The students of art universities in Prague united and created the new digital gallery Vyšeart which was launched on 5th of May 2021 and will last until 31st of August 2021. Vyšeart connects 28 students of various art fields who created 14 pairs where 1 musician and 1 visual artist collaborate with each other. Each pair made one piece of art which consisted of musical aspects and visual art. The final artworks are displayed in the park of The National Cultural Monument Vyšehrad. Visitors of Vyšeart discover the artworks with their own smartphone and through QR codes which are installed in the park. The project is supported by The Borough of Prague 2, The National Cultural Monument Vyšehrad, HAMU, UMPRUM, AVU, and OSA. The idea of a multifaceted project has arisen among students of art who felt the need and desire to meet other students and to gain new creative experience. The organizers are students Magdaléna Ochmanová from Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU), Hana Sommerová from Academy of Fine Arts (AVU), Eliška Hanuš, Jarka Straková and Mariana Pecháčková from Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague (UMPRUM) who have started and developed the idea of Vyšeart. The...
The annual music festival United Islands of Prague will run June 25–26 offering free music on stages around the city. The 18th edition will feature 35 concerts on 5 different stages by talented performers across musical genres. After five years, the festival will move from Karlín back to the islands right in the very heart of Prague: Střelecký Island, Kampa, Children’s Island and Janáček Embankment The organizers will also prepare a unique non-musical program, which will thematically link sustainability and diversity. Besides music, you can look forward to lectures by inspiring speakers. “This year’s return to the islands will only be a harbinger of a full return in 2022, but we hope to enjoy it with the audience. It will be an opportunity to reminisce about the old days or, conversely, to experience music for the first time in places that have long been part of the main idea of the United Islands of Prague,” said David Gaydečka, the festival’s organizer. Between concerts, you will definitely not be bored, as we have a lot of activities for you in cooperation with our ambassadors and partners. During the festival, you will be able to try out various disciplines under the auspices of...
The Rudolfinum – home of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra since 1946 – will undergo a renovation. This week, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra presented a project to modify the Rudolfinum’s terrace. The project will be a collaboration with developer Arcona Capital. “From our point of view, it’s a simple matter. The project is very exciting, but we approach it with great responsibility. The aim is to open the terrace to the general public, and allow open-air concerts,” says Guy Barker, Director of Arcona Capital. Additionally, part of the reconstruction’s aim is to even out surfaces, repair parts such as railings, and get electricity, lighting, and water running. Moreover, an elevator will be built. The company started working on the project 18 months ago. It already holds a building permit from the National Heritage Institute, the Department of Heritage Care, and the Building Office of Prague 1. The costs of CZK 23 million are covered by Arcona Capital, which wants to raise the money in a fundraising campaign that it will announce this year. The date for the start of the construction is still unknown. All that is certain is that once the work has been done, it will be done within three...
It should come as no surprise that having fun when learning a language is much more successful than using textbooks. Even though watching TV shows can feel like (or lead to) procrastination, it’s a great way to quickly expand your vocabulary and become familiar with idioms and popular phrases. It’s also the perfect listening practice if you’re not able to put yourself out there and communicate with native speakers. You may also pause and rewind a Czech TV show at any time, as well as write down new words. There are plenty of famous shows you can watch dubbed on Netflix, but in this post, we’ll look at six entertaining Czech TV shows with English subtitles that are available on YouTube and Czech satellite television (HBOgo). 1.Ulice (The Street) Channel: TV Nova Subject: This show is about people who live in the Prague suburbs, their everyday lives, issues, relationships, and affairs. It is slow-paced and not very thrilling. It can become very interesting, humorous, well-written, and addictive once you find your favorite characters. Phrases and vocabulary: The use of common, colloquial Czech language with no strong dialect is the show’s greatest advantage. It’s all about “true people” and “everyday life,”...
By Suzanne Scarlett Bessisso—Anglo American University The Illusion Art Museum offers a unique perspective on art by combining modern technology with history. It encourages its visitors to become part of the exhibit by using their smartphones to bring to life the movement of the art as illusions. With its smartphone requirement, this museum gives its visitors a peek at what the future of museums could be. It’s one of the few museums that have adopted this modern and immersive approach to art-making it a fun exhibition especially for kids. The museum takes a new approach to anamorphic viewing. Several of the works on display appear distorted until the viewer stands at a specific vantage point, or uses their smartphone to see what is hidden in the distortion. The most popular is a portrait of Nikola Tesla, created by Patrik Proško, that is made up of Tesla’s inventions, but is only visible when looking at it through a lens positioned at the perfect spot. Other works include trick art, wherefrom a certain perspective a 2D painting can look 3D and the visitors become a part of it. There are several of these related to Czech history, such as the defenestrations that...
How did the first strip clubs in Prague appear? What were the sexual toys produced in Czechoslovakia? An exhibition Decadent Prague (“Praha dekadentní”), which teeters on the edge of decency, provides uncensored answers to such questions. The exhibition will run in the Dancing House Gallery until March 31st next year and is only open to individuals over 18 years of age. According to the organizers, this is the most controversial exhibition to date, which, as they promise, will outrage but also educate visitors. “We made this exhibition censorship-free so that visitors could see what was really happening in Prague during the 20th century. No covered naked bodies, no censorship,” said Robert Vůjtek, Dancing House Gallery director, adding that for some visitors the exhibition might prove too bold. Decadent Prague will take visitors to brothels of the First Republic, show the beginnings of striptease in the 1960s in the country or the history of erotic images that were created outside the supervision of state censorship. “We also have a rarity here – medical books of prostitutes, which were preserved in Czechoslovakia in only two copies; we borrowed them from the Police Museum,” added Vůjtek. In addition to themes related to prostitution,...
Karlovy Vary film festival plans to roll out the red carpet again in 2021, with organizers setting a later opening than usual on Tuesday. Launched in 1946 in what was then Czechoslovakia, the festival is now one of central and eastern Europe’s leading cinema events. It took place online only in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. With vaccinations picking up pace and infection numbers slowing, organizers said they were planning for an Aug. 20-28 event, later than the usual early July start. “We hope that in the coming months, vaccinations will move significantly forward and thus get the pandemic situation under control, so that it’s possible to make the festival as safe as possible for guests and visitors,” the festival’s president Jiri Bartoska said in a statement. He also said that the later start was a one-off and next year’s 56th edition would be scheduled for early July. One of four major film festivals in Europe, Karlovy Vary’s friendly and informal atmosphere attracts tens of thousands of visitors in normal years, many of them sleeping in tents. Stars like Sharon Stone, Robert Redford and Julianne Moore have attended past events. The Czech government has begun easing COVID-19 restrictions, although...
Be it its world-famous politicians, top-class sportsmen, or globally lauded writers and musicians, the Czech Republic boasts many famous natives who significantly contributed to their diverse fields. Here is a list of some of the world-known Czech women who have earned an unparalleled names and an irreplaceable place in the country’s history. Milada Horáková, a politician and underground resistance movement member during World War II, was a victim of judicial murder, convicted and executed by the nation’s Communist Party on fabricated charges of conspiracy and treason. The guilty verdict against Horáková and her co-accused was annulled during the Prague Spring in 1968, but it was only after the Velvet Revolution in 1989 that she received her rightful honours from the nation, being awarded the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1st Class) in 1991. Charlotte Garrigue-Masaryk, the U.S. American-born wife of the Czechoslovak president and politician, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first President of Czechoslovakia, was an enthusiastic advocate of women’s rights and encouraged women to fully utilize their talents and engage in political activity. Dr. Alice Masaryková or Alice Garrigue Masaryk was one of the best-known women globally in social welfare; founder of the sociology department at Prague’s Charles University and the...
From Monday, May 17, it will be possible to organize cultural events outdoors with a maximum of 700 spectators. The condition for entry would be passing a PCR test, a minimum of 14 days from vaccination or a maximum of 90 days from contracting covid-19. This was stated by the Minister of Culture Lubomír Zaorálek (ČSSD) at a press conference after the government meeting on Monday. Cultural events that take place indoors are likely to be approved by the government a week later. According to Zaorálek, in contrast to the original agreement with the Ministry of Health, it was not possible to enforce the possibility of organizing cultural events within the same date. However, according to him, the government adopted a resolution in the sense that if the favorable trend continues and the development of 75 newly infected per 100,000 inhabitants per week is achieved within the next week, it will be possible to organize cultural events inside which will take begin 24 May. The condition will be a maximum occupancy of 50 percent of the seating capacity, a maximum of 500 people inside and 1000 people outside. again vaccination, test or distance from the disease not longer than 90...
In most European countries, May 8 is a national holiday that remembers the end of World War II in Europe. This morning, Czech President Milos Zeman, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and other senior officials, including Speakers of the Senate and House of Representatives Miloš Vystrčil and Radek Vondráček, Minister of Defense Lubomír Metnar, will lay wreaths at the National Memorial in Prague to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. The reverent act will be preceded by a flight of two Gripen fighters and the national anthem, followed by a minute of silence for all who died for the Republic’s freedom and independence. Remembrance events will also take place in other locations, for example at the Olšany cemetery. Similar events were also held in several other Czech cities, such as Brno, and České Budějovice. In the afternoon, a convoy of American historic military vehicles will set out from Hořice in the Jičín region to Lázně Velichovky. The Victory Day, or the day Nazi Germany signed the surrender in 1945, is marked in the Czech Republic together with most European countries as a national holiday. The End Of The War In May 1944 Edvard Beneš signed an agreement that the Soviet...
According to ČTK, the pilot concert Chance for Culture, which will take place on the 11th of May at the Křižíkova Fontána at the Prague Exhibition Grounds, plan to attend up to 2,500 spectators. The Chinaski group, violin virtuoso Pavel Šporcl and guests will perform at the event held during the dismantling of measures against the COVID-19 pandemic. The concert is organized with the official support of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The aim is to show that concerts are a safe place if all the recommended precautions are followed. Therefore, viewers must prove that they were vaccinated more than 14 days ago or have a negative PCR result (up to 72 hours) or antigen tests (up to 48 hours) from a professional laboratory. The last option is a written confirmation from the doctor that they had COVID-19 a maximum of 90 days before the date of the concert. Limited testing will also be available on site. The organizers reserve the right to perform a random antigen test on the spot in case of doubt about his/her health. “Together with Chinaski, Pavel Šporcel, and other artists, we want to show that it is normal...
The Ministry of Health has published a plan for the return of cultural events for this year, with entertainment fully resumed by August 1st. The plan is being heavily criticized by Lubomír Zaorálek, Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic, who considers the proposal to be discriminatory against the cultural sphere. In particular, Zaorálek is not satisfied with the fact PCR tests will be required to enter concerts and other events, whereas antigen tests will suffice when going to a barber, for example. According to the Minister, many people, especially of young age, will be discouraged to attend cultural actions due to the cost of the PCR test, which averages at CZK 1,500. “I don’t want culture to be just for the rich or older people who are inoculated, nor do I want young people to not being able to go to cultural events because they can’t afford it,” Zaorálek said. He added: “I want a single system in all areas, not a tougher regime for culture.” Minister also noted that the cultural sphere had suffered greatly and required the resumption of the entire field as quickly as possible. Many countries where the coronavirus situation is similar to that in...
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