Six artists, six works, one 6 × 3 m wall. Each work is created in two layers: the Wall Ink robotic printing system applies a pre-drawn part directly onto a wall in the pavilion, after which the artist completes it by hand in front of an audience. At the end of the day, the work is painted over, as if washed away by the tide. The next day, a new work is created on the wall. With selected works, part of the composition will be transferred to a separate canvas, which will be kept at the Moravian Library.
‘Phew, it’s hot!’ Behind him lies the city, its chimneys smoking; his engine is still cooling. He leaves the car on the shore and goes for a dip. With every step he takes into the water, he transforms a little. His upright gait, the surface of his body, the shapes of his limbs – all of them morph. By the time he is at the point where he can no longer stand, he is again a creature that never left the sea.
Setinský sees the seashore as a place from which to look back at our origins. In so doing, he plays on the fact that the territory of today’s Czechia was once seabed. Though Czechia no longer has sea, the memory of it is still around. All it takes is a hot day and the chance to plunge into its depths. Returning to the sea gives relief from the heat, from the city, from millions of years of human achievement...
