Valentýna Janů
Visual Arts Residency

Valentýna Janů’s installations, films, and performances are narratives full of hope and reflective essays in one. They playfully address fundamental questions and challenges of life, as she creates scenic arrangements often featuring moving image. While critically examining the interplay of stereotypes and archetypes, choices and clichés, labor, and spectacle, her work remains almost obsessively romantic. In 2018, she received the Other Visions award at PAF Olomouc and is the holder of the Jindřich Chalupecký Prize. Since 2021 she has been the head of the Intermedia Studio at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno.

Janů's residency is part of the PAF in Residence project no. 0314000401, supported by the National Recovery Plan (EU, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic) and Czech Center New York. PAF is an international platform for moving image, animation and contemporary art. It has its focus in curating moving image across various fields of cinematography, art and music, organizing exhibitions, screenings or workshops and publishing. Its main event is the annual PAF Olomouc – Festival of Film Animation and Contemporary Art.