Co je architektura?

Vladimir 518 - Architecture 58-89

A free lecture by artist, musician, book editor, and publisher Vladimir 518, whose main focus will be the complex development of Czechoslovak post-war architecture. Alongside thematic areas such as contemporary ideology, issues of stylistic continuity, building construction, and the relationship between architecture and visual arts, there will also be a critical analysis of the current state of heritage protection for pre-revolutionary buildings.

Vladimir 518 (born Prague, 1978), whose real name is Vladimír Brož, is a musician and multimedia artist. He started as one of the most prominent figures in the Prague graffiti scene and gradually became actively involved in book illustration, graphic design, creating author comics, theater scenography, and more recently, primarily in free visual arts. He is a member of the cult rap group PSH and a founding member of the artistic collective SPAM, which focuses on contemporary audiovisual forms. From 2011 to 2015, together with other Czech visual artists, he published the underground comic newspaper KIX. He is the leading representative of the multi-genre publishing house BiggBoss, which has been producing music and book projects since 2006, mapping contemporary urban subcultures, free arts, photography, and architecture. Among his most notable book works are the trilogy "Tribes" (2016, 2013, 2011), interviews about contemporary Czech art titled "Obsessions" (2015), and an extensive historical project reflecting on Czech pre-revolutionary architecture called "Architecture 58-89" (2022). He presents his own artistic work in the Czech Republic and abroad.