Umění v prostoru a prostor v umění: Patočkovo pojetí prostorových umění

The Arts in Space and Space in the Arts: Patočka’s Conception of the Spatial Arts This essay is concerned with Patočka’s thematization of the relationship between the arts and space, particularly thee arts that Patočka refers to as spatial. The author starts from Patočka’s conception of space as a structural factor of being. Being in space means both inclusion and detachment; space therefore means the ‘original inside’, by which a human being is included in the context of prominent relations. The essay is also concerned with Patočka’s reflections on the means of being related to space in sculpture, architecture, and painting. The author seeks to demonstrate that in Patočka’s conception the work of sculpture documents our ability to step into space and explore it; works of architecture document the fact that we are enclosed in a visual horizon, which provides evidence of the validity of our ‘original inside’. Painting is an art that demonstrates the very essence of space, which is detachment, emptiness.