Abstrakt
A catalogue of the HateFree? exhibitions. The concept of a series of exhibitions is based on the conviction that the dismal position of the Roma minority in our society is the result of a systematic failure of mechanisms that should ensure dignified living conditions for all people, regardless of the color of their skin or their ethnic origin.
Raging from inequalities in access to quality education and legal employment to racially motivated attacks, Roma in Central and Eastern Europe are fighting discrimination in many forms. Artists exhibiting in the project HateFree? stand on the side of those who are stigmatized because of their otherness.
They analyze the mechanisms that define certain group as inferior or socially excluded and show the danger of escalation of hatred in our society. At the same time they demonstrate the belief in the symbolic power of the artistic gesture of solidarity and its concrete effect outside the narrowly defined world of art.
The catalogue presents works exhibited in the course of five exhibitions organised by the following institutions and galleries: Museum of Romani Culture, Brno: October 13th, 2017- February 25th, 2018 Nitra Gallery, Nitra: March 8th - April 30th, 2018 Artwall Gallery, Prague: June 1st - August 13th, 2018 Labor Gallery, Budapest: June 19th - July 15th, 2018 CCA Kronika, Bytom: September 29th - November 9th, 2018. Exhibition HateFree? is a follow-up of the HateFree project responding to an increase in hateful attitudes toward minorities in the Czech Republic.