For justice...

place / Lapidarium and courtyard of the Bethlehem Chapel
opening / September 10 as part of the 8th Bethlehem Cultural Night, concert by Jan Bartoš, Michal Ambrož & Hudba Praha, performance by Jiří Skála, Rafani
duration / 11/09/19 - 10/10/19 
curators / Milena Bartlová, Tomáš Pospiszyl, Filip Šenk, Dan Merta
architect / Jan Stolín
graphic design / Štěpán Malovec, Martin Odehnal
video documentation / Jan Strejcovský
 
The basic idea of the project, which will take place in the 650th anniversary of the birth of Master Jan Hus and the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, is to create, with the help of visual art, an image of the environment where the discourse on the theme of truth was conducted in the context of Czech history. This environment will evolve during the exhibition thanks to performative interventions and interventions by architects and artists, offering further possibilities for interpretation of the sometimes overused term “truth.” The center of the project should become the broader area of the Bethlehem Chapel, including the lapidarium and the adjacent courtyard, which offers several possibilities for “true readings” of its history that fundamentally influenced the perception of Czech history. Two significant personalities – Jan Hus and Václav Havel – are almost personified with the theme of truth, but even today one can find contemporary fighters “for truth.” Truth remains unpopular, difficult; its proclaimer faces misunderstanding, indifference, or open hostility. Even visual art itself in the post-factual era is a medium where truth is very often quite complicated to identify.
The project involves visual artists, architects, art historians, philosophers, and political scientists

architects Alena Šrámková, Lukáš Ehl, Tomáš Koumar, Petr Hájek, Ivan Kroupa, Petr Stolín, Miroslav Šik, Ladislav Lábus, Pavla Melková
 
artists Zbyněk Baladrán, Martina Smutná, Jiří David, GumaGuar, Barbora Klimová, Lenka Klodová, Stanislav Kolíbal, Jiří Kovanda, Richard Loskot, Jaromír Novotný, Jan Merta, Jiří Příhoda, Rafani, Jiří Skála, Sláva Sobotovičová, Pavel Sterec, Robert Šalanda, Marek Šilpoch, Jan Šerých, Mark Thér, Martin Zet, Roman Štětina, Petr Adámek
 
theorists Miroslav Petříček, Jan Sokol, Michael Žantovský, Petr Pithart, Václav Bělohradský, Jiří Přibáň, Petr Kratochvíl, Milena Bartlová, Jindřich Vybíral, Vít Havránek, Petr Fischer, Blanka Mouralová, Karel Hvížďala, Terezie Nekvindová, Ivan Blecha, Tomáš Kulka, Patrik Ouředník
 
The exhibition will include debates, a documentary film, and theater performances.
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