Non – Utopian Plans, a comprehensive book of plans by the author.
A set of 43 loose sheets with reproductions of line drawings by Jiří Černický, one of which – Proun Space Station – is additionally printed in color using the serigraphy technique and, as an original graphic work, is part of each copy of the book. They are consecutively numbered 1–50, graphic sheets 1/50–50/50; author’s copies I–XII, graphic sheets I/XII–XII/XII. All copies of the book and graphic sheets are signed by Jiří Černický. The set is accompanied by a catalog with texts by Jiří Černický and Marek Pokorný.Cyklus vznikal postupně, od počátku 90. let minulého století do roku 2014. Jde převážně o černobílé kresby-výkresy objektů, staveb, instalací a situací doprovázené rukou psanými návody a komentáři. Výkresy jsou předstupněm realizací, které ale nebyly nikdy uskutečněny, protože Černického návrhy se z mnoha důvodů jeví jako utopické. Avšak plány zdající se utopické v souvislosti s určitým regionem se mohou v souvislostech regionu širšího, například evropského, stát „normálně“ proveditelné, jsou tedy neutopické.
The catalog was created in collaboration with the Zdeněk Sklenář gallery and the Najbrt studio.
https://cernicky.com/cs/drawings/drawings-and-plans-2000-2016/
The cycle was created gradually, from the early 1990s to 2014. It consists mainly of black and white drawings – drawings of objects, buildings, installations and situations accompanied by handwritten instructions and comments. The drawings are a preliminary stage of realizations, which were never realized, because Černický’s designs appear to be utopian for many reasons. However, plans that seem utopian in the context of a certain region can become “normally” feasible in the context of a wider region, for example Europe, and are therefore non-utopian.
Some were eventually realized – models for the exhibition Wild Dreams, organized by the Rudolfinum Gallery in Prague in 2016.
Neutopické sny
