UPROSTŘED uvádí: Okupace 68´

Exhibition, DANCE PERFORMANCE, concerts, August events anniversary projection

LOCATION: Malinovsky Square (Malinovského náměstí) in front of the department store centre

You can expect dance performances of:

POCHODNĚ_Torch of Freedom / ProART

Contemporary dance piece dedicated to the unfreedom of 1968, remembrance of Jan Zajíc and Eva, the one who did not die in the fire after all.

Dancing: Sabina Bočková, Kristýna Křemenáková, Renata Mrózková, Klára Mullerová and Jan Neugebauer

Music: Antonín Fajt et al.

and

JAN 2018 / Nir Ben Gal (IL) and ProART

Our history is full of violence and resistance to oppression. Is violence the only way to resist the oppression? Does a different perspective exist? The violence, oppression and resistance can actually be often seen not only as an external factor of the cruel regime or occupying power, but also in our face, our body, our intentions. Let us try to find a way to love without resistance or aversion – by dancing. An exercise without an oppression. The choreography is dedicated to the memory and legacy of Jan Palach.

“A man must fight against the evil that he is able to fight” – Jan Palach

Choreography: Nir Ben Gal; Music: Philip Glass (Music for Voices, Another Look at Harmony); Dance: Irene Bauer, Martin Dvořák, Alena Pajasová

Then also band CONCERTS:

Panoptikum

Underground, Psychedelic Rock

This band is intertwined with indescribable experiences and greedy lease of life. Their music has a distinctive sound and atmosphere…

Science Killer

Psychedelic-garage-drone-blues

Czechoslovakian band operating mainly in Brno. Their debut album LO – FI Lone WoLF, which is as dark and lonely as one’s soul, was released in September.

Science Killer is a perfect example of the drone-blues-garage harmony.

Beps’n’Johnnies

A band, whose music is characterized by psychedelic music of the 60’s and contemporary garage rock. Rich sound and throbbing rhythm contrast with the atmosphere of melancholic music.

PROJECTION of a short movie Invasion, 1968, directed by Karel Čtveráček. The movie sets pictures of a famous photographer Josef Koudelka in motion, capturing Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Prague. Musical accompaniment was composed by Ivan Acher.

There will also be an exhibition of resolution, poster and poem duplicates from the streets of Brno of August 1968, whose originals were recently discovered during the moving of Czech Television archive.

The event is also associated with projection of documentary movies “Mrazivá srpnová noc – Brno 1968: Trosečníci z kojálu” and “Brno 1969” in Open-air cinema Brno. Letní kino Brno-střed: červen+červenec

The festival is being held under the auspices of Ing. Petr Vokřál, mayor of the city of Brno, and the Brno-City District (Městská část Brno-střed).

Audiovisual recordings and pictures will be taken during the events of UPROSTŘED Festival. The visitors agree to give consent with the publication of this material. You can find more about the consent here: http://www.brno-stred.cz/zasady-ochrany-osobnich-udaju.