The sculpture’s shape recalls the fabled ouroboros. Written in braille on its surface are excerpts from Hannah Arendt’s writings on totalitarianism. The stone’s transport from the quarry to the place where it will be transformed into a sculpture over the next two years was an event in and of itself.
We look at the phenomenon of stereotyping as one kind of deeply ingrained and unexamined pattern of thinking. Stereotypes work with our memory and with the legacy of simple categories – not just accepted but also rejected categories. Stereotypes are a catalyst for mass manipulation. The following speakers accepted our invitation: Petr Pithart, Tomáš Halík, …
As the concert was reaching its climax, my phone vibrated in my pocket and I read the following brief headline on the display: ‘We’re at war: Rockets claim victims in Poland…’There is no end to debates as to who shot at whom. Commentaries full of accusations remain heated. Whatever the case, that rocket flew into …
More information about the theater performance may be found in the review by Jana Frejková.
We also consider it important to engage in professional discussion regarding the evolution of museum language, although our first attempt was not as successful as we had hoped, for only two people came from the many Czech museums we contacted. It looks like creative dialogue regarding the evolution of Czech memory institutions has a lot …
Správa Železnic, the state-run company responsible for administering the country’s railway network, is preparing work on the historical tracks. Things are finally in motion, and so we hope that next year’s drumming will join the noise of heavy machinery and mixers. The Memorial of Silence has entered into a dialogue with urban planners working on …
The unveiling of a sculpture by French artist Dominique Defontaines was the most recent event of our gallery of ephemeral sculptures created four years ago for the Memorial of Silence by Ivana Brádková. The works of art were gradually swallowed up by their surroundings, and in the next three years the station will become a …
The End of Ephemerality
Exhibition opening and closing Read More »
Although the exhibition’s outline was drafted long before Russia invaded Ukraine with tanks, planes, and many theories about why Ukrainians have no right to their own borders, the parallels with the ideologies of war and propaganda that lead to excuses for killing civilians are quite clear on their own. Many visitors have asked where the …
The exhibition The New World Order came to a close on 28. 8. 2022 Read More »
The original founding organization
Památník Šoa Praha, o. p. s. / Shoah Memorial Prague.
