Viera Čákanyová: ‘FREM’
Viera Čákanyová, FREM, 2020. Single-channel video, stereo sound, colour, 73 min 46 sec. All rights reserved by the artist
About the Film
FREM combines analogue and digital imagery to explore Antarctica’s disappearing landscape. The film starts with nostalgic analogue photos, transitioning to crystal-clear digital shots of the Antarctic expanse, featuring drone footage with breathing sounds, distorted audio and white noise. It portrays miniature survivors amidst the stark landscape, blending reality with fiction. FREM is a poetic documentary, a science fiction film and an examination of imaging processes. Using drone technology, it captures Antarctica’s territorial and geopolitical aspects, reflecting on human existence. The film emphasizes the textures and haunting atmospheres of the icy, desolate environment, rather than focusing on global warming.
About the Artist
Viera Čákanyová (b. 1980, based in Bratislava, Slovakia) studied screenwriting and documentary filmmaking at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and Prague. In her work she combines documentary, fiction and animation and explores the boundaries between these categories. With other colleagues she runs a production company Guča Films. Besides making her own films, she also collaborates on other independent projects as script editor and editor. Her recent films FREM (2019), White on White (2020) and Notes from the Eremocene (2023) have been presented at numerous international film festivals and won several awards. FREM and Notes from the Eremocene had their international premiere at the Berlinale in the Forum section.
About EMAP x FRIEZE FILM SEOUL
For the third year in a row, Frieze Film returns to Frieze Seoul 2024. This year’s programme is presented in partnership with Ewha Media Art Presentation (EMAP) and is on view from 2 – 6 September at Ewha Womans University and online at frieze.com.
Curated by Joowon Park and Valentine Umansky, this year’s programme is titled ‘All that Weaves the Universe: Of Quantum Entanglements’. It brings together time-based media works of 37 international artists, unfolding under eight chapters.
