Contemporary Czech Art in Berlin w/ Světlana Malinová and Marija Petrović

This episode of CCAiB delves into the world of contemporary art
and cultural initiatives with a Czech-German background, focusing
on the current exhibition Hours Against the Clock in KVOST
(Kunstverein Ost e. V.). Our today’s guests are Světlana Malinová
and Marija Petrović.


Světlana Malinová (*1997, Czech Republic) is a Prague-based
curator and cultural producer. Since 2022, she has served as the
artistic director of the Fotograf Festival and co-manages the
City Surfer Office, a multifunctional art space in Prague's
Žižkov district. She is the curator of the current exhibition
Hours Against the Clock in KVOST.


Marija Petrovic (*1992, Dnipro, Ukraine) is an artist,
researcher, and curator based in Berlin. She's currently pursuing
her Ph.D. project "Vulnerability" at HFBK, supported by the
Ernst-Ludwig Ehrlich Foundation. Marija's work explores human
interaction and memory complexities. She's a member of the
curatorial team at KVOST, promoting contemporary art from
Central- and Eastern Europe.


The exhibition Hours Against the Clock offers a glimpse into the
minds of two generations of Czech and Slovak artists and reflects
a shared Czechoslovak historical experience that spills over into
the present. Collective traumas and family memories are written
into the visual images. It features the artworks of Jan Durina,
Alena Kotzmannová, and Milan Mazúr.