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CZECH STATEHOOD

Barbora Krejčířová, Matouš Lipus, Adam Stanko, Helena Sequensová and Diana Winklerová prepared for a 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, a group exhibition, which lacked high objectives, but entertain and remind some of the common stereotypes.

artistsBarbora Krejčířová, Helena Sequensová, Matouš Lipus, Adam Stanko, Diana Winklerová
placeGalerie AVU
tags
cameraNikola Brabcová
soundNikola Brabcová
editingNikola Brabcová
interviewŠtětina Roman
categoryReports
published1. 1. 2010
languageČesky / English
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CZECH STATEHOOD
In the video They Read, he gradually and casually introduces several intergenerational pairs. Fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters speak about their origins and ability to speak their “native” languages. Members of the younger generation admit, in fluent, natural Czech or Slovak, that they’re not so confident when speaking the language of their parents – that it’s the “kitchen” dialect of the second generation of immigrants. And it’s these linguistic shifts that the artist sees as a symbol of the rift that appears between him and his parents.