A group of award winning Czech artists inserted a mushroom cloud in a weather report, some folks aren’t too happy about it. I wonder if people were more worried that it was likely or unlikely given in our current escalated world climate. Duke it out in the comments…
A flash of bright light could be seen followed by a fiery mushroom cloud on the horizon. The group, who last month won an award from Prague’s National Gallery, face charges of spreading false information. It was the first time the NG 333 prize for young artists was awarded. The six, who call themselves “Ztohoven”, claim that the aim of the project – called Media Reality – was to show how reality can be manipulated by the media.
Art imitating atom blast – Link.
And from ART THREAT
The performance, entitled “Media Reality†sparked controversy throughout the country. The Czech National Gallery awarded the group with the newly created NG 333 prize for their work. â€This piece—alongside all of the art the group Ztohoven is making – is crossing the border from art into something more social. The artists are trying to escape from the cage of art, and into real life. They would like to influence their own lives, and other people’s lives.†The cash prize totaled approximately 333,000 KOR, or US$18,350.
Related:
ztohoven’s MySpace page (with artist’s statement) – Link.
From the pages of MAKE:
How to Drink Beer on C-SPAN. Put yourself into somebody else’s video. MAKE 07 – Page 144. Subscribers—read this article now in your digital edition or get MAKE 07 @ the Maker store.
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