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KROTCH MAG. Issue 18 Out Now!




KROTCH Zine Issue 18 was released on January 12, 2025 with 16-pages of anonymous, discount, community-based-waste-matter.

The January issue includes 16 pages of Žižkov delinquency, covering topics of bathrooms, date spots, concept stores for Dogs, and other juicy details native to the Independent Republic of Žižkov.

Thank you to this month's contributors::::

Cykle Say
Soon Pasłoon
Michael Rowland
Ug Janjic
Hana Slaninová
R.G. Vašíček
Rory Hinchey & Awwman Radio
Mariya shatova
Nassim Bouhoun
David Hilbert

and YOU & bc you read it and make it have meaning.

Get yrslf in a K-HOLE and pick up the latest kopy of Rozkrok from your local dealer and/or The Globe Bookstore, Žižkovšiška, and Místečko Gallery.

Each issue is 50kč and can be used for multiple purposes (rug, toilet paper, beer coaster, hat, etc. et. al.) Want to supply KROTCH at your establishment? Call the ministry of culture.

2024 - a year of zines, trains, cables, and resistance. Read about our year in review.




2024—our year of trains, zines, cables, and resistance—closes with hands softened & spirits sharpened. From the smoky haze of Košice to the backrooms of Krakow, the streets of Lviv to the gardens of Žižkov, we found ourselves tangled in the ecstasy of creation and defiance.

We’ll carry yr voices in our back pockets, your stories folded into our manifesto, and yr resilience tattooed on the insides of our eyelobes. 2025—come at us sideways. We’ll meet you at the potraviny to fly flags and make noise.

Read the full review of 2024 here ︎

KROTCH Mag @ Prague International Bookfair [print]


Come grab the latest kopy of KROTCH Magazine or pick up any back issues you’re missing in your library. Alongside KROTCH, you can find other books & texts from Prague-based writers such as...

Asgeir Ingolfsson (Iceland)
Chris Crawford (Scotland)
Danielle Alyssa Bodnar (US)
Equus Press (Paris, London & Prague)
Guillaume Tenaud (French)
Jared Marcel Pollen (Canada)
Jaromir Typlt (Czech)
Klez Brandar (French)
L.J. Night (Jordanian/Slovak)
Marko Thull (French)
Michael Rowland (UK)
Poezie, vole (Czech)
Phillip O'Neil (UK)
Rebecca Krajčová/Mariana Menezes (Czech/Brazil)
Somayeh Mckian (Iran)
Willie Watson (US)
ZETA: Rivista internazionale di Poesia e Ricerche (Italy)

When?
Sunday, Decemebr 1, 2024 15:30 - 22:00

Where? The Globe Bookstore (Nove Mesto, Prague)

Facebook event link︎


French Premiere: Existence is Resistance [film]




OBJECT:PARADISE’s latest film Existence is Resistance will be screened at the Reours D’Ukraine festival in Perpignan, France on November 27th, 2024.

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Exposition de Barbara Le Béguec Friedman :
“J’ai rencontré l’Ukraine il y a 5 ans maintenant, Lviv plus particulièrement. Il y a des endroits qui vous paraissent familiers, où vous vous sentez étrangement bien, “à la maison”... ce fut le cas pour moi là bas. Ces 5 dernières années, je partage mon temps entre Perpignan, mes voyages et Lviv.

Le 24 février 2022, l’invasion à grande échelle du pays par la russie a plongé les ukrainiens dans une multitude de douleurs abyssales, les horreurs de la guerre n’épargnent personne, mais je peux aussi témoigner de la force de survie et de vie de mes amis là-bas.

Pour l’exposition Retours d’Ukraine je pose et partage quelques sensations et expériences ramenées dans mes valises...”
Projection :
Retours d’Ukraine est une exposition particulière, ne pouvant être détachée de son contexte. Le vernissage de l’exposition sera accompagné de la projection du film Existence is Resistence un documentaire expérimental tourné à Lviv, réalisé par Tyko Say (Tchéquie) et Sandra Pasławska (Pologne) qui examine le rôle de la culture comme forme de résistance.

Discussion avec Yaryna Shumska, artiste et curatrice ukrainienne qui vit et travaille à Lviv.
Engagée dans la diffusion de la culture ukrainienne en Ukraine et à travers le monde, elle sera présente en direct de Lviv pour témoigner de son expérience et échanger sur la vie culturelle et artistique dans le contexte actuel.

Pour contrer un sentiment de frustration ou d’impuissance, le récurrent “mais qu’est ce qu’on peut faire”, tous les bénéfices liés aux ventes d'œuvres et à la projection du film seront utilisés pour l’achat de matériel de création ou de survie au Département d’Art Contemporain de l'Académie Nationale des Arts de Lviv, par l’intermédiaire de Mykhaylo Barabash - artiste et enseignant.



KROTCH Mag Issue 17 out now! [print]


KROTCH Magazine Emission 17 from the Prague-based performance & poetics collective OBJECT:PARADISE was brought into the world on November 23rd, 2024 and features 16-pages of anonymous waste matter. Best consumed all at once in a single sitting without thinking about it at all. Please do not read KROTCH Magazine only consume.



Pick up your very own copy of KROTCH at select locations around Prague for 50kč:

︎ The Globe Bookstore (Nove Mesto)
︎Žižkovšiška (Žižkov)
︎Mistečko Gallery (Žižkov)



Czech Premiere: Existence is Resistance [film]




Existence is Resistance is an experimental documentary that delves into the role of culture as a form of resistance in Ukraine during the ongoing full-scale Russian invasion. Directed by Tyko Say and Sandra Pasławska, the film highlights how culture, activism, and collective expression have become vital in preserving the momentum to resist amidst the destruction of war.

Filmed entirely in the historic city of Lviv, the documentary captures the stories of artists, curators, musicians, and activists who are using culture as a tool for resistance. From performance festivals to underground punk shows, Existence is Resistance explores the many ways that existence and resistance intertwine in times of crisis.

Read more about the project here ︎

Premiere date: October 26th, 2024, 20:00
Location: Kampus Hybernská, Prague Microfestival




PMF| KROTCH Mag Workshops [event]




  • Upcoming dates:
    17.10.2024 (16:00-18:00)
  • 22.10.2024 (18:00-20:00)

Join us during the PMF Microlabs for a zine-making workshop led by Sandra Pasławska, co-editor of KROTCH magazine, focused on graphic design and collage production!

Where: Kampus Hybernská, sklep “E”
When: Oct 17 - 4-6PM, Oct 22 6-8 PM
How much: All Microlab events and Microfestival programme are for FREE!

Schedule:
- Practical workshops incorporating collaging and automatic writing
- Assembling a zine

We do not require:
special education
great ancestry
an extended portfolio
publications in vogue, vice, poetry foundation, flash art, or novinky,cz
a minimum age
recognizability
There are no requirements. Just come as you are, and we will have all the materials ready for you.
During the workshop, we will:
Write
Cut
Glue
Rip
Lick
Assemble
Decompose
Riot
Draw
Make a mess
and more
Remember,
you are a poet,
you are a zine maker

The zine created at the workshop will be displayed at Prague Microfestival.



Prague Microfestival [curation]





When? 14-27th October, 2024 
Where? Kampus Hybernská, skelp “E”
What? See the full program here︎

OBJECT:PARADISE is proud to be exhibiting our catalogue of media at The Prague Microfestival (PMF) from October 14th-27th!

Drop by the Prague Microfestival at Kampus Hybernská in the downstairs space "E" for an immersive, multimedia experience of the O:P media landscape in an exhibition titled SAMIZDAT.

Featuring films, performances, interviews, discussions, collages, installations, concerts, drunk talk & “poetry” “readings, from over 100 members of the O:P community.

The curation is part of a 2-week program of events, workshops, talks, film screenings & performances, and will conclude with a three-day intensive program from the 25th-27th which focuses exclusively on the theme of Samizdat in today’s contemporary poetic.

Event link: PMF Microlab │ Opening Vernissage 'SAMIZDAT'︎





Gathering of the Clans Vol.2 : A Presentation of OBJECT:PARADISE [event]




On September 22nd, 2024 we will discuss the OBJECT:PARADISE Manifesto with community members of Prague alongside other local collectives. 

Join us for the event to learn more about O:P and about some of the other projects in our community.

+ BBQ
+ Open-mic
+ Music accompaniment

Start: 17:00
Location: Albertovské svahy, Prague

Facebook event link︎


OBJECT:PARADISE Showcase at the Scaffolding Palace Vol. 1 [curation]




The very first edition of The Scaffolding Palace: a series of experimental exhibitions in scaffolding structures.

The exhibit will be showing the works of artists from The Outsiders: an exhibition curated by Jo Blin, which features O:P happenings and media.

Expect an array of documented of street performances, installations, urban interventions and other forms of art created for and/or displayed in the public space.

Where? Místečko Art Space
Vernissage: Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024 from 16:00.

Facebook event link ︎

OBJECT:PRAHA III (The Manifesto) Film Screening [film]




On August 29th, OBJECT:PRAHA III (The Manifesto) will be screened at Inverse Festival in Ostrava, Czechia. 

The film screening will be accompanied by a pannel discussion on OBJECT:PARADISE and live reading by Tyko Say.

︎ Kulturní centrum Provoz
︎Film: 20:00 - 20:30; Discussion + reading: 20:30 - 21:00 


KROTCH MAG. Issue 16 Out Now! [print]




KROTCH Zine Issue 16 was released on Aug 03, 2024 with 16-pages of anonymous, discount, community-based works.

The zine is a project from the OBJECT:PARADISE Manifesto which calls for a locally-sourced poetics, native to the moment that it’s experienced.

Featured in this issue are::::

Michael Day
Tranka Saslawskool
Jordan Učitel
Hunter Andrews

Physical copies of this zine are available only at select locations in Prague—Žižkovšiška, The Globe Bookstore, and Místečko Gallery. Pick up your copy when you’re in town for 50kč.

OBJECT:PARODY Episode 2 : Žižkov Delinquents and the Jazz Police [sound]




Episode 2 of OBJECT:PARODY, the live O:P Radioshow, will be streaming from 18:00-19:00, 28.07.2024 (CET) over at www.shella.radio

OR join us for the live taping at Planeta Za, Ankali. 

OBJECT:VAULT : The art of Improv with Keyvan Paydar [interview]





Last month we sat down with Keyvan Paydar, an artist in residency at Prague's Meet Factory as part of the latest episode of OBJECT:VAULT. Paydar is an artist interested in multi-media and interdisciplinary approaches towards art, and he is also a curator of the annual Grazer Impro Fest which our very own Sandra Pasławska talked with him about.

See the interview here:



 

/ OBJECT:PARADISE IS THE INDUCTIVE SEDUCTION OF THE OBJECTIVE MOMENT / USE THE LANGUAGE THAT THE PERFORMER AND AUDIENCE CREATE IN THAT MOMENT / CONTEXT IS COTEXT / EVERYTHING IS PART OF THE PERFORMANCE / THE AUDIENCE IS THE POET / DETHRONE, THEN DEMOTE THE POET WHO CAME KNOWING / ELIMINATE THE EGO / DEPLATFORM THE STAGE / ORCHESTRATE THE CHAOS / LANGUAGE EXISTS ONLY IN A SINGLE MOMENT, THAT MOMENT /  DOWN WITH DENOTATION /  CELEBRATE THE PARTY THAT LANGUAGE IS / THE BEST WORDS IN THE BEST ORDER DOES NOT EXIST / LET ALL PLANS GO WRONG / DEMONETIZE LANGUAGE / EMBRACE MISCOMMUNICATION /  PROMOTE THE CONTEXT FOR THE SUBJECTIVE WORLD TO BE EXPERIENCED IN THE OBJECTIVE MOMENT