Test.Ost.Er.On – The voice of the other side

Kind, brave, handy, sensitive, clever, handsome, well-built, smart but by no means a softie. The ideal man. Does that make any sense to anyone? What do we want from ourselves? Are men really more aggressive, vain, more competitive, more strong-willed, and less emotional? How to get rid of generalizing, entrenched labels and views of men and their world? How to get to the core of the man, to the essence of his existence? What ideals should a “real” man have?

TEST.OST.ER.ONE is a subjective attempt at answering questions such as these. Five men, each from a different sphere of the Prague art scene, look at life and the ideals of the “stronger” sex - with bitter irony, scorching authenticity and the mellow flavour of humanity.

These men were inspired by two projects by the group Secondhand Women, created as coproductions of the SPREAD and MOTUS associations. The first, MEZZO (2003), reflected on the status of middle-aged women in our society. The second was UŽ MUŽ (2005), subtitled “women about men”. Their great success with Czech audiences proved how provocative it can be to express openly a (possibly) one-sided opinion. The time has come now for the other party to speak…