Asociace

A 36-minute film I shot while living in Prague, Czech Republic. I selected ten Czech terms that are politically significant to Czechs before the fall of Communism. Through a structured yet random process. Five well-known Czech artists as the subjects for the piece. The interviews were not conducted with questions rather by placing each term [for example, STB - (secret police)] on a card in front of each person. They were asked not simply to explain the word's definition but to offer their response or "Asociace" to the term. The resulting piece is a strange and poignant collage of contradictory memories, interpretations, and associations with meaningful and often painful words to each person.