Deconstructing the Pyramid
TEREZA ZÁCHOVÁ Let’s start from the beginning. Could you explain International Encounters of Community and Environmental Sociology, what does it…
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London View - An Interview with the artist Kathrin Böhm
TEREZA ZÁCHOVÁ You are an artist of many faces, because, as I am well aware, you always work with someone.…
Artyon Loskutov – Pity Kitties – They Got Facial Hair
In 2004, about eighty people in Novosibirsk marched on the 1st of May carrying posters with absurd slogans. This public performance…
Beginning of a Dialogue, Hear (Out) the Trombone
You can easily become an overlooked member of the art scene. Usually, it’s enough to get pregnant. It’s no longer…
From ACTION to COMMUNITY: Performing Together
Framed by the Sicilian rural landscape, artists and activists from Italy met to start a community where borders of life,…
The Long Shadow of Participation and Social Engagement in the Art of the New Millenium. From relational antagonism to symbolic representation
When we look at contemporary live art, its complexity, symbolism and strong expressivity, which works dramatically with time, staged action,…
Community Art?
The first question we need to ask ourselves when faced with the apparently coherent expression “community art” is what exactly…
Engaged Art: The Art of Cooperation
“Community is produced through our recognition that we have no ‘substantial identity’ (and our consequent realization that this lack of…
Introduction. Magic Carpets: A Rhizomatic Platform
Over time, humans have established travel as one of the ways of relating to different civilisations. This in turn has…
Jindřich Chalupecký Award
This year’s Jindřich Chalupecký Award exhibition at Prague’s National Gallery has attracted controversy. The exhibition, which brings together the works…
Reclaiming magic
It is not surprising that in the past 12 years – since Fidesz came into power – there has been…
Magical Universes of Maria Prymachenko
In the times of the dominating Socialist Realism, the Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko (1908-1997) managed to create her own unique…
STRABAG Artaward International 2022
STRABAG SE is a European-based technology group for construction services, a leader in innovation and financial strength. Its services span…
Feminist ethnomycology and the politics of visual culture
Mushroom hunting is a common practice among those living in the regions of central and eastern Europe. In the Czech…
Avoidance
The Avoidance exhibition – at least for me – had a visible theme, contained in its name. However, before I…
We are all in the same boat
Malou Solfjeld with conversation Rasmus Rosengren Nielsen from Danish artist group SUPERFLEX. On the 3rd of August 2021, I meet…