Bylo zĂĄĆĂ a my vyrazili s MariĂ k nĂĄm do JesenĂkĆŻ. Trochu fotit, trochu chillovat, v pomÄru, kterĂœ nĂĄm bude momentĂĄlnÄ vyhovovat. JenĆŸe vĆĄechno bylo jinak. RĂĄno jsme se probudili a po zahradÄ tekla Ćeka. Na naĆĄi zahradu Ćeka nepatĆĂ. Ani potok! Z druhĂ© strany zahrady tekla druhĂĄ Ćeka. A obÄ konÄily dole v jakĂ©si Rio Grande, co mÄla bĂœt potokem a kterou se valily kameny, klĂĄdy a kusy asfaltu... Bylo to docela drsnĂœ a i kdyĆŸ nĂĄs ta voda jaksi ĆĄĆ„astnÄ obtekla a nijak nĂĄm neublĂĆŸila, uvÄznila nĂĄs, ocitli jsme se na ostrovÄ, nemohli jsme odjet, protoĆŸe zmizel most i silnice, nefungovaly telefony ani internet, takĆŸe jsme netuĆĄili, co se dÄje okolo...
A v tu chvĂli jsme si Ćekli, ĆŸe mĆŻĆŸeme udÄlat to, co umĂme nejlĂp, vyuĆŸĂt tĂ© dÄsivĂ© situace a vytvoĆit nÄco, k Äemu (doufĂĄm) uĆŸ nikdy nebudou podmĂnky. A tak jsme v tĂ© novĂ© Ćece na zahradÄ udÄlali pĂĄr fotek a taky natoÄili s MariĂ tenhle film. Tedy, RĂĄÄa ho natoÄila, jĂĄ drĆŸel obrovskĂœ sluneÄnĂk, pod kterĂœm jsme se krÄili se svÄtly a kamerou a doufali, ĆŸe nĂĄs to nesplĂĄchne.
NÄjakĂœm zĂĄzrakem nĂĄm potom veÄer znovu pustili elektĆinu a tak jsme mohli ve studiu natoÄit a nafotit i zĂĄbÄry s motĂœlem. A pak nĂĄm tu elektĆinu zase vypnuli.
AĆŸ dalĆĄĂ dny k nĂĄm pak doĆĄly zprĂĄvy, co se to vlastnÄ jen kousek od nĂĄs vĆĄechno stalo a jakĂĄ to byla katastrofa. A trvalo nÄkolik dalĆĄĂch dnĆŻ, neĆŸ se nĂĄm podaĆilo odjet.
Ty zĂĄbÄry jsme schovali, nepĆiĆĄlo nĂĄm v tĂ© dobÄ vhodnĂ© a uctivĂ©, pouĆĄtÄt je do svÄta.
Dali jsme tomu vĂc neĆŸ pĆŻl roku, neĆŸ jsme se do nich pustili a neĆŸ z nich RĂĄÄa udÄlala tenhle krĂĄtkĂœ film. Tak tady ho mĂĄte. A fotky dĂĄme tĆeba zĂtra.
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It was September when Marie and I set off for our place in the JesenĂky Mountains. A bit of photography, a bit of chillingâwhatever balance suited us in the moment. But everything turned out differently.
We woke up in the morning to find a river flowing through our garden. A river had no place in our garden. Not even a stream! From the other side, another river was flowing in. And both of them ended below in something like a Rio Grande that was supposed to be a small creek, now carrying rocks, logs, and chunks of asphalt.
It was pretty intense. And while the water miraculously bypassed us without causing any harm, it trapped us. We were stranded on an islandâunable to leave because the bridge and road had vanished. Phones and the internet were down, so we had no idea what was happening around us.
At that moment, we decided to do what we do best: make the most of this terrifying situation and create something that (hopefully) we would never have the conditions to make again. So, we took a few photos in the new river in our garden and filmed this short movie with Marie. Well, actually, RĂĄÄa shot it while I held a huge umbrella, crouching under it with the lights and camera, hoping we wouldnât get swept away.
By some miracle, the power came back on that evening, allowing us to shoot and photograph the butterfly scenes in the studio. And then, the electricity went out again.
It wasnât until days later that we learned about the devastation that had happened just a short distance away. And it took several more days before we could finally leave.
We kept the footage to ourselvesâit didnât feel right or respectful to release it at the time. We let it sit for over half a year before we finally returned to it, and RĂĄÄa turned it into this short film.
So here it is. And maybe weâll share the photos tomorrow.
-jp-