Kinetopsia

Tomáš Svoboda / Czech Republic / 2024 / World Premiere / 30 min.

synopsis

Kinetopsia, a disorder in which one believes that static objects are in motion, serves as a metaphor for the social situation we find ourselves in: the Velvet Revolution took place thirty-five years ago, and while the opaque present continues to bring new problems, public discussion often still revolves around the hunt for the "spectre of communism". From the perspective of a young couple, we discover the fascinating project of Sylvia's abandoned Discoland and become aware of the critical moments of the political transformation that has determined the economic and cultural conditions in which we live today.

"We are fighting here. Against the fucking communists, for freedom."

biography

Tomáš Svoboda (1974) is a Czech intermedia artist. He studied painting, design and architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and completed an internship at the Karlsruhe Academy. He is one of the founders of the Display Gallery and currently runs the New Media I studio at the Academy of Fine Arts.