TYKO SAY
[ curation / film : MOMENTUMENT ]
Momentument
(March 2025; Prague, Czech Republic)Momentument was a curation from the OBJECT:PARADISE collective which calls for a radical shift in how we discuss and participate in public art. Specifically, the collective believes that art is a subjective response that is dependent and native to an individual in a specific time & space.
The curation happened across three weeks in March 2025 where community members created, curated, and exhibited together a moment in time.
The project was later turned into a film as part of the OBJECT:PRAHA film series, written & directed by Tyko Say. The film premiered in Berlin on June 21st 2025 and later in Prague on August 21st.
The project & its film presents the idea "no artist is an island, but Žižkov can be" to celebrate a temporal and pragmatic approach towards expression. The project was centered around the question, "If you could paint a state of mind, would that be art? And would anyone else be able to understand it? or would it just be a moment?"
The Events
For the first event of the project, community members were invited to dress two large blank canvases with whatever tools and modes of expression they had access to. By the end of the evening, the two canvases were covered in paint, text, Nutella, glass, money, prescription medicine, and other mixed-media to reveal a holistic piece of community motif and moment.
For the second event, people brought empty picture frames and placed them on the canvases in areas that they thought should be seen. By the end of the evening, 26 picture frames were nailed to the canvases, each frame with their own subjective perspective.
For the final event, we exhibited these unique perspectives and removed the excess canvases. And, by the end of the night, the frames on the walls slowly began to disappear as each of the community members took back their perspective, leaving the project with their own memory of the whole. The 26 framed pieces, now separated from the collective canvas, exist not alone, but differently in their new spaces—as we do, as we will, until we meet again, newly, in the momentument.
The Film
OBJECT:PRAHA V : Momentument is part of the annual OBJECT:PRAHA film series which aims to explore applications of the OBJECT:PARADISE Manifesto. Centered around the Momentument curation, the film explores the question...
If you could paint a state of mind...Would anyone else understand? And would that be art? Or would it just be a moment?
Screening Dates
- 31.10.2025 @ Prague Microfestival (info TBA)
- 14.06.2025 @ Urban Spree Gallery (Berlin, DE)
Credits
Written & Directed by
Tyko Say
Produced by Tyko Say
OBJECT:PARADISE
Executive Producers
Tyko Say
Sandra Pasławska
Edited by
Victor Tomsa
Camera by
Tyko Say
Václav Šulc
Sound Mixing by
Nikodem Dybiński
Coloring by
Lenka Bondorová
Lenka Bondorová
ADDITIONAL CAMERA OPERATORS
Sandra Pasławska
Uglješa Janjić
VIDEO MIXING
Sandra Pasławska
GALLERY MANAGER
Nic McDonald
INTERVIEWEES
Gordon Stone
Sasha Honigman
James Tickner
Agnar Danielsson
Mariya Shatova
Viktor Švolík
Michael Rowland
Hana Slaninová
Uglješa Janjić
Frieda Schimmel
Matěj Fibigr
Guy in Bathroom
PARTICIPANTS
Keelan Kechane
Elkin Kutluer
Salomé Tissot
Eve Miller
Leńa Simon
Ariel Lanchman
Jaromír Lelek
Cody Perk
Jan Černý
Philip O’Niel
Philip Ester
Daniel Gurin
Federico Pirredda
David Stiny
Michele Cappelli
Markéta Kobrová
Ella Wegerová
Sára Wegerová
Celine Mammatova
Jo Blin
Tim Postovit
Jan Tomeš
Martin Koloušek
Anna Pulkrabová
Honza Luhan
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSED BY
Nikodem Dybiński
MUSIC
"Republic of Žižkov"
Written & Performed by Tyko Say & Sandra Pasławska of David’s Sister
"Lipanská"
Written & Performed by Michal Wróblewski, Jan Chalupa, Miloš Klápště, Štěpán Janoušek, Roksan Mandel, Sandra Pasławska. Recorded by Tomáš Jochmann & Baracca Records
"Gay Moshpit"
Written & Performed by Tyko Say & Sandra Pasławska of David’s Sister
"Woman with a Mustache"
Written & Performed by Tyko Say & Sandra Pasławska of David’s Sister
LIVE MUSIC PERFORMED BY
Roksan Mandel & Juliano Alfredo
Recorded on location at Mîstečko (Event 3)
Roksan Mandel’s Improv Workshop Group Show
Recorded on location at Žižkovšiška, 26.04.2024
Siřem
Recorded on The Grid Center, 25.03.2022
Performances at Grůvíček Jazz Jam
Recorded on location at The Grid Center, 29.03.2024
SPECIAL THANKS
Jaromír Lelek
Jeff Milton
Robert Carrithers
Louis Armand
David Vichnar
Rory Hinchey
Ben Rae
Joe Feinberg
Daniel Morgan
Hunter Andrews
Marko Thull
Gabi Nechifor
Katya Murat
Rodrick Mitchell
Danielle Bodnar
Allegra Stodolsky
Steevie Powers
Slajmr Slajm
Marek Dočekal
Gregory Malyukov
IN MEMORY OF
Ásgeir H. Ingólfsson
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Mîstečko Gallery
Žižkovšiška
Art Reuse
Žižkovská noc
The Prague Literary Calendar
SHOT ON LOCATION IN
Žižkov, Prague, Czech Republic
© 2025 OBJECT:PARADISE, z.s.
︎Additional Media
Official Trailer
Live video from event 3
Video mix by Sandra Pasławska
Video edited by Tyko Say
Camera by Sandra Pasławska & Tyko Say
Sax by Juliano Alfredo
Synth by Roksan Mandel
Readings by Jaromír Lelek, Honza Lohan, Jo Blin, Tim Postovít, Anna Pulkrabová
Thumbnail photo by Louis Armand
MOMENTUMENT: The Zine
This zine is the physical representation of Momentument, featuring 20-pages of promotional material, pictures, and graphics from the project. The zine was a limited-print and was given to attendees of the Prague premiere on August 21st.
View the archived zine on Archive.org︎
︎The zine features photos courtesy of Jan Černy.