Tomáš Roček

Imaginary future

The Czech visual and sound artist focused on emigration from the perspective of a future imagined by the people who stayed in the village. His idea was to create a multimedia “book” composed of mental maps, sounds, memories, feelings, collections of different materials (organic, artifacts), incisions, marks, etc; which formed a record of the present time made by people who imagine their own emigration.

Tomáš Roček is a multimedia artist from the Czech Republic who works mainly with text (poetry), video, sound and performance. He likes to explore different mediums that allow him to think differently. He often recycles materials (footage found on old cassettes, objects…) to make his work more sustainable. He also organizes artistic events linked to ecology, having founded a festival on art and sustainability (International Landscape Festival TRSY).