While post‐war architecture from the former Eastern Bloc is highly regarded by foreign architects and students its perception in the Czech Republic is marked by considerable ambiguity. Often it is negatively labelled as communist architecture of low value deemed highly ideological and…

Vra Chytilovs classic of surrealist cinema is the most adventurous and anarchic Czech movie of the 1960s. Two young women both named Marie revolt against a degenerate decayed and oppressive society attacking symbols of wealth and bourgeois culture. A riotous punk‐poem of…

During her talk Mla will share her journey from communist Czechoslovakia to the United Kingdom and her professional transition to art. She will discuss the challenges she encountered during her studies and early stages of her professional artistic career her collaboration with…