The aim of this project is to map the common history of Czechs and Slovaks in the 20th century. Attention, however, is given to the present and future of both countries.
The project is divided into five posters. The first four are divided into two parts. The first part shows Czechoslovakia when it was successful. The second part shows the shadowy side of this nation. The last fifth poster focuses on the future of both countries, which are now divided into two separate republics. This one does not express a certain prediction, the reader of this artwork has to answer where the two republics are heading.
poster number one - "Fight, it is not a humanity," said Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia. 1918 (the founding of Czechoslovak state) vs. 1938 (Munich Betrayal).
poster number TWO - The end of World War II in this country (1945, associated with the fight for radio) VS. February 1948, Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia (the transition from democracy to totality).
poster number THREE - The Prague Spring (a period of political liberalization during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union) began in January 1968 and continued until 21 August 1968 when the Soviet Union and other members of the Warsaw Pact invaded the country to halt the reforms. Outcome: Normalization.
poster number four - The Velvet Revolution (1989) VS. Frustration (present).
poster number five - Think about the past and you will know the future.
