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The project is being implemented in 2010 to 2012 in the Ceramics studio of Jarmila Tyrnerová s.r.o. in Kohoutov.
The “Landmarks in the
Countryside” project is centred around the aspect of how to create a modern
continuation of the centuries of care for the Czech cultural landscape. It is
concerned with designing artifacts that will tastefully complement the landscape
and designate boundaries, important sites and events. They will have an
appearance reminiscent of historical milestones, statues of the crucifixion and
crosses located in the landscape, and will also reflect the period of their
creation – the present. And they will be accepted by the people living in the
countryside and considered to be part of their lives.
The project was commenced on March 27 and presented to ceramicists during a workshop led by the creative artist Iva Ouhrabková. The subject of the workshop consisted in cooperation between an architect and a creative artist in locating sculptures in the landscape and in architecture. Ing. arch. Pavel Vaněček also presented a lecture. The event was held in the Ceramics Studio in Kohoutov with participation by instructors, graduates of programs of the studio and guests. A set of photographs of the landscape around Kohoutov from the Photographic Atelier of J. E. Purkyně University, headed by Professor Pavel Baňka, was presented here for the first time.
Two one-week programs of Ceramic Sculpture on the subject “Landmarks in the Landscape”, under the leadership of Academic Sculptor Jindra Viková, were held in May and June. A total of 22 participants created models of exterior sculptures. The program was supplemented by lessons in drawing and an excursion to the countryside around Kohoutov. The objects created during the course were fictive – in the form of a sketch – set in a corner of the landscape.
Within the
project Transfer of Innovations in Professional Education under
the European grant title Leonardo da Vinci, special lettering
was developed, which can be transferred to ceramic material using stamps. In
June, in the French ceramics centre CNIFOP, the production of the ceramic
INFOtile compositional system using this stamped lettering was
incorporated into an instructive video for education of ceramicists in
the EU.
Another workshop was held in September in Kohoutov, for students of the Photographic Atelier of J. E. Purkyně University. Their work was concerned with study of historical landmarks and their contemporary “folk” art. The students prepared photographs of two particular places in Kohoutov, where the participants in the Gallery on the Web will locate landmarks according to their own design. The students also verified the technical potential for digital installation of a photograph of the model into a photograph of the landscape.
The results of the project to date will be presented on the following
occasions:
Categories:
1. Small landmark – between private and public areas in the
landscape
A site in Kohoutov has been selected and documented photographically – a
dividing point between private property and a public roadway. A contemporary
landmark is currently located here and it is the task of the author to create an
alternative.
Participants in the project will create a model from material (from ceramics and
other material) and photograph it according to the given instructions. The
photographs will be placed on the Gallery on the Web.
2. Large landmark – between and normal and “holy” places in
the landscape
A place in Kohoutov where, at the beginning of the municipality, a road turns
off to “Holy Mound”, from which the whole village can be seen and where
fires were lit on the “Witches” holiday, has been selected and photographed.
There is no landmark here, but there could be one.
Participants will create a model of the landmark – sculpture – from
material (ceramics and other material) and photograph it according to the given
instructions. The photographs will be placed on the Gallery on the Web.
3. Drawing of a landmark – supplementary category
A drawing – sketch of a landmark (existing or proposed) in any chosen
countryside. The only condition is that the drawing really be inspired by the
landscape and that the participants actually create it outdoors. The scanned
drawing will be placed on the Gallery on the Web.
– On March 26, ceramicists will meet in Kohoutov at the
spring workshop of the sculptor Václav Fiala – Sculpture in
public areas. This will be supplemented by a lecture on the selection of ceramic
material for outdoor sculpture, which will be presented by the Brno ceramic
artist Bob Jakeš. A long-term exhibition on this subject will
be opened in the Gallery of the Ceramics Studio in April. Models of landmarks in
both categories and drawings from the third category will be exhibited. Students
and artists from other fields will also be invited to participate.
The preparation of a Catalogue of the Exhibition will be completed at the beginning of 2012. The subject of the landscape is very topical in society at the present time. We would like to engage theoreticians, publicists and professionals and include their texts in the catalogue, supplemented by a photographic part containing models of “landmarks” and photographs of the landscape.
In the spring of 2012, the prepared project will come to a climax with the exhibition Landmarks in the Countryside of F.A. Špork on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the birth of a man who made great contributions to creation of the landscape and a patron of the local region (* 9 March, 1662). The exhibition will be held in the premises of the Baroque granary of the Museum in Dvůr Králové nad Labem. The exhibition will display to the public the best models of sculptures created during the project, including photographs of the sites in the local landscape for which the sculptures were created.
By comparing them with the photographic depiction of preserved exterior sculptures, minor sacred objects and landmarks from Baroque times, the viewer will be able to come to his own opinion on how well creative artists came to terms with a similar task three centuries ago. After the end of the exhibition in Dvůr Králové n.L., the exhibition will probably be moved to the premises of the Hospital in Kuks.
Ing. Jarmila Tyrnerová
Ceramics Studio of Jarmila Tyrnerová s.r.o., Kohoutov 74, 54401 Dvůr
Králové nad Labem
Telephone: 499392416, 602182242, email: keramiko@keramiko.cz, www.keramiko.cz
Path of Four Centuries is a long-term project of the Kohoutov Civic Association, concerned with restoring and interconnecting minor sacred objects in the municipality of Kohoutov. The Ceramics Studio acts as a sponsor for this project by donating INFOtiles with stamped letters for suitable designation of individual objects. The pathway has 12 stopping points and ends at the Baroque sundial from 1751, located on the wall of the church. The accompanying inscription, translated, reads “It’s later than you think”.
For the 2009 – 2011 period, the Ceramics Studio is participating as a partner in the Cultural Historical Heritage project as a starting point for expanding the knowledge, abilities and skills of pupils in education for sustainable development in local communities, financed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and EU funds.
The Ceramics Studio is a co-creator of the school project of the DK Grammar School, “Three Maps of the Region of F. A. Špork”, which will be elaborated as a pilot project for implementation in other schools. Within the project, the Ceramics Studio is preparing a teaching program, in which artistic techniques are employed as a means of experiencing and understanding the values of the cultural historical heritage.