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Mirrors. Relations of opposite horizons

Photo: Adam Sakovy
Photo: Adam Sakovy
Photo: Adam Sakovy
Photo: Adam Sakovy
Photo: Adam Sakovy
Photo: Adam Sakovy
Photo: Adam Sakovy
Photo: Adam Sakovy
Photo: Adam Sakovy
Photo: Adam Sakovy
Photo: Adam Sakovy
Photo: Adam Sakovy
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    • Mirrors. Relations of opposite horizons
    • Zrcadla. Souvislosti protilehlých horizontů
  • 1973
  • self-published book, 16 b&w prints
  • 21,2 × 15,1 cm
Chatrný’s 25 self-published volumes from the 1969–73 period—created in reaction to the limited possibilities in terms of exhibiting and publishing in the wake of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968—document the conceptualization and dematerialization of Chatrný’s work at that time. Each of these A5-format works, designed with a cover and containing loose sheets, was produced in small numbers by Chatrný’s brother Ivan on the offset printer of the School of Arts and Crafts in Brno. Each focused on resolving a particular riddle. “Mirrors. Links between Opposite Horizons,” consisting of seventeen sheets, includes both utopian projects in natural settings—such as mirrors shaped like a cloud or the sun and reflecting their environs—and Chatrný’s later-to-be-realized projects consisting of land-art performances featuring things such as a system of circular mirrors at the horizon mirroring the opposite horizon. K.C.