Konečný David

Vzdělání

• 2010—2012 Literatures in English. Doctoral studies, Dept. of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia. DNF.
• 2009—2010 English Language. Doctoral studies, Dept. of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia. DNF.
• 2008 Master’s thesis: The Problem of Non-Literary L2 Translation, Dept. of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia; thesis defense grade: A, achieved academic title of Mgr (Master of Arts)
• 2006—2008 English Language and Literature, translation track. MA studies, Dept. of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
• 2006—2007 Study period at Dept. of English, Institute of Language, Literature and Culture, University of Aarhus, Århus, Denmark
• 2006 Bachelor’s thesis: Challenges in Localizing the Masaryk University Information System and Websites, Dept. of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia; thesis defense grade: A, achieved academic title: Bc. (Bachelor of Arts)
• 2003—2006 English Language and Literature. BA studies, Dept. of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia

Pracovní zkušenosti

Professional Experience | Photography

Focus: Documentary, editorial and portrait photography, unit still photography, theatre and performance photography

Years active: 2008—present

Sample client list:

Czech News Agency, Czech Radio, Czech Literary Centre, Větrné mlýny Publishers, Authors’ Reading Month, Host Publishers, Czech Centre Kyiv, Czech Centre Budapest, Arts and Theatre Institute, Theatre Goose on a String, HaDivadlo, Buranteatr, Opera Diversa, Albatros Media, Moravian Gallery, Masaryk University, HC Kometa Brno, TEDxBrno, Frank Bold, Coffee Week Brno, Cirqueon – Centre for Contemporary Circus, Cirkopolis Fest, Theatre News, Jananas, Circostrada Network, Epicture Productions, Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Podobrazy Jazz Café, Fléda Club, Mime Fest, Goethe-Institut Prague

Solo exhibitions:

• DK 4½ CP (Four and Half Seasons at Cirkopolis Fest) – Prague, Czechia – 2021
• Forgotten Dreams—Manufactured Memories – Bremen, Germany – 2021
• Írj nekem! – Budapest, Hungary – 2020
• Tanger: À la recherche d’une poésie perdue – Tanger, Morocco – 2019
• Ben bir yazarim—I am a writer – Brno, Czechia – 2018
• Tanger, eine literarische Interzone – Bremen, Germany – 2017
• The House: Georgian Literature in a Nutshell – Brno, Czechia; Wrocław, Poland – 2017
• Let’s Face – Brno, Czechia – ongoing since 2016
• Hermanos y hermanas de don Quijote de la Mancha – Brno, Czechia – 2016
• Ukrajina, davaj, Ukrajina – Brno & Ostrava, Czechia; Wrocław, Poland; Lviv, Ukraine – 2015
• Thank You Very MAČ I—IV – Brno & Ostrava, Czechia – 2011—2016
• Authors’ Reading Month – Brno, Czechia – 2011—2016
• Contemporary Living Brno – Tbilisi, Georgia – 2011
• Jan Balabán: The Last Knight of Czech Literature – Poznań, Poland – 2011

Competitions:

• Czech Theatre Photography, official selection – 2018, 2020
• Czech Press Photo, official selection – 2017
• Jazz World Photo, official selection – 2015

Unit still photographer:

• Two Ships (2021; dir. Jan Foukal), Smrt krále Kandaula (pre-production, dir. Monika Rychlíková)

Professional Experience | Film

Focus: Short films, audiovisual performances, behind the scenes videography

Years active: 2011–present

Short films: The Last Rites (2011), Beyond the Beyond (2012), Stapler (2015)

Performance: Silent Sirens (2013), TARDIS: Tempus atque relativae dimensiones in spatio (2014 and 2015), Obtuse Angles (2015), The Persistence of Sound and Vision (2017)

BTS videographer & interviewer: The Hastrman (2017; dir. Ondřej Havelka), The Last Aristocrat (2019; dir. Jiří Vejdělek), Emma in Love (2021; dir. Jan Prušinovský), Two Ships (2021; dir. Jan Foukal)