Audio-visual Art

RAHOVA

socialism documentary strategy urbanism architecture

David Možný´s work may be seen as a critical document on the themes of architecture and urbanism. He has been inspired by Romanian housing estate called Rahova that belongs to the biggest one in Eastern Europe.

artistsDavid Možný
placeCzech Republic
tags
socialismdocumentary strategyurbanismarchitecture
cameraDavid Možný
soundDavid Možný, Michal Marianek
editingDavid Možný
categoryAudio-visual Art
published26. 4. 2009
languageČesky / English
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RAHOVA
Jaroslav Frič, Radůz Činčera, Zdeněk Liška
We are presenting the monumental commission for the Iranian Shah in Teheran year 1977. Before the contract was unexpectedly terminated a year later due to the coup in Iran, Czechoslovakia managed to make great profit and the then Prime Minister Lubomír Štrougal acknowledged the economic contribution of Art Centrum, which was transferred in 1977 under the Federal Ministry of Foreign Trade and was thus saved from being closed down.
Jiří Surůvka
It was a bizarre spectacle based on the lack of artistic talent of the main actors who were staging awkward aesthetics of clumsiness they found in themselves or models such as Stalin, Hitler, Miki Volek (a Czech rock'n'roll singer), Gary Glitter, The Olympic music group. Czech pop music and TV shows, our parents, Czech art historians, poets and many others. Anyone could become an object of ridicule and disgrace.