Jiří Černický - Iron

AUTHORSHIP

Equal co-authorship: Jiří Černický

CLASSIFICATION

Classification: film/videoart

DATES

Date of creation: 1991

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Duration: 00:03:36
Sound: Sound

EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

Audiovisual broadcast (TV, radio): Artyčok.tv
Date of broadcast: 12.11.2012
Link: http://artycok.tv/lang/cs-cz/16453/zehlicka-1991

NOTES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Notes: published in The Window Into the Archive at Artyčok.tv (curators T. Nekvindová, S. Sobotovičová, Blanka Švédová) in2012


Adopted text on the work: A record of an early performance by Jiří Černický (*1966) which took place in the industrial surroundings of Ústí nad Labem. At that time he organized about seven land and body art events commenting on painting possibilities. The performances survived mainly thanks to photographic documentation and partly thanks to video recordings (besides Iron, it is also Potential Painting and Meteobody Painting – all 1991).

In the event projected here the artist worked with the heat effect and a motif of reflection. He used the Iron – “a female” appliance touching intimate garments but at the same time a „male“ impersonal tool used as a mirror and a brush. He stepped back from the camera to the place where a fata morgana originated due to the thermal inversion. Then he plugged in his „industrial toilet mirror“ again, via which he sent messages towards the camera. The hot surface of the iron caused that his face gradually turned red. When the zoom lens was removed, you could see the shimmering air above the airport area turning red. This is how the surroundings (universe) changed by an intimate change of the actor.
Source of text: Okno do videoarchivu VVP AVU
Author of text: Terezie Nekvindová, Sláva Sobotovičová, Blanka Švédová
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INFORMATION IN PARTNER DATABASES

Artlist #1: Record at Artlist