About project
We find ourselves at the beginning of a societal crisis. The real experience of the pandemic has irreversibly affected us. Everyday life needs and interpersonal relationships are changing. The island of Štvanice resembles a floating ship. An ark that symbolically brings us a message or an important message. We don’t know whether it is a rescue mission or an invasion mission. The moving object, created by Milena Dopitová especially for this place, resembles a pump designed for oil extraction, which dazzles and attracts admiration with its light and sound performance. It is a vehicle of dizzying wealth as well as a proof of the unhealthy existence of modern society. It brings health and environmental problems to living systems, and in cities it destroys the air with gaseous and dusty emissions. It produces noise, degrades soil and groundwater quality and can disrupt animal migration. Jeff’s object installation reflects on issues related to our population and the way humans affect the environment around them. He wants to draw attention to the priorities and values we believe in today and every day, as well as to motivate thrift leading to a healthy and happy existence. In doing so, the multifunctional kinetic object makes use of both physical properties and the latest technologies in programming, lighting or audio installation.
