Surreal worlds, pop fantasies, and art that moves beyond the screen. PAF New York brings together four evenings of screenings, live performance, and experimental music. Discover contemporary artists and encounter their work at Czech Center New York and Pioneer Works.
This year’s theme, Bestiary, explores the shifting boundaries between film, video art, music, and performance—and how technologies and institutions shape the images we create, circulate, and see.
October 23 | 7:00 PM | Czech Center Cinema
Bestiary with Paul Gondry
The surreal mythology of The Chronicles of Shpongle, paired with Jan Švankmajer’s The Garden. With Gondry and PAF curators Nela Klajbanová and Martin Mazanec in person.October 25 | 7:00 PM | Czech Center Cinema
Bestiary with Valentýna Janů
Janů’s Hair Flip and Is Your Blue the Same as Mine?, alongside Julie Béna’s Dirty Shirley, explore identity, femininity, and the images we construct of ourselves. With Janů, Eric Guy Booker, Vojtěch Fröhlich, and PAF curators Nela Klajbanová and Martin Mazanec in person. A Q&A with Janů and Booker follows the screening.November 2 | 8:00 PM | Pioneer Works
Bestiary of Darkness
Video and live performances by Valentýna Janů, an architectural climbing performance by Vojtěch Fröhlich, and a concert by experimental band 33.December 9 | 7:00 PM | Czech Center Cinema
Program details to be announced.
PAF is an international curatorial platform based in Czechia, dedicated to contemporary art and the moving image. Czech Center New York is a partner of the series.
Organized by PAF, Pioneer Works, and Czech Center New York, with support from the Bohemian Benevolent & Literary Association (BBLA).
