"Academy of Arts in Banska Bystrica" "Faculty of Fine Arts" "School of Mixed Media and Audiovisual Work" "Atelier of Video Production" "Presents" "ZAJEZKA" " PLACE OF SUN RAY" "I met Hanka on Sekier in spring 2000" "We fell in love there and lived together there for about a year" "I was away for a couple of months" "After a year we have decided it would be better to live on our own" "We bought the house, which suddenly became vacant, here on Castobrezie" "One year later we got married" "Mikuláš was born six Months after that" "He is now 20 Months" "We have the advantage of not being the first parents here" "There are children growing up here born 7 to 8 years ago" "It was OK to have a child here" "Until Mikulas goes to school there will be no problems." "He has a wonderful childhood here." "I would love to be him." "Secret Kingdom?" "....ok?" "It sounds good..." "Father, stay here, I am going to try and investigate it" "Oh, something sputtered in the waterfall" "I also saw the shadow" "And suddenly...." "Because you saved my life and rescued me from the water" "I am going to invite you to my Secret Kingdom..." "This place gives me the opportunity to become sensitive and accept whatever comes to me:" "I last realized this when I was going" "The road goes through the woods and as we were coming to town" "We entered city and were suddenly surrounded from both sides by billboards, one advert after another." "And I realized that this was not a place where a person could relax, open and empty oneself." "One gets invaded by all those gross impressions." "I feel that here I can do it." "Especially when there are only few people and a lot of work, one has to work according to the need which is rather more" "Especially now in the summer at the time of seasonal works." "We work on Saturday too, we are off on Sunday." "I am not a hard worker but I think one does have to learn somehow" "I never did manual work so I think to myself" "Life will teach you, may be here..." "So..." "Food Bank..." "Well, we are going to weigh up and record." "3kg of lentils..." "The Food Bank is a common endevour" "We try to buy local eco products in large packages either from food warehouses or straight from the producers." "We keep in here in large sacks." "The residents of Zaježová have an open account here." "When we need something we come, weigh it and subtract from he account." "Who finances it?" "People with an account here contribute regularly and we keep a certain float." "These are foods for the Workshop we will run this weekend." "We will cook for approximately 15 people." "At the back there are three chimneys." "When we start the fire its important for all three to be opened." "Ooops, no..." "Just one then." "The others seem to be closed." "There is a trick." "There is a brick vault here and its completely black." "At certain point the bread oven reaches temperature in which the carbon black burns away and the vault gets pink and beautifully clean." "This means the temperature is high enough." "Another way to find out if the stove is not too hot after it has been swept clean is to throw in some flour." "According to how the flour gradually darkens or browns we can guess the temperature." "It should get brown gradually." "Now I will add all there." "Does it split because I press to hard?" "Try to spread it and fold it." "Spread and fold, spread and fold...." "Until you get something like this." "Then you fold again and make it round so that all the splits end up at the bottom." "...they will seal." "The three have religious significance." "The Holy Trinity and it also helps the bread to bake trough evenly." "Last one!" "Knock on it, to see if it rings." "Good sound." "We will see." ""POLISH FOLK SONG"" "I am very grateful for the experience on Sekier." "I learned many basic skills for this life in countryside." "But I believe, for a person to further own path we felt that we needed certain degree of privacy." "And could we get it living here." "You throw it on like this." "Don't I need to dust or wet it somehow?" "With this clay there is no need." "One spends more time running up and down preparing the stuff than doing the actual work." "If I prepare well, I can just work nicely for half a day." "One bucket gone...." "When one is working he needs another four people to run around him." "Material!" "Lets go." "What is the advantage of this clay, Tomáš?" "Advantage?" "In which sense?" "For one, its free." "So if one has healthy hands and mind, which is not lazy, one can make it alone." "Secondly, its a natural material." "Thirdly, when you live in it, you don't have problems with dampness and mould," "It keeps a pleasant climate inside," "How long did it take you to build this house?" "2,5 years." "Wait, we moved in in 18 Months." "But we are still building new things and it will take some years still." "We were able to live here after 18 Months." "We do weekend workshops either here on Sekier or in Zajezova generally to offer the skills we have learned during our years of living here" "Simultaneously we show people our way of life, which they experience in the few days they live with us." "This will be a vegetable mix." "Our favourite." "Lots of beet root, carrots, potatoes with boiled buck wheat." "Do you adapt your menu to season?" "Of course." "There is a big difference," "In summer we eat plenty of raw foods," "And in winter a lot of pulses, heavier foods." "We sprout a lot in spring time, we also ferment a lot." "We do." "We conserve a lot." "Plum jam, apple purees, pear purees," "We dry fruits." "What is your reason for being vegetarian?" "Lately we spoke about this and we realized that there are few reasons which overlap." "For me, the main reason is spiritual." "It's not about meat as such" "It is about taking life, killing." "And if I try not to do it to mosquitos, why should I do it to sheep or cow?" "That is one reason." "Second reason are the stressful conditions in which animals are bred these days." "This is of course reflected in the quality of the meat." "Its full of chemicals and other things and I would not like to take those into my body." "Third reason is purely practical." "We live here and we have no way to get to meat." "We would have to go to city to buy it." "Or to use bow and arrow." "We have indeed no need to go to town for a Month or two," "We should crumble it a little." "This will be honest portion." "Lets mix it." "We make medicinal and also calming mixtures for relaxation." "We sell these little bags for 45Sk." "The paper ones full of herbs." "The embroidered ones cost with the herbs 125Sk." "Gift packaging." "There is much demand," "We don't manage to satisfy all" "It doesn't surprise me, you can feel that the herbs and flowers were picked with love and care" ""Slovakian Traditional Wedding and Love songs"" "Music:" "Director, Camera, Editor and Scriptwriter:"