Frantz Fanon –Black Skin, White Masks.
publication - navigation series / Post-colonial Thought I /
The Czech translation of Black Skin, White Masks is the first ever Czech translation of Frantz Fanon’s book.
Black Skin, White Masks is a fundamental source text in the fight against racism, since it unveils the psychological mechanisms of race segregation, which had their direct expression in the cultural, social, political and economic structures of colonial societies.
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launch of the book Frantz Fanon –Black Skin, White Masks
launch of the book and a screening of the film /
20.12. 2011 6 p.m.
tranzitdisplay
Dittrichova 9, Praha, CZ
The Czech translation of Black Skin, White Masks is the first ever Czech translation of Frantz Fanon’s book.
The event is accompanying by a screening of the film by Isaac Julien: Franzt Fanon, Black Skin White Mask, 1996
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Boris Ondreička: Hi! Lo.
tranzit artis´s book series /
Two books in one contain the book one of comprehensive poem/text titled John Doe & Joe Bloggs written by the author on this ocasion in 2011 and the book two titled Spoken Word / Written World bringing retrospectively together selected experimental texts (autonomous artworks, „theoretical performances“, visual poems, list of titles / neologisms...) of the artist, singer and curator Boris Ondreička.
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Dominik Lang:The Sleeping City,
The publication is published as part of the Dominik Lang exhibition The Sleeping City, held in the Pavilion of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic at the 54th International Art Exhibition – La biennale di Venezia in Italy 2011.
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Two international awards
We would like to inform you about two international awards for the book "Atlas of transformation" (Czech version) and "Atlas of Transformation" (English version), published by tranzit.cz, editors Zbynek Baldrán, Vit Havranek, graphic designer: Adela Svobodova.
“Atlas of Transformation“ (English version) – The Most Beautiful Swill Books of the year 2010; The Swill Federal Office of Culture, Zurich (ch)
„Atlas transformace“ (Czech version ) GOLD MEDAL – The Best Book Design from all over the World of the year 2010; The Stiftung Buchkunst, Leipzig (de)
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John Cage: Silence
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John Cage: Silence
first, unique Czech translation
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Sung Hwan Kim: When Things Are Done Again
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Sung Hwan Kim
artist´s book
published in the occasion of the exhibition
Sung Hwan Kim:
A Still Window From Two or More Places
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Atlas of transformation
Monument to transformation /
An extensive publication entitled Atlas of Transformation accompanies The Monument to transformation Exhibition
(28.05.-30.08.09´ Municipal Library Prague)
This book Atlas of Transformation with almost 900 pages is a sort of global guidebook of transformation processes.
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Jiří David - Nikdo jiný, zatím nic
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The fifth volume of tranzit navigation series.
Author´s texts, including the period about 20 years. Essays, texts, poems and many others....
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Pavel Humhal: Osobní a veřejné
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forth volume in tranzit navigation series.
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Kateřina Šedá: For Every Dog a Different Master
publication - artists´books series /
A project breaking the conventions.
Based on Šedá´s work for Documenta 12, this book documents a complex and long-term project realized in Nova Líšeň, Brno, Czech Republic, where the artist lives.
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laboratoř, catalogue, 2002 - , cut-up posters size 418 x 582mm
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issued for the laboratoř exhibition in tranzitdisplay gallery
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Slavoj Žižek: Did somebody say totalitarism?
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First Czech translation of Slavoj Žižek´s book Did somebody say totalitarism?
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Kateřina Šedá *1977
publication - artist ´s books series /
This book brings together the first complete survey of projects by the young Czech artist Kateřina Šedá (b. 1977). The artist’s book is in the form of a box containing 10 folders which completely document each project (diagrams, graphs, drawings, texts, photographs, questionnaires) that Kateřina Šedá carried out from 1999–2007.
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Václav Stratil: I’m History
publication - artists´books series /
Second volume of the artists´ books series, focusing on Central and Eastern Europe artists.
In a unique fashion, the book presents and comments on a selection from seven photographic cycles by the Czech performer, photographer, musician and painter Václav Stratil (b. 1950).
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Autobiographies
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Autobiographies is the catalogue of third part or “act” in a series of exhibitions taking place in Bratislava (I Narrow Focus, June —August, 2005, Tranzit), Prague (I Já, May—June, 2006, Futura Gallery) and Vienna (Ich I Performative Ontology, September-November 2006, Secession) with a somewhat different constellation of artists in each, while its core, or perhaps the thematic sphere it contains, remains the same.
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Ján Mančuška: Absent
publication - artists´books series /
Absence is the third volume of the Tranzit series published in cooperation with Swiss publisher JRP-Ringier. The series focuses on significant figures of contemporary fine arts in Central and Eastern Europe.
The book presents a complete overview of the art projects completed from 2003 – 2007 of one of the most successful Czech artist of the young generation, Ján Mančuška (1971).
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Jiří Kovanda: Action and Installation 2005-1976
publication - artists´books series /
This book is the first complete edition of the actions, installations and interventions (1976-2005) of Jiří Kovanda.
The design of the book replicates the A4 pages, with photographs and typewritten texts attached, which the artist used in the 1970s and 1980s as his exhibition documentation.
The book won a prize (the second position) in Czech competition Most Beautiful Czech Book of the Year 2006
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Posters by Post
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works – projects – manifestos - new maps – the revolutions of everyday life
a series of artist posters, that will present exceptional individuals, projects or works related to our activities
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The Need to Document
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The turn of the documentary
The book The Need to Document attempts to make out the backgrounds leading to this turn towards documentation, as well as the thematic focuses and concerns associated with this new documentary stance.
The interests of new documentary working methods in art remain reflectively close to the inherent laws of all known documentary channels, but additionally assert their own special features and logic.
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Hakim Bey: Temporary Autonomous Zone
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The first complete translation of a significant work on the history and present state of anarchy and parallel social structures.
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Nicolas Bourriaud: Postproduction
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First Czech translation of Nicolas Bourriard´s texts, the French curator and art theoretician.
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