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P: How did you learn so much about this piece?

Š: Sometimes I play that I am a dictator so I study the maps of countries.

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P: How did you learn so much about this piece?

Š: Sometimes I play that I am a dictator so I study the maps of countries.

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"I would so totally "do" David Černý...." blow bubble, pop [gum], suck in with teeth, "like who wouldn't?" -Moon Unit Zappa, Valley Girl era

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The Syrian poet Ali Ahmed Said Esber - known to readers as Adonis - traces the fault line between the Arab and Western worlds with his pen, attempting "to give a new image to what we call the Arab world, and to create a new way of seeing our contemporary world," he says.

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Prague College is pleased to announce its 4th HND Graphic Design Graduation Show, which will be held in Doubner Gallery Václavské náměstí 15 between June 18th and June 21st 2009.

We would like to invite you to the Opening on June 18th at 18:00.

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Damien Hirst's life and art are a fitting reflection of his times

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DOX Nano

5.6 – 9.7

LOCATION: DOX Centre for Contemporary Art

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PRAGUE BIENNALE 4 / PRAGUE BIENNALE PHOTO 1 @ Karlin Hall

May 14 — July 26, 2009

Karlin Hall, Thamova 8, Prague 8

PRAGUE BIENNALE 4

Polymorphous, multifaceted, multicultural and in continuous dialogue with itself as well as with its audience; these are the

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by Alex Jordan

Handa Gote research & development
Prepared by: Švábová, Smolík, Procházka, Mikeš, Kropáček, Hybler, Freudl, Dörner
Produced by: Jedefrau.org

(60 min.: no language barrier)

Production of ALFRED VE DVOŘE theatre @ Studio ALT@ - Hall 30
U výstaviště 11, Prague 7
30 and 31 March | 8 pm |
http://www.altart.cz/
www.alfredvedvore.cz
www.myspace.com/handagote

HANDA GOTE research and development is a conceptual post-dramatic theatre whose array of instruments merges sound installations, motion and dance theatre, live music, creative theatre and technology. Their work is influenced by minimalism, eastern philosophy and the DIY movement. They combine Czech Do-It-Yourself skills with the recycling of objects and technologies, together with inspiration from the Japanese haiku. The trademark of their creativity is alternative work with the space itself where, by using various common objects and their theatre technique, they create a peculiar version of stage design. The inspiration of the authors often lies beyond the boundaries of theatre, crossing into the world of science and technology. The documentary aspect of the performance is often the base for contemplative stage images. Handa Gote means a soldering machine in Japanese.

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by Kate Pinto

Folke Köbberling (de) & Martin Kaltwasser (de) + Miklós Mécs (at)
Exhibition guests: Jan Jaroslav Sterec (cz), Carbusters Magazine, Auto*Mat

@ MeetFactory, Ke Sklárně 15, Praha 5
28.02.09 - 29.03.09 wed-sun | 15.00-20.00

www.meetfactory.cz
www.folkekoebberling.de
http://mecsmiki.blogspot.com
http://www.carbusters.org/
http://www.auto-mat.cz 

The urban space as an experimental canvas choice has been the emphasis of Köbberling and Kaltwasser's artistic activities for the past ten years. Through their pieces they approach questions such as city life in the context of privatization, commercial interests and economic concerns and how this affects sustained development.

By developing installations, exhibits and interventions in urban spaces, they focus on topics concerning the public sphere, such as surveillance tactics, illegality and self-organization. They achieve it by transforming it into practical examples of temporary use and informal methods as well as to show possibilities for its enlivenment and repossession.

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by Alex Henderson
image: Self Portrait by Tom Deininger

One man's trash is another man's yadda yadda yadda.

We all know this. Any two-bit high schooler with a garage full of crap can turn a junkyard into a showroom. What's the key, then, to creating something actually interesting out of a pile of garbage? The following artists' work sheds some light on that mystery:

Tim Noble and Sue Webster are a live-in couple out of England who stick bits and scraps of trash together in ways that initially seem to make no sense, until you turn on the light. Then -- voila! -- the formless junk heaps project a shadow on the nearby wall of something recognizable and compelling. Often the couple's art ends up casting an image of themselves in various poses but it shouldn't take long to spot the silhouettes of old men and bicycles being cast by cast-aside materials. If you're like me, it will seem like magic at first. But don't spend too much time pondering -- there's lots more to see.

Try googling German artist HA Shult, a man who makes people out of pure rubbish -- kind of like the opposite of a celebrity reality TV show. His work has appeared all around the world, usually in big cities or at famous historial landmarks. Basically, he takes old Walkmans and Coke cans, crushes them together, and births a new trash person. (He obviously doesn't do it alone -- imagine being one of the interns that lines his sculptures up at the Great Wall of China.) You can also watch a video of Shult on YouTube that features just a bit too much man-on-trash PDA for me. But you might like it.

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