Fire Mountain (art project)
Fire Mountain is a project by the artist Epos 257 from 2019, whose central theme is the phenomena of homelessness and excluded localities.[1]
Motivation to create the project[edit]
Epos 257 himself states that he was encouraged to carry out the project by a repeated stay on the peripheries based on his former graffiti activities. Subsequently, the artist's interest turned directly to the people who inhabit the geographically and socially marginal parts.[2]
The monument[edit]
On June 4, 2019, a monument near the former homeless settlement called Dýmová hora was unveiled by artist Epos 257. The author made with one of its former inhabitants, Marcel, a trained stonemason. The work has the form of a large stone, on which stands a copper inscription FIRE MOUNTAIN, WE WERE HERE, WE LIVED HERE, WE ARE NO LONGER HERE, GOODBYE.[3]
The exhibition[edit]
The exhibition part of the project took place at the end of 2019 in the Museum of the Capital City of Prague and in the spring of 2020 in the Museum of the City of Bratislava. Through a museum presentation of an extensive collection of original artefacts, it offered visitors an insight into the lives of people who recently lived in the Fire Mountains.[4] In addition to the artefacts and detailed facts, it also contained audio recordings of many interviews with locals, but also a summary of legends and myths that Epos 257 collected during a several-week stay at the site.[5] The exhibition also included a model of the original model of the Fire Mountain, which is now home to luxury apartment buildings, a kindergarten and a garden with a playground.[6]
The book[edit]
The planned book recapitulates long-term artistic research to put it into a broader context. In addition to interviews with former inhabitants of the settlement, it also offers contributions from experts on the issue.[7]
The conference[edit]
On the occasion of the Dýmová hora project, a conference WITHOUT POWER: a topography of exclusion and neglect took place on 13 November 2019 in the Museum of the Capital City of Prague. The all-day meeting included theoretical and historical lectures from various fields, panel debates, interviews with people who have experience with homeless life, as well as presentations by artists and examples of projects related to homelessness.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ "EPOS 257: Dýmová hora - Muzeum Prahy". muzeumprahy.cz.
- ↑ https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/kultura/2795501-domov-pro-bezdomovce-umelec-epos-257-se-vraci-na-dymovou-horu
- ↑ televize, Česká. "Domov pro bezdomovce. Umělec Epos 257 se vrací na Dýmovou horu". ČT24 - Nejdůvěryhodnější zpravodajský web v ČR - Česká televize.
- ↑ Studio, Truben. "Epos 257 - Dymová hora". Ultrafialova.
- ↑ "Účel nesvätí prostriedky". March 13, 2020.
- ↑ "Z Dýmové hory se kouřilo nonstop. Umělec Epos 257 představuje moderní pražskou chudobu | Kultura". Lidovky.cz. June 11, 2019.
- ↑ wdf@wdf.cz, (c) 2013-2021 WDF s r o-. "EPOS 257: Dýmová hora". https://www.prazskypatriot.cz. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "BEZ-MOCI: místopis vyloučení a přehlížení - KONFERENCE - Muzeum Prahy". muzeumprahy.cz.
External links[edit]
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