2011/05

Continuation of the project Urban Shoot Paintings of 2009. The theme – a gesture signalling

an attack – remains the same. Its essence, however, relates more to the very roots of guerrilla

art (for it now involves a homemade weapon and ammunition), established at the end of

the 1960s in the US by activist groups refashioning billboard adverts. Furthermore, I move

around with the weapon in the open urban landscape. In my case, it is not an attack on

a particular advert but billboard as a medium in general, which in this context represents

a painter’s canvas in the urban landscape.

 

Epos

 

no money for another advertise ?

The illegal appropriation of public space with no apparent intent

Duration: 54 days (September 04 - October 27, 2010)

Location: Palackeho square, Prague - the so-called "Czech Hyde Park" - allegedly the most

liberal spot in the country, approved by the authorities for holding any unannounced public

gatherings.

Have we grown accustomed to having our living space curbed by just anyone? Is public

space a mere myth? In the current society, our living space is defined by legal norms

and regulations, the same way as fences demark the choices of our free movement.

Only by attempting to cross those boundaries, we learn how limited the space we live

in really is - that we are not as free as it may initially seem. We are getting the sense

that the individuality of today is destined to an existence amidst restrictions.

more photos here

more videos here

a book about the installation olgoj chorchoj

Prague Biennale "U Zvonu" GMPH 2010

photo by Tomas Trestik

My first publication with short proloque and documentation projekt about a tree

more here

old sports center closed 3 years ago - just go inside, switch on the electricity and let's play...

one of my best time in Berlin city

the tunnel conecting metro lines B and C under the river "Vltava" in Prague