Dark February
Publication of the second opinion forum of the Memorial of Silence
Time of Silence – Transporting a stone from the Liberec quarry
The sculpture’s shape recalls the fabled ouroboros. Written in braille on its surface are excerpts from Hannah Arendt’s writings on totalitarianism. The stone’s transport from the quarry to the place where it will be transformed into a sculpture over the next two years was an event in and of itself.
Time of Silence – Transporting a stone from the Liberec quarry
22 March 2023
The Memorial of Silence has spent the past five years collaborating on coordinating the public spaces adjoining the place of memory at Bubny Station. A series of working meetings for the land-use development of Prague 7 produced plans for a park named after Petr Ginz. Seen from the railway tracks, the park will be dominated …
Time of Silence – Transporting a stone from the Liberec quarry
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Remembrance of BIIb
8. 3. 2023
After being replaced by video events during Covid, the Memorial of Silence’s traditional memorial event returns to the station hall.The concert in memory of the Terezín Family Camp was combined with the presentation of a unique photograph discovered in the G.T. Album. The photograph, which shows a scene from the Terezín railway siding, was symbolically …
Dark February
23. 2. 2023
The Memorial of Silence’s second opinion forum was held at the mayor’s residence, where important personalities presented brief (no more than seven-minute) reflections with timeless meaning. Today’s disinformation war is a distinctive part of the public space, social networks, and domestic and international media. In this year’s public discussions, the Memorial of Silence is exploring …
Dark February
We look at the phenomenon of stereotyping as one kind of deeply ingrained and unexamined pattern of thinking. Stereotypes work with our memory and with the legacy of simple categories – not just accepted but also rejected categories. Stereotypes are a catalyst for mass manipulation. The following speakers accepted our invitation: Petr Pithart, Tomáš Halík, …
