AFO: Visual Noise

TUE | 3. 8. | 8 P.M. | SEFO | FREE ENTRY

The monitoring and identification of visual noise will also continue in the summer. How do we obtain and record the data?  How do we receive it and when does it become information? The cycle includes lectures, a workshop and screenings.

Czech flag.online

The flag is a mundane object that is crying out for rediscovery. Best in Design winners Julie Dítětová and Jáchym Moravec have created the first detailed manual for the Czech flag, an interactive presentation on how to fold it and fly it. And about the possible existence of a secret cabal of flag people.

Her Name was Europa

Aurochs is the name given to the wild ancestor of modern cattle. The aurochs has the distinction of being the first documented case of extinction. The last known wild aurochs died in the Jaktorów Forest in Poland in 1627. Hunting and the introduction of domesticated cattle led to their decline and disappearance. Their value, however, derived not just from them being a source of sustenance. Traits that were attributed to the animal, such as speed, strength, and courage, imbued it with great symbolic power. Some of their body parts were ascribed with supernatural powers. The skin of the forehead and a cross-shaped bone inside the heart were prized for their magical properties. Those who carried them became possessors of the animal’s traits.
In the 20th century efforts to bring back the Aurochs from extinction began to materialize.

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