Radio - Experimental Music - Modernist Architecture
Two mid-length documentaries exploring avantgarde musical and design currents emitting from Slovak Broadcasting in Bratislava. Iná hudba tells the story of Bratislava Experimental Studio and the technological shift of the 20th century art that motivated the rise of electronic music. IKONS-Štefan Svetko is a portrait of the pathbreaking architect who designed the pyramid-shaped Slovak Broadcasting building.
Iná hudba
(Music For 5 Engineers)
SK 2016 | 26' | documentary
directed by Pavel Smejkal, Peter Zákuťanský
Slovakian OV with English subtitles
The film tells the story of Bratislava Experimental Studio and the technological shift of the 20th century art that motivated the rise of electronic music. It examines the growing and shifting meaning behind electronic sounds in the course of time. The message of Bratislava Experimental Studio is still alive in spite of its ceased existence. It continuously appeals to young artists and electronic music enthusiasts.
IKONS - Štefan Svetko
SK 2020 | 27' | documentary
directed by Maroš Milčík
Slovakian OV with English subtitles
Štefan Svetko (1926 - 2009) studied architecture in Prague and worked all his life in Bratislava. Among his most famous buildings is the pyramid-shaped Slovak Broadcasting building. Innovative technical solutions and a generous formal language are typical of Svetko's work.
Artists
Peter Zákuťanský (b. 1988) studied in Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava, Film and Television Faculty, Department of Art criticism and Audio Visual studies. „The Stop on the Main Street” is his first unassisted movie. Currently Zakuťanský cooperates with artistic group Aliens and Herons, which focuses on Czechoslovak monumental sculptures for the public areas from the socialist period.
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co-director of Iná hudba
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Maros is a young self-taught film-maker, who works within central Europe.
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