Front, Back, Left, Right

Exploring the relationships between movement, orientation and space, "Front, Back, Left, Right" is one of the collaborative works created by Viktor Takáč, who investigates the spatial possibilities of the moving image in his films and videos, and Michal Pěchouček, who works with theatre and stage design, as well as various mediums such as painting, photography and video. The video shows a man in a room, skipping rope in front of its walls on which words indicating directions are written: “Front”, “Back”, “Left” and “Right”. The performance turns into an increasingly confusing game, disrupting both the performer’s sense of direction and the viewer’s spatial orientation. On each wall, the performer finds a different word indicating that he should turn in another direction – he turns right only to find “Back” written on the wall; he turns left, but the wall immediately directs him to turn “Right”. As the performer changes direction, the camera moves in the opposite direction to this rotation. "Front, Back, Left, Right" playfully explores how the viewer navigates the exhibition space as informed by the directions and exhibition-related content.