Conference Students Press Release
"The inaugural year is over. The symposium
had two goals: enrich our students of illustration and animated film with new
knowledge and experience and to raise the awareness of our Faculty at home and
abroad. From this point of view, we
can say that we met our goals, although we had to limit the program because of
the anti-epidemic measures," says Renáta Fučíková, the artistic director of the symposium,
illustrator, and head of the Didactic Illustration Studio.
This year's
symposium highlighted the exceptional personality of Jiří Trnka, whose artistic
scope ranged from puppetry, illustration, and animation through scenic and
costume design to painting and sculpture, and also included the design of toys,
furniture, home accessories or tapestries, free and book graphics, typography
and exhibition installations. The symposium thus offered several topics which
open up further research activities.
This year's
event made reference to Trnka's book The Garden and was, therefore, entitled
The Garden In Us. It became the theme for lectures and presentations made by
Czech and foreign guests, including the illustrator Andrea Tachezy, the
educator and animator Jan Šrámek, and the Italian illustrator Marco Ieie. The
literary theorist Fanuel Hanán Díaz gave an on-line lecture from Colombia. The
symposium also included an author reading by the writer, educator, and
translator Radek Malý, who presented his poems and prose for children. The
highlight of the opening day was the screening of Trnka's legendary animated
film Midsummer Night's Dream.
Selected
students had the opportunity to attend three-day workshops led by Andrey
Tachezy and Marc Ieie. The theme of their illustrations was the garden and
forest and their special charm and atmosphere. According to Renáta Fučíková,
the personal contact and intensive work with visiting artists played the most
fundamental role in fulfilling the intention to enrich the students of the
Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art with new skills and experience.
Students had the opportunity to present their semester projects and final
theses in the storytelling format PechaKucha.
Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art |
Lenka Kodýtková |
25. 10. 2021 |