a sleepy morning town is passing by as Lenka´s dreams.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
a train windnow is like an abstract painting plain of late autumn colours.
Bratislava
13. years ago we used to be one country and we used to call ourselfs "brothers". in spite of the little differences in the language we understood eachother very well. After the separation we cut cold to eachother the brotherhood has disappeared and replaced by the bitterness.
And how is it today? An ire is gone. The children then has grown up and their hearts is free from a crabbedness.
And the city? Bratislava is still living its modest life full of christmas mood... a smell of hot and spicy wine and the baked conkers flows through the streets...kneelers inside the church looking for forgivenes? consolation? only they know...
Slovakia - i have never stop loving this lost sister with her proud people and their heart full of hospitality.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
foyer du Cep
working and living with the mentaly handicapped people was very enriching experience for me. And i hope my invisible messages hidden inside a little decoration as a tree of happines, little house or zen left a print inside of them...
...and there is an example why i cannot work as a secretary or to be a desperate housewife...
my room....
yes i am a little bit untidy...
nevertheless rather than house cleaner i wish to be a good mum one day.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
17. 11. 1989
not only a political system has changed in my county in that day. The time when my father has to have the last word is also over. Now he is making some feminin work as cooking vienna dumpligs with a pleasure.I have to say he did well ! I am proud of him and he still have my respect in spite of our often fight about a territory.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
a trip to Mikulov
At the foot of Pavlovské hills, surrounded by rich vineyards and lush verdure of South Moravia, there rises a renowned town of Mikulov which will make everyone, domestic and foreign visitors alike, fall in love with it. You will be enchanted by our Holy Hill whose slopes steeply fall into a landscape with the town of Mikulov and monumental chateau in the middle. The dazzling white rocks with silver cliffs, rich flora and unique fauna and azure sky-this is Mikulov, one of the jewels of Moravia. The town is located amidst the Chateau hill, the Goat hill and Turold, under the impressive Holy Hill.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
something about Bittova
IVA BITTOVA - is one of the most remarkable personalities in Czech music. Permanently oscillating between folk and contemporary music Bittova has created an original and totally individual way of playing music. She herself describes her style as "my own personal folk music".
Iva Bittova was born in northern Moravia near Bruntal on July 22, 1958. She attended violin and ballet classes in Opava and appeared in the Silesian Theatre of Zdenek Nejedly in children roles. In 1971 she began to study music and drama at Brno conservatory. She found herself in an avant-garde "Theatre On A String", first as a first-year student and immediately after her school leaving exam as a permanent member. In spite of her youth she had good opportunities both in the theatre and cinema and in TV and radio. Since that time Bittova has created several successful roles and has co-operated with well-known Czech directors as J.Jires (Island of Silver Herons, The Diary of One Who Disappeared), D.Hanak (Rosy Dreams) and E.Sokolovsky (The Apple and Its Tree). Wide popularity she gained thanks her role in the film of V.Sis A Ballad for a Bandit.
The Czech music audience first became aware of Bittova's purely musical talent in 1987 after she and percussionist Pavel Fajt released a joint recording titled simply "Bittova and Fajt" - very original minimalist fusion of alternative rock music with Slavic and Gypsy motifs. Also Bittova's co-operation with the group "Dunaj" ranked among her activities in the sphere of rock music.
Iva Bittova's first solo record ("Iva Bittova" - 1991) fully outlined her extraordinary complexity as an artist. She composed all of the 14 tracks on the album, except for Czech folk song "One Sister". "Her colourful voice scaled the octaves, intertwining with alternately warm, frantic and brutal tones emerging from her violin and viola, creating interesting musical landscapes with poetic lyrics that drifted quietly over them like clouds..." wrote The Prague Post about her first solo CD. Bittova is one of those rare artists who know how to put all possible extremes of the emotional scale into one song: she laughs and cries, cackles as a hen, chirps as a bird, slaps her tongue, makes strange throat noises and even lets all these vocal tricks coincided with a mime imitating madness next to childish surprise. As impressive as is her vocal acrobatics, is Bittova violin playing, distillated from different techniques, constantly mixed. Once she plucked her instrument as a ukulele or a banjo, than again she plays with a bow or used a wooden stick to get a rhythmical pattern from the string. Bittova uses everything she has, plays with her entire body, beats a rhythm with her feet. Every now and then, she introduces performance-elements, thus provoking simple but beautiful images, making her concert more accessible.
Since 1991 Bittova has created six solo CD's including "44 Duets for Two Violins by Bela Bartok". The last one is "The White Inferno" from the year 1997. In addition of her solo concerts, cooperation with her husband Pavel Fajt Bittova performed many concerts together with other famous musicians (Jiri Stivin, Emil Viklicky, Fred Frith, Tom Cora, Chris Cutler, David Moss) and ensembles (S.E.M. Ensemble) both in the Czech Republic and in a majority of European countries and U.S.A.
Critics from all over the world try to classify Iva Bittova. Some say she is like Meredith Monk, others call up Laurie Anderson, or even Diamanda Galas. But Bittova - drawing from a well of pure natural talent and Gypsy-Jewish blood - is now very individual outstanding performer (permanently improving her violin play with Rudolf Stastny, professor of Janacek Academy in Brno), composer of her songs and actress always searching for new and untraditional shape.
Iva Bittova was born in northern Moravia near Bruntal on July 22, 1958. She attended violin and ballet classes in Opava and appeared in the Silesian Theatre of Zdenek Nejedly in children roles. In 1971 she began to study music and drama at Brno conservatory. She found herself in an avant-garde "Theatre On A String", first as a first-year student and immediately after her school leaving exam as a permanent member. In spite of her youth she had good opportunities both in the theatre and cinema and in TV and radio. Since that time Bittova has created several successful roles and has co-operated with well-known Czech directors as J.Jires (Island of Silver Herons, The Diary of One Who Disappeared), D.Hanak (Rosy Dreams) and E.Sokolovsky (The Apple and Its Tree). Wide popularity she gained thanks her role in the film of V.Sis A Ballad for a Bandit.
The Czech music audience first became aware of Bittova's purely musical talent in 1987 after she and percussionist Pavel Fajt released a joint recording titled simply "Bittova and Fajt" - very original minimalist fusion of alternative rock music with Slavic and Gypsy motifs. Also Bittova's co-operation with the group "Dunaj" ranked among her activities in the sphere of rock music.
Iva Bittova's first solo record ("Iva Bittova" - 1991) fully outlined her extraordinary complexity as an artist. She composed all of the 14 tracks on the album, except for Czech folk song "One Sister". "Her colourful voice scaled the octaves, intertwining with alternately warm, frantic and brutal tones emerging from her violin and viola, creating interesting musical landscapes with poetic lyrics that drifted quietly over them like clouds..." wrote The Prague Post about her first solo CD. Bittova is one of those rare artists who know how to put all possible extremes of the emotional scale into one song: she laughs and cries, cackles as a hen, chirps as a bird, slaps her tongue, makes strange throat noises and even lets all these vocal tricks coincided with a mime imitating madness next to childish surprise. As impressive as is her vocal acrobatics, is Bittova violin playing, distillated from different techniques, constantly mixed. Once she plucked her instrument as a ukulele or a banjo, than again she plays with a bow or used a wooden stick to get a rhythmical pattern from the string. Bittova uses everything she has, plays with her entire body, beats a rhythm with her feet. Every now and then, she introduces performance-elements, thus provoking simple but beautiful images, making her concert more accessible.
Since 1991 Bittova has created six solo CD's including "44 Duets for Two Violins by Bela Bartok". The last one is "The White Inferno" from the year 1997. In addition of her solo concerts, cooperation with her husband Pavel Fajt Bittova performed many concerts together with other famous musicians (Jiri Stivin, Emil Viklicky, Fred Frith, Tom Cora, Chris Cutler, David Moss) and ensembles (S.E.M. Ensemble) both in the Czech Republic and in a majority of European countries and U.S.A.
Critics from all over the world try to classify Iva Bittova. Some say she is like Meredith Monk, others call up Laurie Anderson, or even Diamanda Galas. But Bittova - drawing from a well of pure natural talent and Gypsy-Jewish blood - is now very individual outstanding performer (permanently improving her violin play with Rudolf Stastny, professor of Janacek Academy in Brno), composer of her songs and actress always searching for new and untraditional shape.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
1.novembre
Penser á la mort.
Y penser simplement, á la fin de sa journée.
Elle n´est pas laide; elle n´est pas triste;
grave seulement, entourée d´inconnu.
C´est la porte qui s´ouvre - un peu plus tot pour les uns,
un peu plus tard pour les autres - sur le pays mysérieux,
vers lequel nous allons tous...
(H. Robert)
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