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LIMITS OF TOLERANCE

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Unexpected opportunity for a presentation was given to a forbidden Association of Communistic Youth. The artistic group Guma Guar provided it its space in Old Town Hall in the scope of the project called Dense Traffick.

artistsDan Vlček & Richard Bakeš, Guar Guma
curatorsKarel Srp
placeGHMP – Staroměstská radnice
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causememorypoliticsinstitutional criticarchive
cameraJan Vidlička
soundJan Vidlička
editingJan Vidlička
interviewIvan Svoboda, Jan Vidlička
categoryReports
published24. 4. 2008
languageČesky / English
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