ANNA VÁCOVÁ / Protection against the city
Project called “Protection against the city” was created at the Technical University of Prague under the direction of sculptor Marian Karel and Josef Šafařík. Collection of universal human covers represents the beginning of my efforts to create a multi-functional unisex protective barriers for humans, make them feel safe and comfortable.
,,The implosion of the world population into cities everywhere is creating a series of destructive behavioral sinks more lethal than the hydrogen bomb. Man is faced with a chain reaction and practically no knowledge of the structure of the cultural atoms producing it. If what is known about animals when they are crowded or moved to an unfamiliar biotope is at all relevant to mankind, we are now facing some terrible consequences in our urban sinks. Studies of ethology and comparative proxemics should alert us to the dangers ahead as our rural populations pour into urban centers. The adjustment of these people is not just economic but involves an entire way of life.” - E.T.Hall
anna.vacova@centrum.cz
