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Press Release / 7 March 2013 Signals from the Unknown. Czech Comics 1922 – 2012 8 March – 20 May 2013 Following its Brno premiere, the successful exhibition Signals from the Unknown. Czech Comics 1922 – 2012 will be shown at Prague’s DOX Centre for Contemporary Art. This extensive exhibition featuring over 300 originals, prints and items related to Czech comics worlds traces the ninety-year history of Czech comics as an independent narrative genre. Until recently, the evolution of comics media in the Czech Republic was more or less uncharted. The roots of our domestic comics tradition reach back to the mid-nineteenth century, when the first satirical magazines began springing up in the Czech environment. Until the 1930s, the development of this format linking visual and verbal elements was similar to that in other European countries. The rise of fascist and then Communist regimes subsequently both interrupted and distorted the natural evolution of comics. Despite this, the domestic comics tradition never quite died out, occasionally taking on distinctive, even bizarre forms that differed markedly from those familiar in countries with an established comics tradition such as the USA, France and Italy. The aim of this exhibition, prepared by the curatorial duo of Pavel Kořínek and Tomáš Prokůpek, is to investigate the domestic comics tradition in the context of historical events, and place a number of phenomena that have been forgotten or up to now perceived in isolation, into a more general context. The thematically organized exhibition examines Czech comics from various perspectives and focuses on dominant genres and main protagonists, while also reminding us of less popular or almost forgotten authors and connections. Thanks to loans from dozens of institutions from throughout the Czech Republic and a number of authors and private collectors, an extensive and representative set of original pages of comics from all periods of Czech comics was assembled. At the start of the third millennium, Czech comics underwent a revival. The current generation of authors is establishing contacts with world events, is reacting to the latest trends, and in the domestic context, is for perhaps the first time creating freely, unbound by oppressive censorship or cultural and social rejection. At the same time, comics are at least partly succeeding in breaking down stereotypical notions that that they are only for children or trivial light reading. As the self-confidence (and self-respect) of Czech comics grows, we are slowly beginning to investigate both the more and less celebrated periods of their history. The exhibition is open to the public until 20 May 2013. High resolution photos are available for download at : http://www.dox.cz/cs/press On the occasion of the exhibition, an extensive collective monograph is being published by Arbor Press. Curators: Tomáš Prokůpek, Pavel Kořínek Exhibition’s author: The Brno House of Arts Design: Branislav Matis, Matúš Lelovský, Boris Belan Collaboration: DOX Centre for Contemporary Art East-Bohemian Gallery in Pardubice Institute of Czech Literature AS CR Philosophical Faculty of Palacký University in Olomouc PUBLIC EVENTS Guided tours with DOX lecturer and educational programme for schools, families and other interested groups can be booked upon request in English. For more information please visit www.dox.cz. Information on the exhibition Tomáš Prokůpek T 732 943 757, E [email protected] Pavel Kořínek T 604 864 459, E [email protected] Media Contact Michaela Silpochova Public Relations DOX Centre for Contemporary Art Poupetova 1, 170 00, Prague 7 T +420 295 568 113, M +420 774 222 355 E [email protected], W www.dox.cz Opening Hours: Mon 10–18, Tue closed, Wed-Fri 11–19, Sat-Sun 10–18. The DOX Centre premises are adapted for wheelchair access DOX Centre Partners: Zdeněk Bakala, Hlavní město Praha, MK ČR, Česká pojišťovna, TECHO, a.s., Premiant City Tour s.r.o., Poster Infinity s.r.o. DOX Centre Media Partners: Česká televize, Hospodářské noviny, RESPEKT, Media Marketing Services, Art&Antiques, České noviny.cz, Prague Events Calendar