VVP AVU - Milena Dopitová

AUTHORSHIP

Equal co-authorship: VVP AVU

CLASSIFICATION

Classification: documentation -

DATES

Date of creation: 2007

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Duration: 00:25:07
Sound: Sound

NOTES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Notes: This program has been made possible by The Kapor Family Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts

Produced by:
The Institute of Contemporary Art
Boston, MA

Producer, Director, Written by: Branka Bogdanov
Videographer: Konstantin Karageorgijev
Video and Sound Editing by: Reb Butler
Translation by: Nora Hampel
Narration by: Ellen Kushner

Time: 25 minutes
Year of Production: 1994
Technical services: Continental Cablevision of Cambridge
Copyright: The ICA, Boston

Adopted text on the work: As a member of the youngest generation of Czech artist, Milena Dopitová entered the art scene shortly before the "Velvet Revolution" in 1989. She lives and works in Prague, but her work has been exhibited in a number of international shows from Sidney, Australia, to the 1993 Venice Biennale. Dopitová works in a variety of media, encompassing a broad range of forms and themes in photography, installation and sculpture.

The film is shot in Prague and offers an encounter with the extraordinarily vibrant Czech scene, which has recently emerged from the 40 year long iron dream.

This documentary film gives the audiences insight into the contemporary Czech scene through interviews with Milena Dopitová; former members of the famous artists groups "Headstrong" and "Monday", of which Milena was the only female member, Jiří Ševčík (Director of the National Gallery); and Jana Ševčíková, independent curator. Also included in the film is an interview with ICA Director Milena Kalinovska, who asserts, "Milena Dopitová's work is extremely fresh and underscores the vitality of Czech art".
Source of text: VVP AVU
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