A3UM – documentary series about contemporary Slovak architecture
Bratislava - Up to eleven Sunday evenings will belong to the documentary series A3UM on Dvojka (RTVS), which focuses on contemporary Slovak architectural and design creation.
However, A3UM is not a complete novelty in the programming structure of Slovak television. The show had its premiere last autumn. At that time, five episodes were successfully prepared and aired, which introduced current works of architects and designers in a completely new documentary format. This year, the creators added another six episodes to the first series, resulting in an 11-part cycle. Each episode presents three separate objects, buildings, or studios (hence the code A3UM), making the total number of "visits" an almost magical number of 33, which can already be considered a fairly rich dose of outstanding performances from our architects and designers. However, the term outstanding should not be understood merely as a marketing tool for promoting the show, but as a fundamental criterion for the selective choice of objects and participating architects and designers. Only works that have received prestigious awards or those that have initiated meaningful discussion within the professional community were brought before the camera. Despite this professional rigor, the show prides itself on a rhetoric that is pleasantly human and thus close to a truly broad audience of viewers.
Creators
The show, according to the idea of Ivan Kočner, was created in an external environment under the direction of producer Barbara Janišová Feglová (Hitchhiker Cinema). From the beginning, two creative teams were formed, allowing attentive viewers to catch two different approaches. Director Ivan Trebula and screenwriter Diana Kacarová chose a path that unmistakably emphasizes precise artistic composition of film recordings. The second group, consisting of Samuel Jaško - direction and Dominika Karasová - script, managed to incorporate unusual humor, which refreshingly contrasts with such a serious profession as architecture. A substantial part of the entire process was also the professional background concentrated in the hands of architect and journalist Elena Alexy. Another professional input came from the "hosts" themselves. "A show about architecture is more or less a debut in the profile of Slovak television, and so we decided within our team to take a slightly experimental approach with an emphasis on purity and authenticity. We filled the position of a professional host with amateurs who, however, are interesting figures in the Slovak architectural scene," explains producer Barbara Janišová Feglová. This unusual role for architects was taken on by Miro Minca, Matúš Vallo, Ilja Skoček, Štefan Polakovič, and Viktor Šabík.
Form
Each of the eleven episodes of the A3UM show focuses on one of the themes that currently resonate in the field of architecture and design (e.g., Introverts, Boxes, Update, Closer to God, Sustainable Development...). Their significance is more epic than factual, touching more on the philosophy of creation than its rational implementation. The show's task is not to provide practical guides on how to enlarge a small apartment or what colors to use in the bedroom. The priority of Slovak television and all participating creators was to bring quality contemporary architecture and design to the screen and present them as authors' creative processes, and above all, as an integral part of our culture. This is why the core of the show is a balanced dialogue between architects, where one side is the host and the other is the author of the presented work. Both are in a familiar professional environment, allowing one to ask the right questions and the other to respond without the need to explain or defend their positions further. "However, to ensure it isn't merely futile theorizing, the show also anchors itself in everyday reality, embodied by users or residents of the visited buildings. Their personal testimonies and observations about the architecture in which they live reveal their own perception of this profession and provide valuable reflections on its fulfilled and unfulfilled ideals," says project expert guarantor Elena Alexy.
Content
"A show like A3UM is truly very necessary; public television should produce formats of this kind. Architecture as part of cultural discourse, not as a business, definitely belongs in the media," states one of the hosts, architect Viktor Šabík. The image of contemporary Slovak architecture and design that A3UM presents has many remarkable and encouraging moments. The film crew visited several Slovak cities and unassuming corners; apart from Bratislava, where understandably the most valuable objects are located, they also traveled to Nitra, Prešov, Žilina, Púchov, and Poprad. The focus was on brand new works, as well as older ones from architects of various generations. The screen will feature names like Martin Kusý, Irakli Eristavi, Andrej Alexy, Ľubomír Závodný, Martin Kvasnica, Dušan Fischer, Martin Jančok, Aleš Šedivec, Peter Jurkovič, Juraj Polyák, and many others. Among the designers, we find names like Sylvia Jokelová, Patrik Illo, Marian Laššák, or graphic designer Juraj Blaško. Each episode includes at least one dwelling (house, apartment), but we will also get to know the stories of buildings such as a studio in a water tower, an exemplary reconstructed functionalist villa, a gallery in a rooftop extension, a revitalized passage, a label printing house, or a crematorium. A3UM will present serious and respected works of high architecture, but also alternative projects such as a theater made from beer bottle crates or a cultural and social point in a former department store.
Broadcast Schedule
A3UM will be broadcast on Dvojka every Sunday after the evening film, approximately around 21:30. The cycle will start on September 23, 2012, with each episode allotted 26 minutes of broadcast time. Episodes from the first and second series will be aired in a new alternating order, and the last one will appear on screen on the first Advent Sunday.
Broadcast Dates and Themes of Individual Episodes:
September 23, 2012_WITH A SMALL BUDGET
September 30, 2012_INTROVERTS
October 7, 2012_COMEBACK
October 14, 2012_UPDATE
October 21, 2012_SUSTAINABILITY
October 28, 2012_LARGE GLASS
November 4, 2012_CHANGE OF IDENTITY
November 11, 2012_PLAYFULNESS
November 18, 2012_BOXES
November 25, 2012_UP AND DOWN
December 2, 2012_CLOSER TO GOD
However, A3UM is not a complete novelty in the programming structure of Slovak television. The show had its premiere last autumn. At that time, five episodes were successfully prepared and aired, which introduced current works of architects and designers in a completely new documentary format. This year, the creators added another six episodes to the first series, resulting in an 11-part cycle. Each episode presents three separate objects, buildings, or studios (hence the code A3UM), making the total number of "visits" an almost magical number of 33, which can already be considered a fairly rich dose of outstanding performances from our architects and designers. However, the term outstanding should not be understood merely as a marketing tool for promoting the show, but as a fundamental criterion for the selective choice of objects and participating architects and designers. Only works that have received prestigious awards or those that have initiated meaningful discussion within the professional community were brought before the camera. Despite this professional rigor, the show prides itself on a rhetoric that is pleasantly human and thus close to a truly broad audience of viewers.
Creators
The show, according to the idea of Ivan Kočner, was created in an external environment under the direction of producer Barbara Janišová Feglová (Hitchhiker Cinema). From the beginning, two creative teams were formed, allowing attentive viewers to catch two different approaches. Director Ivan Trebula and screenwriter Diana Kacarová chose a path that unmistakably emphasizes precise artistic composition of film recordings. The second group, consisting of Samuel Jaško - direction and Dominika Karasová - script, managed to incorporate unusual humor, which refreshingly contrasts with such a serious profession as architecture. A substantial part of the entire process was also the professional background concentrated in the hands of architect and journalist Elena Alexy. Another professional input came from the "hosts" themselves. "A show about architecture is more or less a debut in the profile of Slovak television, and so we decided within our team to take a slightly experimental approach with an emphasis on purity and authenticity. We filled the position of a professional host with amateurs who, however, are interesting figures in the Slovak architectural scene," explains producer Barbara Janišová Feglová. This unusual role for architects was taken on by Miro Minca, Matúš Vallo, Ilja Skoček, Štefan Polakovič, and Viktor Šabík.
Form
Each of the eleven episodes of the A3UM show focuses on one of the themes that currently resonate in the field of architecture and design (e.g., Introverts, Boxes, Update, Closer to God, Sustainable Development...). Their significance is more epic than factual, touching more on the philosophy of creation than its rational implementation. The show's task is not to provide practical guides on how to enlarge a small apartment or what colors to use in the bedroom. The priority of Slovak television and all participating creators was to bring quality contemporary architecture and design to the screen and present them as authors' creative processes, and above all, as an integral part of our culture. This is why the core of the show is a balanced dialogue between architects, where one side is the host and the other is the author of the presented work. Both are in a familiar professional environment, allowing one to ask the right questions and the other to respond without the need to explain or defend their positions further. "However, to ensure it isn't merely futile theorizing, the show also anchors itself in everyday reality, embodied by users or residents of the visited buildings. Their personal testimonies and observations about the architecture in which they live reveal their own perception of this profession and provide valuable reflections on its fulfilled and unfulfilled ideals," says project expert guarantor Elena Alexy.
Content
"A show like A3UM is truly very necessary; public television should produce formats of this kind. Architecture as part of cultural discourse, not as a business, definitely belongs in the media," states one of the hosts, architect Viktor Šabík. The image of contemporary Slovak architecture and design that A3UM presents has many remarkable and encouraging moments. The film crew visited several Slovak cities and unassuming corners; apart from Bratislava, where understandably the most valuable objects are located, they also traveled to Nitra, Prešov, Žilina, Púchov, and Poprad. The focus was on brand new works, as well as older ones from architects of various generations. The screen will feature names like Martin Kusý, Irakli Eristavi, Andrej Alexy, Ľubomír Závodný, Martin Kvasnica, Dušan Fischer, Martin Jančok, Aleš Šedivec, Peter Jurkovič, Juraj Polyák, and many others. Among the designers, we find names like Sylvia Jokelová, Patrik Illo, Marian Laššák, or graphic designer Juraj Blaško. Each episode includes at least one dwelling (house, apartment), but we will also get to know the stories of buildings such as a studio in a water tower, an exemplary reconstructed functionalist villa, a gallery in a rooftop extension, a revitalized passage, a label printing house, or a crematorium. A3UM will present serious and respected works of high architecture, but also alternative projects such as a theater made from beer bottle crates or a cultural and social point in a former department store.
Broadcast Schedule
A3UM will be broadcast on Dvojka every Sunday after the evening film, approximately around 21:30. The cycle will start on September 23, 2012, with each episode allotted 26 minutes of broadcast time. Episodes from the first and second series will be aired in a new alternating order, and the last one will appear on screen on the first Advent Sunday.
Broadcast Dates and Themes of Individual Episodes:
September 23, 2012_WITH A SMALL BUDGET
September 30, 2012_INTROVERTS
October 7, 2012_COMEBACK
October 14, 2012_UPDATE
October 21, 2012_SUSTAINABILITY
October 28, 2012_LARGE GLASS
November 4, 2012_CHANGE OF IDENTITY
November 11, 2012_PLAYFULNESS
November 18, 2012_BOXES
November 25, 2012_UP AND DOWN
December 2, 2012_CLOSER TO GOD
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