Necenzurováno – Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art

• Prague, Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13

• Discussion

  • Uncensored: Art and Culture During Times of Oppression – Belarus

    • The phenomenon of independent and underground culture during late communism in Poland and Czechoslovakia was not only of artistic, but also of socio-political, importance and has significantly influenced how we view the role of culture in society and the meaning of freedom. The struggle waged several decades ago by artists in our two countries is today being waged by artists in Belarus. Censorship and threats of imprisonment or exile are a part of everyday reality for all who yearn to preserve their spiritual and artistic independence. How can one make art under such circumstances? What is the role of art and culture during times of oppression? Joining the discussion are culturologist Yaraslava Ananka and composer Galina Kazimirovskaya, choirmaster of the CONCORDIA choir. With moderator Jáchym Topol. 

  Organised by: Polish Institute in Prague, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Office of Belarus Democratic Forces in the Czech Republic 

• Kutná Hora, GASK, Barborská 51-53

• Guided tour of the

  • Uncensored: Polish Independent Art of the 1980s

• Kutná Hora, GASK, Barborská 51-53
  • A literary evening on the subject of Polish opposition literature of the 1980s, plus a presentation of the Czech translation of Jan Polkowski’s poetry collection Voices (Głosy) – a poetic reflection on the bloody suppression of strikes in Gdańsk and Gdynia in 1970. Besides the author, also participating in the forum are translator Lucie Szymanowská and literary historian and director of the Institute of Literature Józef Maria Ruszar. 
• Held in collaboration with the Polish Institute and the Institute of Literature. 

• Kutná Hora, GASK, Barborská 51-53

• Guided tour of the exhibition

  • Uncensored: Polish Independent Art of the 1980s

02/09/2023, 15:00

• Kutná Hora, GASK, Barborská 51-53

  • Forum on the subject of Polish-Czech relations in the 1980s art 

• Kutná Hora, GASK, Barborská 51-53
• Screening of the film Tenkrát v Praze (Once Upon a Time in Prague)
  • A discussion evening featuring a screening of Josef Císařovský’s documentary film Tenkrát v Praze about the state of independent music and culture in the 1980s Czechoslovakia. The screening will be followed by a brief discussion with the film’s director and with its main protagonist, Miloš Čuřík.

• Prague, Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13
• Discussion
  • Uncensored / Censorship Today
    • We live in a society that considers freedom of speech and freedom of artistic expression to be basic human rights. But there are growing doubts as to the real extent of our freedom of expression. What are the greatest threats to freedom of speech today? Political correctness? The algorithms of social networks? Grant mechanisms in culture? 
• Organised by: Polish Institute in Prague, Adam Mickiewicz Institute

• Prague, Ponrepo Cinema, Bartolomějská 291/11
  • Retrospective of censored Polish films 
• Organised by: National Film Archive, Polish Institute, Adam Mickiewicz Institute
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  • 12/09/2023, 20:30
    • Screening of the film The Mother of Kings (Matka Królów, dir. Janusz Zaorski, 1988) 
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  • 13/09/2023, 18:00
    • Blank Spots in Polish History – public forum with documentary filmmaker Maciej Drygas and screening of his film Hear My Cry (Usłyszcie mój krzyk, 1991) 
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  • 13/09/2023, 20:30
    • Screening of A Lonely Woman (Kobieta samotna, dir. Agnieszka Holland, 1987), with introductory word by the film’s director of photography Jacek Petrycki
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  • 14/09/2023, 18:00
    • Screening of Interrogation (Przesłuchanie, dir. Ryszard Bugajski, 1989), with introductory word by the film’s director of photography Jacek Petrycki

• Kutná Hora, GASK, Barborská 51-53
  • Guided tour of the exhibition 
    •  Uncensored: Polish Independent Art of the 1980s