In the late ’80s, Czechoslovakia became a democratic state, and in 1993 peacefully separated into two countries - the Czech Republic and Slovakia. With democracy came capitalism and advertising, and with capitalism and advertising came The Hypermarket. Hypermarkets are the world’s superstores, selling shoes and spinach, pipe wrenches and pumpkins, all you would […]
Entries Tagged as 'Documentary'
The Czech Dream, The hoax superstore of the Czech Republic
September 9th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments
Tags: Big Business · Cinema · Czech Republic · Documentary · Installation Art · Marketing · Performance Art
I want to be Richard DeDomenici.
August 28th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments
Richard DeDomenici is an artist, seems to have a lot of fun traveling and making shows for BBC. I’m jealous!
Richard DeMomenici’s Power of Art (a BBC promotion supporting Simon Schama’s show).
Visit his sites:
Richard DeDomenici’s Art site and
Non-art site
Tags: Documentary · Television
Iraq in Fragments
August 27th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments
Each scene rolls on quietly with poetic light and ambient sounds, with the few words spoken coming from the Iraqi people themselves. Each of the three parts of the film focus on one person, and simply shows what they see and hear, as their voices sparsely speak about their lives. The first person […]
Tags: Cinema · Documentary · Iraq