Magdalena Hejzlarová

The Design and Transformation exhibition in Brussels tells the story of selected Czech design and its transformation in relation to societal changes. The exhibition was prepared on the occasion of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union and it was complemented by six films produced by its collective authors.

First, growth seems unlimited, then a peak comes; we break and vanish and again and again, the game of life. Behind this circle, an everlasting nostalgia is present. This graduate of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, with a penchant for visual experiments made her latest music video in the Golly open-source program.

Hypnagogia is an original experiment that combines abstract scenes with techniques of traditional anidocs. The film depicts the state of falling asleep, and describes and illustrates the visual sensory phenomena that are experienced when crossing the borders of sleep in its own poetic and documentary-style way.

Jak byl stvořen svět? Kdo z vás to ví? Asi každý, ale každý trochu jinak. Autorka si vzala za cíl představit tři ze světových mýtů o stvoření světa. Vyprávění doplňuje krátkou animovanou ilustrací využívající prvky dětského kresebného rukopisu a tajně si představuje, že by jednou mohla vzniknout celá animovaná encyklopedie světové mytologie pro děti.