CP 1 / 21 AUGUST, KINEFORUM, 19.00 / 18+
GREEN PLATEAUS I Milena Dopitová (Czech Republic) Country of production Czech Republic Language Subtitles 3:30 min, single channel video, SD, colour/sound, 2004 part of the video installation Sixtysomething m.dopitova@email.cz
Video ini menyajikan proses mengubah secara fisik pasangan yang kembar identik, melalui riasan dan pakaian panggung, sehingga mereka dapat tampil sebagai perempuan tua dalam dekade keenam kehidupan. Proses transformasi ini juga perlahan menyamarkan ketidakkonsistenan alamiah pada penampilan fisik saat ini yang dimiliki pasangan kembar tersebut, mengurangi perbedaan di antara keduanya sehingga keidentikan genetik mereka bisa jadi ditekankan sembari meramalkan kemungkinan penampilan mereka pada usia enam puluh tahun. Terdapat juga sebuah unsur dari penampilan mereka untuk meramalkan pengalaman-pengalaman yang mungkin dalam masa depan nyata hari ini.
The video presents the process of physically transforming a pair of identical twins, via stage make-up and dress, so that they take on the appearance of elderly women in their sixth decade of life. This transformation process also slowly disguises any natural inconsistencies in the twins’ present physical appearance, lessening the differences between them so that their genetic identicality might be emphasized while foreseeing their possible appearance at sixty something years old. There is also an element of their appearing to foresee possible experiences in the real future of the present-day twins.
— Zbyněk Baladrán
Milena Dopitová (lahir 1963) adalah seniman dan pengajar yang tinggal di Praha. Ia adalah Kepala di School of Intermedia, Academy of Fine Arts, Praha. Sejak 1990, ia telah berpartisipasi dalam banyak pameran internasional.
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Milena Dopitová (born 1963) is an artist and teacher based in Prague. She is head of the School of Intermedia at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. Since 1990 she has participated in a range of international exhibitions.