Series (To fix something, it has to be broken first)
2023
Series
(To fix something, it has to be broken first)
Video, 55 min.
Based on stage performance by D’epog.
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A group of extras in an abandoned motion capture studio replay a series of work steps to perfect their movements and achieve optimal performance. Over time, their exhaustion grows and the boundaries between fiction and reality, work and play, and imitation and reality gradually disappear. The film is based on D’epog’s performance Series, series, series, series, which deals with the themes of work, play and violence in the digital world (2018–22).
Directors: D’epog and Martin Blažíček
Performed by Zdeněk Polák, Janet Prokešová, Radim Chyba, Zuzana Smutková, Magdalena Straková
Cinematography: Šimon Levitner
Sound recordings: Sara Pinheiro
Music: Matúš Kobolka
Post-production: Martin Blažíček
Supported by:
Fakulta výtvarných umění VUT, Brno
Centrum audiovizuálních studií FAMU, Praha
Digilab AVU, Praha
