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Ministry of Culture considers supporting Czech video game industry

Mafia, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, or Machinarium – those are some of the internationally most successful Czech video games. The industry has been identified as a high growth sector by the Czech government and could receive state funding in the future similar to that which is granted to film makers. ...

Film and digital

Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin

In short interviews, the project of Czech Centre Berlin presents contemporary artists with roots in the Czech Republic and/or Slovakia. Creative people who live longer or for a short time in Berlin.

EUNICAST: Meet Visionary Europeans

EUNICAST: Meet Visionary Europeans is a brand new podcast series presenting some of Europe’s most talented and respected artists, performers and influencers expressing their opinions on the arts and current affairs and sharing their life stories and artistic influences.

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Publications

East Art Mags – Which actions are actually decolonizing?

The review of the recently published book Central and Eastern European Art Since 1950 by Maja and Reuben Fowkes by Czech art historian and critic Marianna Placáková.

Visual arts

Ilona Németh: Eastern Sugar

Eastern Sugar was the name chosen by Générale Sucrière and Tate & Lyle for their joint venture to acquire sugar factories across Central Europe after the fall of communism in 1989.

Visual arts

Events

20. 8.

— 28. 8.

55th Karlovy Vary IFF

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is the largest film festival in the Czech Republic and the most prestigious such festival in Central and Eastern Europe.

Film and digital

9. 9.

— 29. 9.

4+4 Days in Motion – International Festival of Contemporary Art

The festival’s 26th edition includes an exhibition of contemporary art, theater, workshops, a festival school of arts management, public discussions, performances for children, ensembles from the Czech Republic and abroad, and much more.

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Open Call: The Neon Award by Signal Festival

Signal Festival announced the first year of the Neon Award for students of art universities. The project is created in cooperation with Pražská Plynárenská.

Deadline 30. 8.

Design and craft

Visual arts

Open Call: INDUSTRA ART 2022

INDUSTRA ART gallery situated in Brno, Czech Republic, announced an open call for exhibition projects for 2022.

Deadline 5. 8.

Visual arts

Ji.hlava: Inspiration Forum LAB, ‘The Limits of Growth’ (Online)

The Inspiration Forum LAB is an interdisciplinary research programme designed to provide a space where artists and scientists can meet and work together on creating research-based multimedia art projects.

Deadline 13. 9.

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Stories

We share artist's and art professional's experiences during the pandemic era. We prepare new stories about artist residencies and trips.

How Should the Czech Art Reduce Its Carbon Footprint?

We are aware the climate crisis requires our involvement. With this conviction, for example, Arts and Theatre Institute in Prague began to meet with other cultural institutions on how to deal with sustainable operations. We bring you a short overview with comments by a local expert Viktor Třebický. ...

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Our websites

SoundCzech

Website of the Czech music export office.

IDU

Arts and Theatre Institute website.

Czech mobility info

Practical information about international collaboration of artists.

PerformCzech

Website promoting Czech performing arts.

Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space.