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Jindřich's Model #8: František Kowolowski

About Jindřich’s model project
Since 2019 is the year of the 30th Jindřich Chalupecký Award, the organisers decided to look back into the award’s distant past and remind the audience of some art projects from the first 20 years of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award. The selection is focused on works that in the context of their creation were particularly stimulating and progressive, yet at the same time promise an interesting reinterpretation in their current context.

artistsFrantišek Kowolowski
placeBerlínskej model
tags
castFrantišek Kowolowski
cameraJan Vidlička
soundJan Vidlička
editingJan Vidlička
interviewJan Vidlička
translationDeana Kolenčíková
playlistsJindřich Chalupecký Society
categoryReports
published13. 3. 2020
languageČesky / English
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Jindřich's Model #8: František Kowolowski
They are often presented as condescending patrons of arts, who have decided to put aside a couple of their millions and contribute to public welfare and the promotion of exquisite culture. However, their seemingly good intentions should be seen with view to the context of the troubled political and economic past of our (and not only our) country. We should know how they acquired their property and what social or ecological damage they caused while amassing their fortune.
The project Bellevue di Monaco takes place in several buildings in the centre of Munich. The buildings were supposed to be demolished in order to build new luxury apartments there. However, the plan was thwarted by a group of activists and their guerilla reconstruction of one of the flats. Consequently, the migration crisis in 2015 incited the foundation of an official cooperative involving several hundred local residents who rented the houses and turned them into a multifunctional centre.