Avatar Zet is a series of performative consultations on the research into the estate of the Czech sculptor Miloš Zet (1920–1995).

The research took place a year earlier under the title Miloš Zet, Soupis. A working group catalogued the whole estate. The members were Zuzana Krišková, Vojtěch Märc, Jiří Skála, Martin Zet and Hynek Alt. Each member had a specific role. The group stood in for an institution. It aimed to separate Zet's work of the 1950s to 1980s from its association with building socialism.

At each event a different moderator talks with the working group about the research. The moderators were Anežka Bartlová, Zuzana Jakalová and Jiří Ptáček. The debate takes place in a plain stage set. A post-produced version is projected in real time. In it, the heads of the speakers are replaced by 3D models of Zet's sculptures, such as Mládí (1963), Noční přechod (1968) and Klement Gottwald (1956). The sculptures take over the voices of the speakers.

Avatar Zet opened čas objektu (Time of the Object), a series of public programmes by the gallery lítost with Trafó, Budapest, in the 2019/20 season. It was a collaboration between Lucie Drdova Gallery and lítost.

Credits

Concept: Hynek Alt, Martin Zet

Working group: Hynek Alt, Vojtěch Märc, Zuzana Krišková, Jiří Skála, Martin Zet

Software: Michal Pustějovský

Camera: Antonín Jirát, Jan Plesl

Graphic design: Štěpán Marko

Supported by Nadace pro současné umění Praha, GESTOR, Artyčok.tv, PLATO Ostrava, Key promotion