In Jihlava, a film about architect Josef Hoffmann premiered

Jihlava - The audience in Jihlava yesterday watched the premiere screening of the documentary film by director Theodor Mojžíš about architect and designer Josef Hoffmann. The film was produced in co-production with Czech Television and the private company Videotheo. The Vysočina Region also contributed financially to it and, as one of the project's inspirers, will ensure the film's availability to the public in museums and schools.
    "We will see how the audience receives the film; after all, a one-hour documentary about architecture, even though it’s about a personality like Josef Hoffmann, can be demanding," said Mojžíš to ČTK before the screening began. Therefore, the filmmakers tried to connect footage of buildings, objects, and interiors with Hoffmann's life. The film will be available in several language versions.
    Mojžíš is also the author of film profiles of seven personalities who will be awarded the Highest Prize of the Vysočina Region this year. The two- to three-minute portraits will be screened for the first time at a ceremonial evening on the occasion of the presentation of the Highest County Awards on October 21 at the Horácké Theatre in Jihlava.
    Hoffmann aimed for visual harmony in design and the highest quality of execution in his projects. He brought geometric elements into the world of modern architecture and design. In the early 20th century, he found pleasure in the contrast of white and black colors, which he often applied to his buildings in interiors as well as in arts and crafts items.
    In 1903, Hoffmann, together with painter and designer Koloman Moser and industrialist Fritz Waerndorfer, founded the arts and crafts workshops Wiener Werkstätte. Furniture, works in precious and common metals, bookbindings, and later ceramics and textiles were created here. Hoffmann's architectural studio was also part of it.
    Josef Hoffmann is one of the most important world architects and designers of the first half of the 20th century. He was born on December 15, 1870, in Brtnice, in the house on today's Svobody Square. Today, the house is home to the Museum of Josef Hoffmann, which is a joint workplace of the Moravian Gallery in Brno and MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied and Contemporary Art in Vienna.