Archive of films Then Is Black / Potom je černá

Czech Republic
2013, 9 min

Section: Imagina
Year: 2013

This film highlights our fascination for the circus environment, both in terms of its socio-architectural aspects, and the nostalgia and emotions we have always associated with it. Obscuring the border between experience and representation, the film and its multilayered concept here serve as an essential means of expression.

Synopsis

Light, shadow, working people, black night. The circus tent itself and the whole arrangement, or what’s going on inside, are excessive in their aesthetic aspects and wholly expressive: the bright colours of the tent amid murky grey housing estates, the face of a clown, half-laughing, half-weeping, acrobatics which take our breath away – all this is a type of perception which is exposed far beyond the horizon of our everyday experiences. The cinematic reality we perceive, step by step, deconstructs such an experience.

About the director

Viktor Takáč (b. 1982, Přerov) attended Prague’s Academy of Fine Arts (2012) where he studied intermedia arts and new media. He previously studied multimedia design at the Institute of Art and Design in Plzeň (2007). He won the top Essl Art Award (2013) and 1st prize at the Festival of Film Animation in Olomouc (2007). He works with shaky-cam digital photography, videos and installations.