GASK II.

GASK I.

The SNU (Slovak National Uprising) Memorial

Jozef Jankovič, Dušan Kuzma, ..

The memorial originated as a competition project in 1959. The architect picked a typical period form – a low material of a simple square plan floating above the pedestal. Its elementary shape reflected an antiquation of the historicism then by a terse geometrical shape. For political reasons the author was not allowed to continue with [...]

Garden right beyond the city centre

Kopečný Ondřej

An active walk with the architect Ondřej Kopečný visiting villas built on slopes during the first republic.http://www.kruh.info

Heaven Hell Paradise, Družba Kotva Máj

Petr Klíma

A walk with the architect Petr Klíma dedicated to three department stores in Prague from 1960′s and 1970′s.Kotva Department store is a unique work by Mr. and Mrs. Machonin and at the time of its origin it was the biggest store in the countries of the former eastern bloc. The department store Družba projected by [...]

Václav Špála Gallery in Prague, opening of Vladimír Skrepl’s and Míla Preslová’s exhibition, 2001

Míla Preslová, Vladimír Skrepl, ..

This video captures the ambience at the opening of an exhibition in one of the most important Czech galleries of its time. Shots of the gallery’s exterior, i.e. of Národní třída, alternate with information about Skrepl’s exhibition, fragments of the opening speech, and a performance by the Dependent Dance Company of Petr Záveský. The video [...]