'Places of Act'- site specific project
for former Institute of Folk Art Production (ÚLUV),
Národní 36, Prague 1
Exhibitions, forum of the future, site performance, videoart, architectural lectures, pro city walks - commented tours of exhibitions, building and its surroundings, film, art bar and others.
The Pirates’ Birthday – Two Decades after Radio Stalin
An underground party with retro DJs from Radio 1
Radio Stalin began broadcasting in the autumn of 1990, during the ‘Total Zone’ exhibition held in the underground spaces of the former Stalin Monument at Letná in Prague. The then still pirate radio station broadcast from 19 to 25 October 1990 and evoked an extraordinary response, both because it was playing something completely different to what had hitherto been heard on the Czechoslovak airwaves, and because of the unique underground concept behind it. Untrained moderators took turns on the air and even President Václav Havel stopped by for a short interview. However, after several days the authorities shut the station down. A petition to renew broadcasting and in opposition to the broadcasting monopoly of the state radio and television institution was signed by 30 000 people. At the start of 1991 the facilities were returned; on 15 February 1991 Radio Ultra was established; and on 25 March 1991 it obtained its licence and changed its name to Radio 1, which became the first private, independent radio station in the country.
