Filla Fulla Chat

Filla Fulla chat is a web application, created by Lab.SNG for the Slovak National Gallery exhibition Filla | Fulla: The Artists' Fate (July 10th 2018 - October 21st 2018). The exhibition is a part of a collaborative project with Moravian Gallery in Brno, titled Made in Czechoslovakia. The project commemorates the 100th anniversary of founding the First Czechoslovak Republic.

Emil Filla (1882 – 1953) and Ľudovít Fulla (1902 – 1980) are iconic figures of Czech and Slovak modern art. Each of them explored new and radical ways to depict the world and to think about visual arts. Both introduced innovations of European avantgarde movements into the Czechoslovak context. Their life stories show how an artist's work can defy the odds during difficult periods of political turmoil and eventually stand the test of time.

Filla Fulla Chat presents the life stories and work of both artists through an interactive conversation. By choosing themes, questions and responses, users can guide the conversation and observe exchanges between Filla and Fulla.

The script of the conversation is based on the artists' memoirs, journals and personal correspondence. Inside the chat Filla and Fulla share their artworks as well as archival photographs.

A collection of artworks used in the exhibition and in the chat can be found on Web umenia.

Filla Fulla Chat app is open-source, the source code and content can be found on Github.

If you have any feedback on the app or if you find a technical or factual error, please let us know at lab@sng.sk

App:

Created by Lab.SNG

Script — Katarína Fitková, Lukáš Štepanovský

Code - Philo van Kemenade, Igor Rjabinin

UI design - Philo van Kemenade

Graphic design — Barbora Šajgalíková

Production, Content — Lukáš Štepanovský, Michal Čudrnák, Gabriel Balkó

Supervising editors — Soňa Hrúziková, Luďka Kratochvílová

Translation — Martin Tharp

The app was created using Twine

Exhibition:

Slovak National Gallery - Esterházy palace, Bratislava

Exhibition and Catalogue Conception — Katarína Bajcurová

Expert Assistance — Alexandra Kusá

Graphic Design and Layout — Barbora Šajgalíková

Translation — Martin Tharp

Production - Vladimír Antoš, Michal Bôrik, Štefan Degma, Martina Hajachová, Mário Matuchovič, Monika Palčová, Cyril Pavešic, Rastislav Sedlačík, Róbert Sekeráš, Dávid Ursiny, Bohuslava Zamecová

Editorial support — Monika Palčová, Soňa Hrúziková, Luďka Kratochvílová

Artworks restoration — Boris Blatný, Veronika Gabčová, Lucia Hesterová, Štefan Poljak, Miroslav Sluka, Andrea Ševčíková

Technical support and reproductions — Vladimír Bizík, Martin Deko, Peter Gáll, Branislav Horňák, Peter Marek, Tomáš Pochmarský, Marián Turčan, Stanislav Veselovský

Artwork prints — Peter Marek

Marketing, PR, Events - SNG Department of Marketing and Communication

Educational programs — SNG Department of Education

Artworks and Archival Materials at the Exhibition lent by:

Benedikt Rejt Gallery, Louny

Galerie Zdeněk Sklenář v Praze, Prague

Gallery of West Bohemia, Plzeň

Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, Zlín

Moravian Gallery in Brno, Brno

National Gallery in Prague, Prague

Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava

Turiec Regional Gallery, Martin

Linea Collection, Bratislava

STAR Gallery, Bratislava

Zoya Gallery, Bratislava

Private collectors in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic

Bibliography:

Lahoda, Vojtěch: Emil Filla. Praha : Academia, 2007.

Winter, Tomáš (ed.): Emil Filla. Z holandských zápisníků. Praha NG, 2007.

Filla, Emil: O svobodě. Praha : Jan Pohořelý, 1947.

Filla, Emil: O výtvarném umění. Praha : Karel Brož, 1948.

Berka, Čestmír: Emil Filla. Praha : Melantrich, 1989.

Štefančíková, Alica (ed.): Emil Filla 1882 – 1953. Kat. expozície. Louny : GBR, 2015.

Winter, Tomáš (ed.): Zajatec kubismu. Dílo Emila Filly v zrcadle výtvarné kritiky (1907 – 1953). ÚDU AV ČR, 2004.

Baladrán, Zdeněk – Thýn, Jiří: Emil Filla. Archiv umělce — The Archive of the Artist. Kat. výst. Kutná Hora : Galerie Středočeského kraje v spolupráci s ÚDU AV ČR, 2010.

Hlušička, Jiří: Emil Filla. Brno: Galerie Antonína Procházky, 2003.

Fulla, Ľudovít: Okamihy a vyznania. Zost. Ján Medveď. Bratislava : Slovenský spisovateľ, 1983.

Bajcurová, Katarína (ed.) a kol.: Fulla 2002. Kat. výst. Bratislava : SNG, 2002.

Bajcurová, Katarína: Ľudovít Fulla. Bratislava : SLOVART a Petrus, 2009.

Súkromné listy Fullu a Galandu. 26. 2. 1930, č. 1; 30. 4. 1930, č. 2; 15. 2. 1932, č. 3-4. Bratislava : vl. nákladom.

Mojžišová, Iva – Poláčková, Dagmar: Slovenská divadelná scénografia 1920 – 2000 — Slovak Stage Design 1920 – 2000. Bratislava : SNG, Divadelný ústav, 2004.

Abelovský, Ján – Bajcurová, Katarína: Výtvarná moderna Slovenska. Maliarstvo a sochárstvo 1890 – 1949. Bratislava : Peter Popelka a SLOVART, 1997; 2. vyd. Bratislava, 2000.