Press Release - Provokátor issue 35

Press Release / Provokátor Magazine Issue 35, July/August 2009

28 June 2009, Prague

Culture Clash/Festivals

From a culture that curiously revels in apathy and insignificance comes a strong reminder that when opportunity knocks...thou hast two choices, and only one of those will be worth remembering. This year The Czech Republic’s prodigal son was called upon to voice a statement of the entire E.U., David Černý and his cohorts gave them the sculpturally sarcastic, if not caustically amusing statement; Entropa.

It is Instigator Media Group’s mission to level the playing field via making fun and targeting every aspect of every country's culture. Supporting the selfless / self-centered right of freedom of expression and the burden of enlightenment that comes along with any cognizance.

Currently on display at DOX gallery (and on tour all summer), Provokátor spoke with artist David Černý and DOX co-founder and director Leoš Válka about Entropa, and opportunism.

“It’s a provocateur, it would be difficult to find something more provocative.” Válka notes, answering our query about the sculpture of stereotypes and whether exploitation is a characteristic of Czech culture,  “I’m not sure about opportunistic, I think there is a streak of opportunism in the Czech psyche, and artists are generally opportunists by trade.”
So it’s [the artist] responsibility to seize the moment, “carpe diem”.

 

Z kultury která si podivně libuje/oddává se v apatii a bezvýznamnosti přichází silná připomínka toho, že když příležitost zaklepe...máš na výběr ze dvou možností a jen jedna z nich bude hodná zapamatování. Letos byl vyzván marnotratný syn České republiky vyslovit prohlášení/sdělení za celou E.U., David Černý a jeho komplicové jim dali sochařsky sarkastické, ne-li jízlivě humorné prohlášení; Entropu.

Je posláním Instigator Media Group vyrovnávat hrací pole cestou zábavy a zasahovat každý aspekt kultury všech zemí. Podporovat nesobecké / sebestředné právo na svobodu projevu a zátěž osvícení která přichází spolu s jakýmkoliv poznáním.

V současné době je Entropa k vidění v galerii DOX (a na turné po celé léto). Provokátor mluvil s umělcem Davidem Černým a spoluzakladatelem a ředitelem DOXu Leošem Válkou o Entropě, - a oportunismu.

"Je to provokatér, bylo by těžké najít něco víc provokujícího." poznamenává Válka, když reaguje na naši otázku ohledně sochy stereotypů a jestli je využívání charakteristické pro českou kulturu. "Nejsem si jistý jestli jsme oportunisti, myslím, že v české duši je rys oportunismu, a umělci jsou obecně oportunističtí prostřednictvím obchodu."

Takže je to (umělcova) zodpovědnost chytit se okamžiku, "carpe diem."

er Opportunismus bekommt eine strenge Abmahnung, und zwar ausgerechnet von einer Kultur, die seltsamerweise in Apathie und Bedeutungslosigkeit versinkt...du hast zwei Möglichkeiten, und nur eine davon ist es wert, sich später an sie zu erinnern. Der verlorene Sohn der Tschechischen Republik wurde nun beauftragt, einen allumfassenden, verbindenden Begriff für das vereinte Europa zu entwerfen. David Cerny plus Anhang fanden eine sarkastisch bis lustige Beschreibung; Entropa.

Es ist das Grundbedürfnis, aber vor allem die Pflicht der Instigator Media Group, das Spielfeld von hinten aufzurollen, indem wir uns lustig machen und die kulturellen Aspekte eines jeden Landes unter Beschuss nehmen; wir unterstützen das selbstlose / selbstsüchtige Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung, einhergehend mit der schwerwiegenden Last der Aufklärung, die notwendigerweise auf die Erkenntnis folgt.

Wir sprachen mit dem Künstler David Cerny und Leos Valka, dem Mitgründer sowie Direktor der DOX Gallery, in deren Räumlichkeiten momentan Cernys Exponate ausgestellt sind. Das Gesprächsthema war Entropa. Und Opportunismus.

„Es ist pure Provokation, provokanter geht es nicht“, antwortet Valka auf unsere Frage nach der Skulptur der Stereotypen und ob Ausnutzung ein Charakteristikum für die tschechische Kultur darstellt. „Beim Opportunismus bin ich mir nicht so sicher. Es gibt jedoch definitiv opportunistische Züge in der tschechischen Psyche, und Künstler sind das ja von Haus aus“. Der Künstler steht damit in der Verantwortung, den Moment zu nutzen, „carpe diem“.

Editorial continued at provokator.org
Features:

Interview with David Černý by Marika Ley
Creamfields
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Sziget Festival
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Chat with Válka’s son, Šimon
Fête de la Musique
Berlin Pride Week
Mighty Sounds by Marika Ley
Hip Hop Kemp
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