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Director
Rozálie Kohoutová
Original idea
Pavel Karous ...
Producer
Radim Procházka
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Produkce Radim Procházka ...
Director of photography
Jan Šuster
Editor
Adam Patyk
IDF Events
2009 East Silver
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Produkce Radim Procházka ...

Aliens and Herons

Vetřelci a volavky , Czech Republic, 2008, 52 min, 26 min, DVD, Arts and Culture

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The documentary Aliens and Herons portraits the fate of the sculptures fromthe Communist so called normalization era in the Czech public space. The film describesthe atmosphere of the time and the relationship of the artists to the "official art" and
it's topics, but, mainly, it addresses the decay of the public space today and the devastationof often valuable artworks. Today's officials or developers often demolish the sculpture,viewing it as an unwanted heritage of Communism, and renovating the blocks ofhouses with new pistachio green façade and a saddle roof instead. Pavel Karous startedto map the disappearing statues, and to loose weight, he rides along the paths of thesestatues on his bike showing that the artwork made under the order of the Communistregime doesn't have to be shoddy. In terms of what order is the art being made today?Why does it always have to be innocent sculptures who suffer from political change?

Director:

Rozálie Kohoutová

Producer:

Radim Procházka

Original idea:

Pavel Karous, Rozálie Kohoutová

Screenplay:

Pavel Karous, Rozálie Kohoutová

Director of photography:

Jan Šuster

Music:

Tomáš Dvořák