Martin Blažíček
Live cinema since 1997

Martin Blažíček focuses on film and video as a live audiovisual form, often using open and performative forms in his work with media. He graduated from FAMU (MA in film editing) and earned his doctorate for his work on Live Cinema. The central focus of his work is the question of perception, the flicker effect, and the emotionality associated with watching media. From the 1990s to the 2000s, he frequently used a combination of traditional film techniques and digital media, and in recent years he has been creating his own software tools. In an international context, he has performed with a number of musicians in the form of open audiovisual improvisation, including at ZKM Karlsruhe, Diapason Gallery New York, High Zero Baltimore, MAK Vienna, Terrace Gallery London, City Art Gallery Leeds, Live Cinema Festival Rome, PAF Olomouc, OFF Biennale Budapest, and others. He was part of the film performance group Mikroloops and the live-coding group Kolektiv. He participated in two performances by the group D’epog (2019-21), one of which he adapted into a medium-length film, Series (2023). As a curator, he participated in the multimedia program Roxy/NoD (2007-2008) and Galerie Školská 28 (2010-2012), and prepared a number of programs as an independent curator, including for MFDF Jihlava, LFŠ Uherské Hradiště, Open City Festival London, Seoul Int. New Media Festival, Schmalfilmtage Dresden, Lux London, and others. He is the author of studies on Czechoslovak underground film of the 1980s, video art, and experimental film. He is the co-author of the book Mapping the Moving Image (NFA/Spector Books, 2023) and contributes to the magazines Iluminace, Senses of Cinema, Sešit, Kino Ikon, A2, Art+Antiques, and others.