From far away Czech artist Jakub Geltner's works appear as flocks of birds, seagulls and pigeons gathered on clusters of rocks or resting just beneath a busy overpass. When one looks closer however they realize the groupings are not perched birds, but rather surveillance cameras and satellite dishes the artist has installed as a part of his series “Nest.”
Geltner’s most recent installation is titled ‘Nest 05,’ which was presented at the 2015 Sculpture by the Sea in Aarhus, Denmark. The installation, which covers a stretch of mossy rocks, explores the notion of surveillance in even our most peaceful places—the areas we seek when we want to escape.
The Prague-based artist has been installing these works since 2011, bringing together groups of technological equipment commonly used to observe, and turning them into the focal point for the viewer. Within the last four years his works have been placed at a former elementary school, church facade, waterfront, and the skeleton structure of a former KV KSC (Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia).
Geltner lives and works in Prague and graduated from two universities also in the city, Czech Technical University in 2004 and the Academy of Fine Arts in 2013. (via iGNANT)
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i put this in our dvd queue with much trepidation.
this is one of my *favorite* childhood re-watchable sci-fi films. i loooove this movie. love love love.
so when i realized it was on netflix, i put it in the dvd queue with more than a bit of apprehension given the years since this tickled my toes.
just finished my first watch of this since 1980, and it was so fucking great. also… he loved it. my 8-year old geek cred is intact.
this film is far better than i even remembered. the cinematography and acting are more professionally adept than i’d recalled from my 70′s film memory.
it’s got a twist. so try to know nothing about it before you see it. just put it in your dvd queue and thank me later. :o)
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It is still not known why the Sun's light is missing some colors.
