Project Zaha: Under Construction
SYNOPSIS
SINOPSE
In the subsequent part of Project Zaha, the “starchitect” Zaha Hadid delivers a fictional monologue over the city panorama, reflecting both on the megalomaniac Prague project and on her own career. Through her drifting perspective, she guides us across a suspended construction site – a labyrinth of a project meant to shine with gold, yet somehow still not being gold enough.
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAFIA
Oskar Helcel (1995) is an audiovisual artist, photographer, and performer. He studied photography at FAMU in the studios of Markéta Kinterová and Hynek Alt. He has had several solo and group exhibitions (e.g., Golden Delicious, etc. Gallery, 2025; Background for Reflection, Hraničář Public Hall, Ústí nad Labem; PAF Other Visions, Galerie XY, 2022 and 2023; Glajcha, Josef Sudek Studio, 2022; Flow Building, Jelení Gallery, Prague, 2020). He received an honorable mention in the European competition for artistic diploma projects, the START POINT Prize 2020. He is a co-founder and active member of the theater group Akolektiv Helmut. He is part of the Futures Photography Talents platform. In 2024, he became one of the laureates of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award, and the following year he completed an internship as part of the Residency Unlimited program in New York.
Video Essays
Grounds for Speculation
Oskar Helcel
Czechia
2023
EXP.
11'
EN
