Czech – Videos

I came across an art installation in Brno, Czech Republic in the summer of 2008 (sorry, but I forget the name of the gallery).  Part of the installation was a simple television embedded in a wall.  On that screen, videos would play on a loop for about 15-30 seconds each.  I photographed frames from two of them and set them to music.

I find their anti-American sentiment to be very interesting.  The pieces were presented at a time when America was unpopular abroad, particularly because of the Iraq War, but also, as one work points out, as a result of the US’s role in globalization and rampant consumerism.  Perhaps coincidentally, at the time these videos were presented, around two-thirds of the Czech people stood opposed to a US missile-defense radar base being placed inside their country, a base ratified by parliament and signed by a visiting Sec. Condoleezza Rice several days earlier.

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