28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Wild Eye - Annihilation of Space - Despite of Limitations
director: Petr Skala
original title: Divoké oko - Likvidace prostoru - Navzdory omezení
country: Czech Republic
running time: 6 min.
synopsis
Transforming the author’s film from the 1970s, the film trilogy captures a naked woman’s body in gentle motion iterations. The combination of abstract expressionism and the figural motif uses distinctive colours, rapid shape-shifting and the dynamics of the human silhouette.biography
Petr Skala (1947) is one of the Czech video art founders. He graduated from FAMU in the fields of documentary film, scriptwriting and directing, and has been pursuing experimental films since the 1960s. He uses the techniques of painting, drawing and engraving the film stock. The Ji.hlava IDFF presented many of his films, for example Spatial Deformation and Searching for Balance in 2016.more about film
director: | Petr Skala |