The documentary film Because I Have To evocatively captures the personality of world-renowned artist Miloš Šejn (*1947). It explores the environmental and spiritual themes
that Šejn has authentically embodied throughout his life journey. This physical cinematic
experience raises questions about the way we exist, human perception, and our relationship to nature, time, and place.
In contrast with the fragmentation and chaos of the current era, the film offers a space to pause, to contemplate our fundamental relationship with the environment in which we live. The essential depth and destiny of Šejn’s actions reflect the boundaries of madness as well as the diversity of the forms of love and knowledge of the ultimate truth—death.
The unique audiovisual composition of captured performances and video art
by Miloš Šejn reveals the essence of the ecstatic creative activity of one individual—rooted in the present moment and a detailed perception of the world around us. The contemplative experience of the film gives the audience the peculiar feeling of perceiving the here and now, which opens up the possibility of seeing the world in a different way than we are used to in the everyday noise of information.
In contrast with the fragmentation and chaos of the current era, the film offers a space to pause, to contemplate our fundamental relationship with the environment in which we live. The essential depth and destiny of Šejn’s actions reflect the boundaries of madness as well as the diversity of the forms of love and knowledge of the ultimate truth—death.
The unique audiovisual composition of captured performances and video art
by Miloš Šejn reveals the essence of the ecstatic creative activity of one individual—rooted in the present moment and a detailed perception of the world around us. The contemplative experience of the film gives the audience the peculiar feeling of perceiving the here and now, which opens up the possibility of seeing the world in a different way than we are used to in the everyday noise of information.
Because I Have To / Podoby milostného vztahu ke světu
documentary
in postproduction
director: Jakub Kučera
producers: Tomáš Pertold, Michael Přibil
co-producer: Artyčok
suported by: Czech Audiovisual Fund, Liberecký kraj, Nadace Český literární fond, Financováno Evropskou unií – Next Generation EU
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documentary
in postproduction
director: Jakub Kučera
producers: Tomáš Pertold, Michael Přibil
co-producer: Artyčok
suported by: Czech Audiovisual Fund, Liberecký kraj, Nadace Český literární fond, Financováno Evropskou unií – Next Generation EU
