Anti-Climax (2026)

On May 31, 2026, Tyko Say and Sandra Pasławska premiered the film Anti-Climax. However, they had no idea what the film would be about until it was finished, and that is because the premiere was of a film that was being made in real time—the projector tethered to a 300-meter cable directly to an active camera outside of the venue. 

This is the video and accompanying audio that premiered at the Museum of Art and Design in Benešov, Czech Republic. All actions were improvised. All effects were made in real-time on the camera itself. 

Attendees of the event were instructed to sign their names on an attendance list prior to being seated in the gallery before a projection screen. The audience members were given the following instructions,

"Welcome to an evening special, titled Anti-Climax by Tyko Say and Sandra Pasławska. For the next 30 minutes, you will watch the one-time premiere of a film. Its characters, setting, plot, conflict, and development will be entirely created by you. There is a pen and paper under your chair—we ask you to write what you see in the film. 

After the premiere, the stories will be collected for future screenings of the film alongside your interpretations. We thank you for your subjective experience. Out of respect for the performers, we ask you to stay seated in the gallery so that you may collectively observe the same happening." 

Once the instructions were given, this video and its accompanying audio filled the dark room. 

Meanwhile, audience members watched the live happening, noting down their subjective interpretations of the film. The film ends with a shot on the attendance list, though now added to it is a title that reads "Screen Play By..." in which it lists the attendees of the event. 

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This project is curated from the OBJECT:PARADISE Manifesto which calls for the celebration of subjective, contextually-dependent happenings to challenge contemporary approaches towards curation and the sharing of art in the public space. Tyko and Sandra would like to give a special thanks to the MUD Benešov namely Piotr Sikora and Keyvan Paydar for inviting them for the performance, as well as David Vichnar for the Czech translation of the program. 

The accompanying film score is composed by Honza Michálek and was played during the film projection.

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More info at www.objectparadise.com