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The Offense of Things

Move or be moved by some thing rather than oneself.

We are moving in a world of things. This is a current theme. However, it is still difficult to define in fact what a thing is. To what extent it is a product, material or a physical phenomenon. The issue of relation networks, in which these things “work”, also plays a considerable role. In our culture even our own bodies are often regarded as things. Not as a whole but as a sum of smaller, mutually linked parts. Our limbs and organs require similar care as the things around us that we use.

artistsAlžběta Bačíková, Pavel Příkaský, Miroslava Večeřová, Milan Mazúr, Martin Nytra, Barbora Švehláková, Tymek Borowski
curatorsViktor Čech
placeGalerie Emila Filly
tags
castViktor Čech
cameraMilan Mazúr
soundMilan Mazúr
editingMilan Mazúr
interviewMilan Mazúr
translationZuzana Rousová
categoryReports
published14. 10. 2016
languageČesky / English
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