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Calendarium of totality

Architectural design of a touring exhibition

Location: Prague and other cities in middle-east Europe
Project: 2008/09
Construction period: 2009
Authors: Kristof Kintera, Marcela Steinbachova, Martin Rusina (SKUPINA), Rastislav Juhas, Richard Wiesner (Jednotka)
Team: Martin Hart
Graphic design: Krystof Dolezal
Construction technology: Ladislav Picha
Client: Opona, o.p.s.
Contractor: Vaclav Kejha a kol.
Link: http://www.oponaops.eu/opona/en/home

A calendar reminiscent of a bus stop from the socialist era recapitulates the history of building totalitarian regimes in Central Europe (Czechoslovakia, GDR, Hungary and Poland) from 1944 to 1989. The 30-meter shelter is complemented by lighting and period slogans lining the edge of the roof. The exhibition is part of the Circus of Totality project, organised by the non-profit organization Opona (The Curtain). The exhibition was shown in a number of cities in the Czech Republic and abroad in publicly accessible places. A catalogue was published for the exhibition.

Photographs: Opona o.p.s.

Sketches: SKUPINA (04-05), Rastislav Juhas(06)