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Momentument

(March 2025; Prague, Czech Republic)

Momentument was a curation from the OBJECT:PARADISE Manifesto which calls for a 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, the community 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



Genre: Documentary, experimental
Runtime: 27:25
Format: Digital via VHS (PAL)
Aspect: 16:9
Colorspace: Color (PAL)
Sound: 5.1
Completion date: June 12, 2025

OBJECT:PRAHA V : Momentument is part of the annual OBJECT:PRAHA film series which aims to explore applications of the OBJECT:PARADISE Manifesto.

If you could paint a state of mind, would anyone else be able to understand it? And would that be art? Or just a moment?

Momentument is a short documentary of an experimental project in the expat/immigrant community of Prague. Filmed entirely on VHS, the film explores the Prague underground where no one is an artist outside of the immediate, imperfect moment. What emerges is equal parts documentary, installation, and urban poem--a study of public authorship, temporality, and the soft chaos of making things together.

Director’s statement:

Momentument is a film that not only captures the O:P Manifesto--perhaps better than any other films from the annual film series--but also contextualizes it in the place where it was born: Žižkov, a space where you’re allowed to be both a foreigner and a local.

It was a pleasure to work with so many artists and inspiring people for this project because it is them--our community--who brought the project and film to life.

Momentument is dedicated to anyone who was never given the opporunity to express themselves freely. This film is for the “bad” artists.




  • 14.06.2025 @ Urban Spree Gallery (Berlin, DE)

    • Credits


    Written & Directed by
    Tyko Say

    Produced by
    OBJECT:PARADISE

    Executive Producers
    Tyko Say
    Sandra Pasławska

    Edited by
    Victor Tomsa

    Camera by
    Tyko Say
    Václav Šulc

    Sound Mixing by
    Nikodem Dybiński

    Re-recording Mixing by
    Petar etar et

    Coloring by
    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 at the Prague premiere on August 21st.

    View the archived zine on Archive.org
    *The zine features photos courtesy of Jan Černy.
    / OBJECT:PARADISE IS THE INDUCTIVE SEDUCTION OF THE OBJECTIVE MOMENT / USE THE LANGUAGE THAT THE PERFORMER AND AUDIENCE CREATE IN THAT MOMENT / CONTEXT IS COTEXT / EVERYTHING IS PART OF THE PERFORMANCE / THE AUDIENCE IS THE POET / DETHRONE, THEN DEMOTE THE POET WHO CAME KNOWING / ELIMINATE THE EGO / DEPLATFORM THE STAGE / ORCHESTRATE THE CHAOS / LANGUAGE EXISTS ONLY IN A SINGLE MOMENT, THAT MOMENT /  DOWN WITH DENOTATION /  CELEBRATE THE PARTY THAT LANGUAGE IS / THE BEST WORDS IN THE BEST ORDER DOES NOT EXIST / LET ALL PLANS GO WRONG / DEMONETIZE LANGUAGE / EMBRACE MISCOMMUNICATION /  PROMOTE THE CONTEXT FOR THE SUBJECTIVE WORLD TO BE EXPERIENCED IN THE OBJECTIVE MOMENT