UNES-CO

Alternate Titles

• Company catalog and interim report on the organization's activities
• UNES-CO

Description

The depopulation of historic city centers and the local residents' relocation to the outskirts is one negative effect of increasing tourism, and Cesky Krumlov and Venice have not remained untouched by it. Artist Kateřina Šedá's fictitious UNES-CO company tries to reverse this trend by gradually warming up city centers with human life. In Cesky Krumlov, "normal" residents will return to the historic city center, where they will live in several houses and apartments for a period of three months (1 June-31 August), performing activities that are commonplace elsewhere. To this end, the UNES-CO company will not only offer them accommodations, but most importantly will also pay them a wage for carrying out NORMAL LIFE in the city center. The seat of the UNES-CO company will be in the Czech and Slovak Pavilion in Venice. At the company's reception desk, visitors will be able to leaf through catalogues offering normal activities and watch a broadcast from Cesky Krumlov, where a test-run of this "warming-up" of the streets will take place. The aim of the project is not only to draw attention to this phenomenon, but above all to produce specific solutions for such affected areas. Exhibition: Czech & Slovak Pavilion, 16th Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy (26.05. - 25.11.2018). The depopulation of historic city centers and the local residents? relocation to the outskirts is one negative effect of increasing tourism, and Cesky Krumlov and Venice have not remained untouched by it. Artist Katerina Sedá?s fictitious UNES-CO company tries to reverse this trend by gradually?warming up? city centers with human life.0In Cesky Krumlov,?normal? residents will return to the historic city center, where they will live in several houses and apartments for a period of three months (1 June? 31 August), performing activities that are commonplace elsewhere. To this end, the UNES-CO company will not only offer them accommodations, but most importantly will also pay them a wage for carrying out NORMAL LIFE in the city center.0The seat of the UNES-CO company will be in the Czech and Slovak Pavilion in Venice. At the company?s reception desk, visitors will be able to leaf through catalogues offering normal activities and watch a broadcast from Cesky Krumlov, where a test-run of this?warming-up? of the streets will take place. The aim of the project is not only to draw attention to this phenomenon, but above all to produce specific solutions for such affected areas.00Exhibition: Czech & Slovak Pavilion, 16th Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy (26.05. - 25.11.2018).

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