Vít Soukup - Norwegian Sweaters

AUTHORSHIP

Equal co-authorship: Vít Soukup

CLASSIFICATION

Classification: film/videoart

DATES

Date of creation: 2003

SUBJECT

Other persons appearing in the film: Michal Pěchouček, Běla Jeřábková, Roman Kárník, Dan Paul, Markéta Víšková, Aleš Tondl, Petr Ferenc, Lucie Mišulková, Slávka Sobotovičová, Michal Lopatka, Martin Šafránek, Jan Materna, Lukáš Hrabě, Vít Soukup

COLLABORATORS AND PARTICIPANTS

Other collaborators: Jaromír Pesr, Jaromír Pesr

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Duration: 00:14:37
Sound: Sound

EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

Exhibited / Presented as part of: Začátek století
Compilation containing the work: Vít Soukup: Everything!, 2012. The Beginning of the Century.
Attachment included with work’s publication: booklet CZ/EN

NOTES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Notes: Included in the compilation Vít Soukup: Everything! Films and Theater Performances 1993–2003 (edited by T. Nekvindová, S. Sobotovičová) - published in 2012 by the Research Centre of Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (VVP AVU) in cooperation with Divus.

Curated for the exhibition The Beginning of the Century (Západočeská galerie, Pilsen, 2012; Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě, Ostrava, 2014, curator Pavlina Morganová, "Video Cinema" in the exhibition).

Synopsis by Pavlina Morganová:
Sometimes the need to do a good turn can save one’s life.

Archived as .mp4 format (part of compilation The Beginning of the Century, 2012).

Story and Screenplay: Vít Soukup, Jan Materna, Radek Wohlmuth
Old woman’s dress: Šárka Havlíčková, Roman Kárník
Directed by: Vít Soukup

Adopted text on the work: A film about the conflict between inward states and outward appearances. The main protagonist – a caricature of perfection – is shown to have a dark interior and thoughts of death. Although fate would appear to be a hermetic chain, and “consistency” would require unwavering steadfastness, at the critical moment our hero ignores principles and heeds the call of everyday life. The film is lent a spiritual dimension through the use of a bittersweet Norwegian song containing metaphors on the beauty of nature, the motif of wooden churches, and the abstract patterns on the many sweaters – so many, that it takes the main protagonist a long time to decide which to put on in the morning.

Around the same time, Soukup included the motif of knitted patterns in his series of paintings Dorka (2003); in Norwegian Sweaters the connection between his paintings and movies is most clearly visible. The main role is played by Michal Pěchouček, whose own early video art was influenced by Soukup’s methods. Norwegian Sweaters stands out somewhat from the other films of the tetralogy,although several features tie it in with its predecessors.
Source of text: Edice VIDA 3, VVP AVU, 2012
Author of text: Terezie Nekvindová, Sláva Sobotovičová
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INFORMATION IN PARTNER DATABASES

Artlist #1: Record at Artlist