Prague - After 50 years, the Czech Republic will participate in the Triennale of Design and Architecture in Milan. Czechia will be represented by the work of Krištof Kintera, which addresses the increasing energy consumption, and the project Litopiy, which responds to the current boom of cryptocurrencies and new technologies. Radka Potměšilová from the Museum of Applied Arts in Prague, which is the guarantor of Czech participation, announced this today.
One of the oldest international exhibitions of its kind will begin on March 1 and last until September 1 under the title Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival.
The Milan Triennale of Design and Architecture is among the oldest international exhibitions in these fields. Initially, these presentations took place in Monza and were later moved to Milan. The Czech Republic has participated since the first edition in Monza in 1923, excelling at every edition until 1947. Awards were won by figures such as Ladislav Sutnar, Josef Sudek, and František Tröster.
After a hiatus caused by the Cold War, Czechoslovakia returned in 1957 with a glass exhibition and participated until 1968 when it showcased the working tools of Petr Tučný. The normalization conditions then completely abolished the participation of Czechoslovak designers, artists, and architects in the Milan Triennale. Czechia returns to the exhibition this year after 50 years.
It will participate with Kintera's work Out of Power Tower, which is a four-meter tower made of used batteries with a telling name. It outlines an apocalyptic landscape left by humanity's destructive approach to its environment, states the museum.
The second project, Litopiy, responds to the boom of cryptocurrencies and new blockchain technologies in the form of a poly-screen projection. It depicts a utopian community living near a lithium deposit, whose life is defined by cryptocurrency and smart contracts on the blockchain under the surveillance of satellites. The utopia presents a universal story about power, technology, resources, and people.
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