Vít Soukup - Nailing the Sun to the Sky

AUTHORSHIP

Equal co-authorship: Vít Soukup

CLASSIFICATION

Classification: film/videoart

DATES

Date of creation: 2000

SUBJECT

Other persons appearing in the film: Veronika Fojtů, Adam Hlaváč, Roman Kárník, David Kalika, Jan Materna, Vít Soukup

COLLABORATORS AND PARTICIPANTS

Other collaborators: Jan Zajíček

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Duration: 00:09:22
Sound: Sound

EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

Compilation containing the work: Vít Soukup: Everything!, 2012
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.

Written by: Jan Materna, Vít Soukup, David Kalika, Jan Zajíček
Costumes and sets: Šárka Havlíčková, Roman Kárník
Camera, music, editing and singing: Jan Zajíček
Directed by: Vít Soukup

Adopted text on the work: A story about how the universe is shaped even by minor insect dramas. A wise dung-beetle saves the life of an unhappy beetle by telling him the legend of Dab and Buzz, who for purely mundane reasons decided to nail the sun to the sky. The goings-on are observed by a high-spirited astronomer with his giant telescope. Soaring high above all these struggles for insect dignity and sex is the spaceship with Duchamp on board – and, surprisingly, the old woman with her keys as well, whom Duchamp once helped resolve her minor mystery.
Source of text: Edice VIDA 3, VVP AVU, 2012
Author of text: Terezie Nekvindová, Sláva Sobotovičová
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INFORMATION IN PARTNER DATABASES

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