, I am now reflecting back on the experience of filming the four generations, from a distance. As mentioned in my earlier blog entry, about this year's filming, the focus of this summer... Continue Reading →
Cinesthetic feasts 