A3UM: We are focusing on architecture and design

TV series about contemporary Slovak architecture and design

Publisher
Tisková zpráva
09.09.2013 12:35
Broadcasting cycle: September 14, 2013 - November 30, 2013.  



Up to twelve Saturday evenings will belong to the television cycle A3UM on Dvojka (RTVS), which focuses on contemporary Slovak architecture and design. The A3UM program will be broadcasted by Dvojka every Saturday at 21:00 - after the evening film, and individual episodes will have 26 minutes of airtime.

You will be able to see the first part of the cycle on September 14 at 20:45 on Dvojka.

Broadcast Schedule
The A3UM program will be broadcasted by Dvojka every Saturday at 21:00, with a repeat on Thursday at 18:00.
The cycle will start on September 14, 2013.

Broadcast Dates and Themes of Individual Parts:
ACTIVISTS premiere September 14 at 20:45 on Dvojka
WE HAVE A WEEKEND premiere September 21 at 21:00 on Dvojka
GOOD EDUCATION premiere September 28 at 21:00 on Dvojka
HYBRIDS premiere October 5 at 21:00 on Dvojka
REHABILITATION premiere October 12 at 21:00 on Dvojka
KOŠICE EHMK premiere October 19 at 21:00 on Dvojka
LOCAL CUSTOMS premiere October 26 at 21:00 on Dvojka
UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITIES premiere November 2 at 21:00 on Dvojka
INDUSTRIAL premiere November 9 at 21:00 on Dvojka
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ESTATE premiere November 16 at 21:00 on Dvojka
LOSSES AND FOUND premiere November 23 at 21:00 on Dvojka
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH premiere November 30 at 21:00 on Dvojka

However, A3UM is not a completely new addition to the programming structure of Slovak television. The creators of the project have added another twelve episodes to the first two series this year. Each episode will introduce three separate objects, buildings, or studios. The camera will again capture works that have received prestigious awards or have initiated a significant discussion within the professional community. Despite this professional complexity, the program is based on rhetoric that is pleasantly human and therefore close to a wide audience of viewers. The accompanying commentary is voiced by Robo Roth.

Authors
A key component of the entire process was the expert background concentrated in the hands of architect and journalist Elena Alexy.
The program, which was dramaturgically overseen by Alexandra Ševčíková, was created in an external environment under the leadership of producer Barbara Janišová Feglová (Hitchhiker Cinema).
Directed by Samuel Jaško, screenplay by Dominika Jašková.

Format
Each of the twelve episodes of the A3UM program addresses one of the themes that currently resonate in the fields of architecture and design (e.g. Activists, Hybrids, Losses and Finds, Industrial, but also Good Education or Between Heaven and Earth...). Their significance is more epic than factual, touching rather on the philosophy of creation than its rational implementation. The program's aim is not to provide practical tips on how to enlarge a small apartment or what colors to use in a bedroom. The priority of Slovak television and all involved creators was to bring quality contemporary architecture and design to the screen and present them as an authoritative creative process and, above all, as a full-fledged part of our culture.

Content
The image of contemporary Slovak architecture and design that A3UM presents contains many remarkable and encouraging moments. The film crew visited several Slovak cities such as Košice, Nitra, Žilina, Trenčín, Partizánske, Vyšná Boca, and Uhorské. The focus was on completely fresh, as well as older works by architects of various generations. Personalities from the Slovak contemporary architectural elite will appear on screen, such as Pavol Paňák, Josef Struhař, Ilja Skoček Sr., Ľubomír Titl, Štefánia Krumlová, Peter Moravčík, Viktor Šabík, Ján Studený, Štefan Polakovič, Rudolf Kruliac, Peter Szalay, Martin Lepej, Henrieta Moravčíková.

Among the designers, we find names like Michal Hanula, Juraj Blaško, Peter Simoník, Elena Bolceková, Martin Jankura, Michal Rafaj, Zuzana Kubánová, and Barbora Tobolová. In each episode, we will get to know the stories of contemporary buildings such as a pastoral center, a mountain hut, a barrier-free office, a brick kiln transformed into a weekend house, or a production hall. We will also revisit the past, for example, the typified kindergarten, a panel housing estate, or the iconic building of the Slovak Radio. A3UM will introduce serious and respected works of great architecture, as well as alternative projects such as a viewing module Unimo.
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