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NEUSTADT construktion of urban life 18.-21. February 2003
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Pode Bal
PROJECTS
1) „Parliament prohibition“
This first project of the group consisted of a collection of posters commenting on and analysing a proposed “anti-drug” legislature; exhibited in the Parliament of the Czech Republic durring the third reading of the proposal. The posters were then exposed at the Gallery MXM in Prague and other galleries in the Czech Republic. (1998)

2) „Extreme Campaign“
A street poster campaign at the time of Parliament ellections in the Czech Republic; thematically a reaction upon the growth of popularity of extreme political parties - the comunists and nacionalists. (1998)

3) „Akce ceské ruce“ (Action Czech Hands)
Exhibition of posters for the 30th anniversary of the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia; exposed at the theater U Hradeb in Prague. (1998)

4) „Larger Amount of State Drugs “
Exhibition of posters at the Gallery of the University of Applied Arts in Prague and a lecture on visual comunication in Prague’s Rudolfinum Gallery; the exhibit then toured the Czech Republic. (1999)

5) „TGM Chicken“
Installation project at the Gallery MXM in Prague. (1999)

6) „CZ 99“
Participation in the exposition Czech Conceptual and Installational Art of the 90s. (1999)

7) „EUtopia“
Diaprojection and poster installation; project introduced at The First Austrotel Contemporary Art Fair, Vienna. (1999)

8) „Malík urvi / Gen - Gallery of Established Nomenclature“
Installation project; Vaclav Špála Gallery, Prague; the exhibit then toured the Czech Republic and Slovakia. (2000)

9) „EUtopia“
Videoinstallation, shown within the context of the group exhibition Junge Tschechische Kunst, NBK, Berlin. (2000)

10) „Art standing“
Workshop at the Ibero-American University; exhibition at the UNAM University, Mexico City, Mexico. (2000)

11) „Enough Smoke?“
Participation on a group exhibition. Gallery Mánes, Prague. (2000)

12) „Pay per view“
Installation project with a follow-up workshop;. Gallery NoD. Prague. (2001)

13) „Institucionalized Art“
Guerilla installation at the fascade and inside of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the National Gallery in Prague. (2002)

14) „Extradi(c)tion“
Participation on a group exhibition. Museu da Água. Lisabon. (2002)

15) „Zimmer Frei“
Installation project presented at the International Exhibition of Political Art - Politik-Um, New Angagement; courtyard and Gallery of the Prague Castle, Prague. (2000)

16) „Lidé lidem“
Ongoing interactive project, street and gallery installation presented at the International Exhibition of Political Art - Politik-Um, New Angagement; courtyard and Gallery of the Prague Castle, Prague. (2000)

17) „Crossdressing“
Guerilla installation on the Monument of the Victims of Communism, Prague. (2002)

18) Transindex conference
Exhibition at the international conference about media and contemporary arts; conference participation. Cluj. (2002)
19) „Verni zústaneme“ (Faithfull We Shall Remain)
Official unveilment of the bust of Edvard Benes. Guerilla installation of monument in Zítkovy sady - a small city square, Prague. (2002)


CONTACT
podebal@podebal.cz.
Pode Bal, Ditrichova 13, Praha 2, 120 00
MEMBERS
Petr Motycka, Michal Šiml, Antonín Kopp, Hana Valihorová, Martin Krpec, Leos Válka, Vladimír Vopat.