The Museum is open 11:00 – 20:00
Cinema is closed now
The Museum is open 11:00 – 20:00
Cinema is closed now
Lecture
From the Strongholds of Sleep: Photography and Politics in Czechoslovak Surrealism. A lecture by Krzysztof Fijalkowski
23.10.2026 18:00–19:30
An event as part of the exhibition's accompanying program In the Very Bowels of Changes: Surrealism and Antifascism
LOCATION
Auditorium
LANGUAGE
English
ADMISSION
Free thanks to a partnership with Audi Polska
Czechoslovakia and Czechia have a particularly rich history of surrealist photography in the years since the formation of the Czechoslovak Surrealist Group in 1934. This history includes long periods of repressive political rule, during which photographers had to seek new strategies to express critique or resistance, and to witness the concrete irrationality of their times.
This presentation will discuss key examples of works from the 1940s to the 1980s and beyond, spanning photomontage, darkroom experiments and especially documentary photography to reflect upon the tensions between politics, freedom and day-to-day material reality.