Project Zaha: It´s Buildable
SYNOPSIS
SINOPSE
Project Zaha follows the redevelopment of a brownfield site near Prague’s Masaryk Railway Station, designed into a new office building by the “starchitect” Zaha Hadid. Hadid herself did not live to see the realization of the project, which has been accompanied by considerable controversy. In It’s Buildable, her “spectral” presence – created using early deepfake technology – is brought back into the construction pit.
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
2020
EXP.
8'
EN
