Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin w/ Světlana Malinová and Marija Petrović - Tschechisches Zentrum Berlin

This episode of CCAiB delves into the world of contemporary art and cultural initiatives with a Czech-German background, focusing on the current exhibition Hours Against the Clock in KVOST (Kunstverein Ost e. V.). Our today’s guests are Světlana Malinová and Marija Petrović.

Světlana Malinová (*1997, Czech Republic) is a Prague-based curator and cultural producer. Since 2022, she has served as the artistic director of the Fotograf Festival and co-manages the City Surfer Office, a multifunctional art space in Prague's Žižkov district. She is the curator of the current exhibition Hours Against the Clock in KVOST.

Marija Petrovic (*1992, Dnipro, Ukraine) is an artist, researcher, and curator based in Berlin. She's currently pursuing her Ph.D. project "Vulnerability" at HFBK, supported by the Ernst-Ludwig Ehrlich Foundation. Marija's work explores human interaction and memory complexities. She's a member of the curatorial team at KVOST, promoting contemporary art from Central- and Eastern Europe.

The exhibition Hours Against the Clock offers a glimpse into the minds of two generations of Czech and Slovak artists and reflects a shared Czechoslovak historical experience that spills over into the present. Collective traumas and family memories are written into the visual images. It features the artworks of Jan Durina, Alena Kotzmannová, and Milan Mazúr.