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North Bohemia is a strange part of the Czech Republic. It combines bleak
industrial towns with striking natural beauty, and its people are also
different. The area was almost completely depopulated with the expulsion
of its German inhabitants after World War Two, and people moved in from
across Czechoslovakia. So perhaps it's not surprising that North Bohemia
also has its own very special and rather peculiar literary culture.
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Current AffairsComing back for seconds: Prague Biennial number 2
You might well remember the posters of an animated Mona Lisa all over
Prague two years ago, advertising the city's first biennial. Two years on,
and the sharpest among you will have already realized that another biennial
is now due. Plans for this second biennial were unveiled on Wednesday,
along with its title - fittingly, 'at second sight'. Rosie Johnston has
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Current AffairsGrinding to a Halt: Tomas Hruza and the "Leinbrock Ideal"
For most people, a coffee grinder is a dull piece of kitchen equipment.
Indeed, in this day and age of coffee granules, the household coffee
grinder is fast becoming obsolete. Not so, however, for Brno artist Tomas
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Current AffairsPrague art symposium makes art history
Artists, art historians and art lovers fill a cozy, attic meeting room on
the top floor of the Kampa Museum of Modern Art. They are looking at
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experimental Hungarian films from the Bela Balazs studio in Budapest. They
came here on Wednesday night - to begin a long overdue conversation.
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Current AffairsDeputy raises eyebrows by wearing anti-Communist Party slogan in Chamber
The government's commissioner for human rights, MP Svatopluk Karasek,
raised a few eyebrows on Tuesday when he wore a tie bearing a strong
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Czechs in HistoryFrantisek Drtikol - Dreams of shadow and light
In this edition of Czechs in History we look at the life and work of Czech
photographer Frantisek Drtikol, arguably one of the most important
photographers of the early half of the 20th century. Born in 1883 in the
mining town of Pribram, west of Prague, Drtikol would go on to study
photography in Munich, where he would be heavily influenced by the Art
Nouveau. Early on he divided his time among both drawing and photography,
but focused primarily on the latter upon his return home; both as an art
form and as a means for making a living. In the year 1910 he opened his
famous photo studio in Prague, where he shot portraits of some of the most
important figures of his day: Czechoslovakia's first president T.G.
Masaryk, his foreign minister Edvard Benes, the composer Leos Janacek and
many others whose names are legend now.
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ArtsDe-Personalized: an interview with Veronika Drahotova
Veronika Drahotova is a challenging multimedia artist. Her latest work
analyzes the process of alienation from society. Mark Fernandes caught up
with her in Prague to discuss her art and life.
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Current AffairsCow parade comes under attack
Anyone who's been in Prague in the last couple of months will have seen
hundreds of brightly painted scupltures of cows on the city's streets.
Most locals and tourists seem to like the Cow Parade, as it's called, but
the bovine sculptures are evidently not to everyone's liking, with many of
them having been vandalized. Now organizers have struck back, with ads
calling the vandalism an "international disgrace", and drawing
attention to the fact children's charities will lose out - many of the
cows are due to be auctioned when the Cow Parade ends in September. Radio
Prague's Joshua Keating spoke with Cow Parade organizer Blanka Neumann
about the latest developments and efforts to protect the herd from future
attack.
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Even if it's art -what's it doing parked here? The Prague police give one
of the art exhibits on Wenceslas Square the Canadian boot and a huge
parking fine! EU membership gives ballooning a boost and an eleven year
old king rides through his village - traditions are still very much alive
in some parts of the country. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela
Lazarova.
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Current AffairsCzech Republic to offer help in renewing Iraq's cultural legacy
The culture minister in the Iraqi governing council, Mufid Jazairi, has
just ended a short visit to the Czech Republic, and during the stay he
suggested a very specific way in which the Czech Republic can help in the
renewal of Iraq. Mr Jazairi has a special relationship to this country. He
is a Czech citizen, and spent the best part of 40 years here before
returning to his native Iraq. During this latest visit he pointed to one
significant bond between the two countries: both have a hugely rich
cultural legacy, and he has suggested to the Czech cultural and foreign
ministries that Czech experience in preserving this heritage could be
immensely useful to war-torn Iraq. Mufid Jazairi's son Nisan, who lives
here in Prague, attended the talks at the Czech foreign ministry, and told
David Vaughan more about the plan.
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