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English: it always makes her sick, when she thinks about the infinite, along with jiří skála, installation, slide,projectors, wooden construction and operator, czech or english version, 400cm x 300cm x 300cm, 2008

The installation It always makes her ill, when she thinks about the infinite, originated as Zbyněk Baladrán and Jiří Skala's submission for the exhibition of the finalists of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award, an annual award in the Czech Republic for artists under the age of 35. The artists decided to create a collaborative work, which would reflect their common interests (architecture and justice), as well as standing on its own merits. In a thorough renunciation of individuality, the artists decided to create two identical versions of the project: a and a'.The central theme of the work is an “honor court”, which was set up by a group of middle-aged architects in the early 1980s, to try those architects who were responsible for the Czechoslovak prefabricated housing structures of the 1950s, '60s and '70s.The artists perceived this moment in the history of Czechoslovak architecture as purely symbolic as one of the last attempts to improve the system of socialist panel housing. As no visual or sound recordings exist from the actual proceedings of this “court”, the artists decided to create a prototype of a projection machine, which would allow the individual exhibition visitors to form their own opinions on the issue.The installation is composed of a 12-sided structure with 4 entrances. Inside the structure, there are 8 projections, on 2 levels, with a hole in the center of each projection panel. On the outside of the structure, slide projectors are mounted on shelves, with the focusing lens pointed through the hole from the back of each panel, and projecting the text based image onto the opposite wall of the interior of the structure. Each day, 8 out of a total of 64 texts, are projected. A gallery attendant changes the slides at the beginning of every day with the next set of 8 slides. The entire cycle of 64 slides of text takes 8 days to complete. The texts are fictitious, and cover four thematic aspects of the case, as perceived by the artists. The first set includes recollections of the accused on their experiences - mainly those to do with architecture. The second set

consists of memories of a childhood spent in the panel housing blocks. The third set reflects upon variations of a utopian vision of the city and confinement. And finally the fourth set, is made up of probable dialogue from the proceedings of the actual “honor court”.