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Il faut cultiver notre jarden
14|7-21|7|2018

As part of the 4th annual cooperative gallery summer program, this year inspired by Voltaire’s Candide, hunt kastner will be hosting projects by Paul Chaney, Jiří Thýn, Věra Novaková and Veronika Svobodová in the gallery, and projects and events with Anna Hulačová, Tomáš Uhnák and Jolanta Nowaczyk/Alexandra Ivanciu outside of the gallery walls.

“Unabashed optimism is an integral part of our constant effort to cultivate our immediate environment. We create gardens on our balconies, take care of even the smallest free space in front of our homes and even put up beehives on our rooftops. We try to create our own perfect world, while fighting against the pressure that overpopulation imposes on our resources, balancing between the positives and negatives of this incredible, yet harmful, consumer life. We are always chasing after happiness and looking for new ways to cultivate our own bodies and souls which brings us to Voltaire’s Candide and his famous yet troubling phrase ‘il faut cultiver notre jardin’. Is it satire? Is he saying we should focus on the individual as this is all that we can ultimately do? Or does focusing on the individual bring about gradual improvements in society at large? Where and how do we find a balance?”
(Jan Vítek & Tereza Havlovicová, curators)

for full program see:
https://nbw2018.tumblr.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/215765532390976/

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hunt kastner, Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

Paul Chaney, The Hypothetical Re-territorialisation of Žižkov, hunt kastner Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

presentation of "Garden", a new book by Jiří Thýn, with texts by Tomáš Pospišzyl and Chris Sharp, published by NAMU Press, Prague, 2018 hunt kastner, Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

Veronika Svobodová, Place to Place, hunt kastner projekt_room Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

Jolanta Nowaczyk & Alexandra Ivanciu, There's just something about that place that makes me go wild, Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

Kristina Láníková, Reflection over Pronouns, Bistro8 Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

Multi sensory botany, in cooperation with haenke, Drdova Gallery, Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

Multi_sensory botany, in cooperation with haenke, Drdova Gallery, Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

Multi sensory botany, in cooperation with haenke, Drdova Gallery, Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

Multi_sensory botany, in cooperation with haenke, Drdova Gallery, Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

Street gardening - an atypical walk in the steps of the notorious Žižkov guerilla gardeners, Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

Ondřej Vicena, HD blue light, Nau Gallery, Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

Adéla Waldhauserová & Jiří Pitrmuc, Studio Visit, Roxy Nails Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

BCCA system, Right from here everything is flickering, City Surfer Office, Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

opening party, hunt kastner, Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

Anna Hulačová & beekeeper Jiří Cafourka (site-specific presentation) at Raiffeisen Savings Bank, Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

Tomáš Uhnák, The Loneliness of Solitude in the Oasis of Exclusion, (site-specific installation), Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

Rafani, Landlock Country, Soundtrack for the exhibition, performance, Nevan Contempo, Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018

presentation of "Garden", a new book by Jiří Thýn, with texts by Tomáš Pospišzyl and Chris Sharp, published by NAMU Press, Prague, 2018 hunt kastner, Neighbourhood Boogie Woogie, 2018