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The Death Pit and the Glowing Swamp: A Permeation
Smutný, Jan ; Marek, Petr (referee) ; Cenek, Filip (advisor)
The work is connecting well-known symbols of alchemy and various esoteric traditions and giving them visual and narrative form. There is deconstruction and glorification of this type of philosophy in the same time. The characters of the story are symbolizing the german and slavic archetypes. Their voyage from the pit of death to the glowing swamp and vice versa is representing the ageless story of life and death, creation and destruction, body and soul, light and darkness. All the symbols are used in the ironic and serious way in the same time.
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Voguing is not white, honey...
Venturová, Adéla ; Trnková, Barbora (referee) ; Klodová, Lenka (advisor)
In my diploma thesis I deal with the concept of "natural". I wonder what society considers natural and what it doesn't. For this "research", I borrowed the dance genre of Vogue, which was invented by the trans subculture, as a celebration of the otherness of sexual identities. I open questions of normality and nature through new entities, which I create from found synthetic materials and my body. At the same time, artificial materials illustrate the issue of nature not only in society but also in the environment. The final work is assemblage. But it is not just about connecting different materials, but also about connecting different media, feelings, themes and thoughts that culminate in one whole. However, with its creation, it slowly disappears again. As a result, it is an installation consisting of decomposing costumes, which I used in three already performed performances. The installation creates an environment for a new action. Specifically for the dance "battle", which will be based on the already mentioned "voguing". The performance lasts until one of the two performers is exhausted and is accompanied by music and authentic screams from real "battles".
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Dance in Brno
Papcun, Peter ; Všetečková, Alena (referee) ; Galeová, Nicol (advisor)
Contemporary dance theater faces the problems of insufficient infrastructure and unsuitable spaces for its performances. Classic theater buildings and other transformed spaces often do not meet the specific needs of dance art. The lack of new, specially designed spaces in the Czech Republic leads to the migration of dancers abroad or to Prague. In this work, I devoted myself to the analysis of the current issue of dance theater and at the same time I focused on the analysis of the solved plot. Based on these analyses, I developed a proposal for a new theater that reflects the identified problems, offers solutions and deviates from standard ideas about the theater. The goal of my proposal is to create an environment that will be in line with the requirements and needs of the dance theater today. When designing the theater, I took into account aesthetic, functional and technical aspects in order to create a space that will allow the presentation of dance performances in the best possible form. The result is a comprehensive theater design, which is based on thorough analysis and at the same time brings innovative solutions for dance theater today. The building should be integrated into the scale of the city of Brno and become an integral part of its life.
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"Blurring Gender": Negotiating Non-binary and Gender Non-conforming Identities in the Czech Republic
Lorca, Alexander ; Kolářová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Dvořáčková, Jana (referee)
The master's thesis "Blurring Gender": Negotiating Non-binary and Gender Non-conforming Identities in the Czech Republic operates within the field of Queer Studies. It focuses on the creation, articulation, negotiation and understanding of non-binary*, agender and gender nonconforming (GNC) Identities. An important aspect of the thesis is that it analyzes the understanding of these gender self-identifications through semi-structured interview with people who themselves identify as non-binary*, agender or gender nonconforming. Through this, the thesis lends a voice to people whose gender identity is not accepted by society. It is important to better understand and capture the complexities of negotiating and creating non- binariness. The main research questions are: How do non-binary* or gender nonconforming people from the Czech Republic formulate their identity? How do they enact their identity? What do non-binary/gender-nonconforming people from the Czech Republic prefer in public and in privacy? How do their GNC/non-binary identities affect their relationships? Using qualitative content analysis, the thesis attempts to penetrate into the meanings that non- binary/agender and GNC people describe in articulating their identities and uncover/name the oppressive forces they face in everyday life....
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"We're here, we're queer, get used to it!" Representation of Particular Isssues of LGBT+ Community in TV Series after 2000
SKALÁK, Pavel
The diploma thesis focuses on selected specific issues that LGBTQ people (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals, and other queer people) face due to their different non- heteronormative sexual and gender identities. Attention is paid specifically to issues of discrimination, stereotyping, partnership (marriage vs. registered partnership), parenthood, attributed promiscuity, and HIV / AIDS. The author focuses on fiction series broadcast between 2000 and 2021, which deals with queer topis and includes LGBTQ characters in the main or supporting roles, focusing on ways of depicting these characters and reflecting on selected issues they experience due to their identity. In foreign series such as Glee, Modern Family, Orange Is the New Black, Pose, Tales of the City, Sex Education, The Politician, It's a Sin and in the Czech series Ulice and MOST! the ways in which the series presents LGBTQ characters are analysed, in what discourse they are talked about and what effect these depictions may have on the majority heterosexual cisgender viewer. The thesis also provides an overview of the most common narrative archetypes of LGBTQ characters appearing in media production. These are also supplemented by examples of characters from the series of the last 20 years. Through a critical analysis of selected series and their reception, the author tries to point out the importance of portraying people with different sexual and gender identities and the influence of this television representation on the formation of opinions and attitudes towards LGBTQ people.
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LGBT Tourism
HAVLÍKOVÁ, Denisa
This bachelor thesis is focused on the new area of tourism, which is called LGBT tourism. LGBT (also known as Queer or Pink) tourism is a part of tourism, which is focused on a special segment of tourists. LGBT segment is typical for special needs and wishes. The LGBT community is group of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people with special characteristics, so supporting organisations, events and LGBT-friendly destinations are described in the thesis too. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to describe basic characteristics, development and motivation for creation this new area of tourism. It is presented and described on the Czech Republic and also on the global level. People of LGBT community filled in the questionnaires to provide us with their opinion and attitude of LGBT tourism. Retrieved data helps to create the project about appropriate sightseeing for this LGBT segment.
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Possible Uses of Camp in Interpretation of Czech Contemporary Cultural Background
DEMETER, Peter
Proposed dissertation is focusing on specific eccentric aesthetics based on hyperboles, ambivalent meanings and ironic attitude, which in Anglo-American background is so called camp derived from French. Camp origin can be found on the court of Louis XIV, where we can notice passionate tries to cultivate affected court-style culminating in baroque metaphor of the world as a theatre. Due to impact of modernity and postmodernity, scope of the camp extended to various cultural spheres and phenomenon began to corelate through its eccentricity with common marginality, respectively with something what is different from "normality" and "genuineness" also settled schemes of perception or ways of historical reflection. Goal of proposed dissertation is based on theoretical-historical interpretations to trace mentions of camp (mainly in literature) with focus on Czech background, where its rich interpretational potential can clarify most of social-cultural tendencies.
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