Stalin, 2007

on-site event with smoke; realized within TINA B. – The Prague Contemporary Art Festival: Jan Vlček: Initiation, Magdalena Jetelová: Stalin, Kurt Gebauer: Climaxing

This action is a reminiscence of "Airing embarrassed Prague", the name of art actions enacted in 1984 and 1985. Stalin's monument and the former regimes are history, but even so much that is surprising remains from this period. These inconspicuous structures are taking on entirely new forms and gaining in importance even in contemporary society. The stairs leading to Stalin's monument, an entirely neglected detail next to the monument itself, a minor detail at one time that is now becoming a monumental access route to the former monument, its rhomboid shape revealing unexpected experiences...!