Karel Vachek

Czech Republic

Karel Vachek

director, film school representative, script writer, producer

An Artist under the Bark of Our National Amusement Park

The specific art of bark beetles as seen through the aesthetic paradigms of our time. The Czech President simply observed with no relation to any paradigm at all. The actions of both the bug and the President commented by the right-wing positivist Jan Stráský - 1) director of the Šumava National Park; 2) Czech President's best friend; 3) crusader against bark beetles 4) avid supporter of nuclear energy 5) the one who doesn't care about owls. The explosive blend of guides and signposts along our walk through erosion rills include artists František Skála and Milan Knížák, the Explosionalist Manifesto by the late artist Vladimír Boudník and much more.

For Health, for Glory and for Money - a Cycling Case Study

Documentary essay about cycling and money and snails. We will see this on eating. A cyclist must eat the best food to be the fastest and to have the best endurance. What do cyclists eat today and what did they use to eat? "When I used to race, I met Vendy. She used to be overtaken by the whole peloton at the first pitch, but her philosophy allowed her to enjoy the race all the same: she would admire the behaviour of snails on a wet road." We’ll have a dish prepared from snails by a famous chef and we will invite for lunch Zdenek Bakala, a Czech billionaire. We will meet Martina Sablíková and her couch, why she wasn´t allowed to start in Rio even though President Zeman interceded on her behalf? What exactly does a sport lobby do? And advertising...