Utopia as Escapism, Escapism as Protest: Exploring the radical art and architecture of 1968 - 1989 Czechoslovakia, the case for VAL collective

Radical experimentation, formal plurality, and oscillation between architecture and visual arts permeated the 50s and 60s generation of architects and artists on both sides of the politically divided Europe. Central and Eastern European examples from this period are often undervalued, if addressed at all, both by Western European standards and...