It tells a lot about the different Member States, but it has nothing to do with the Europe as a whole. The author probably failed to understand that the Council deals with matters concerning Europe as a whole (especially the common European market) rather than the internal affaires of the various States represented.
I think this is a great piece of satirical artwork, maybe as great as Candide or Gulliver's Travels. If only they'll makie it less offensive to Bulgarians....
I wonder if they bring out free chocolate in the EU Parliament every time there's a session....
Hahaha, this is great, EE still has humour, we are poor and have shit economy (thanks for Soviet Union) but at least we bring some new to the tired old westies ;)
Cheers from Hungary (and Mr Cerny thank you for the fair stereotype, I think we are lucky with that:))
@HailToTheSkunk How many times Englend have win WC. Just 1, Italy 4 times and they are most succesfull european nation. Btw : GB doesnt play fotball like GB but like England, Scotland and so on.. And Italy looks like leg with ball(Sicily)..
@Coffeecrab: At 0:45 it is Czech republic. There was a display on the blue model. The display showed text: "It is OUR president, we elected him for us, so let's show him to the whole world with a pleasure in a soul. He is a shark(= someone who can do a lot of thinks), not only on skis. " Cerny wanted to show, the Czech rep. was under the influence of the president. Now the situation is different.
It is true that in Poland, officially the church is against homosexuality, and every second of the priests are gay. When I finally Poland will become a country of tolerance ... ? Such as Germany, England and the Netherlands. We are in the European Uni on, we become the country such as Russia or Ukraine
The truth hurts! It looks like a third graders art project and it was made by the czech artist who lied to the EU. He had them believe all member state artists had contributed to the ideas! It is hardly art!
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The facts! This artist cheated the entire EU comittee, had them believe he was selling the ideas of all Eu member state top artists and used a whole load of EU MONEY to sell his views on EU and get his 15 minutes of fame!
How very cheap! how very czech! This kind of art work does not belong in Brussels! At best it can find place in some gallery in Prague!
@DaNo07HK I completely agree, but with a difference - that i would switch "europhiles" for "eurosceptics" in your sentence, believe me, "our" president Klaus is one of them and he hates this piece of art...
@catadeluxe Slovakia is packaged because nobody knows what is inside. And is bound by hungary tricolor because Hungarians are still dreaming about Great Hungary which part Slovakia was before WW1. And hungarian politics talk about rights of minorities, but everyone knows that it is about Hungarians living on south of Slovakia. And they want always more and more. And it is problem make progress when you are packed to hungarian tricolor...
@ohorok2 damn, same shit in Romania... only in a much larger surface. Transylvania has a few hungarians... and they say OMG, SOO MANY ( not even 10% of the total populaion), TRANSYLVANIA NEEDS TO BE HUNGARIAN.
SEcuiesc region also... they are some dumb people, no neighbourds like then; Poles like them, because hungarians are lying about technology progress and stuf... but mongolians can't do no good, you know
yes, you are, goddamned europeans.....buncha halfwits, europastan!!!You let the demonic Musselmen come in and take over, dont reproduce, in 20 yrs, another Hitler will show up, stupid "progressive' fucktards
it's official - you are absolutely pathetic. This is the thing about Europe - we can discuss and debate, not only offend others, when their opinion differs from the one we have...
Personally, I find it a little bit offensive. I do agree that it's a extraordinary piece of art - a piece that provokes, and stirrs strong reactions, but is it what we need from modern art? EU should be about finding common points, not about finding stereotypes, and constantly reminding about the past. And though the work was innovative and interesting (showing our European mess), I don't think it was a good choice for Czech presidency symbol.
super, diese Installation! Präzise auf den Punkt gebracht, vor allem die Mohammed-Lego-Karikatur, der Hitler-hat-die-Autobahn-gebaut-Teil und das Polen-Stück
From BG. David Černý have fuck humor and amerika is the gratest shit in the world. every body i know talks about americans like fat and stupid people. you have no history you fuckers. if you knew bulgarian history and that we were nearly 5 centuries in ottoman(turkish) rule. of course there are fuck turkish people in our land. but the russians camed in the end of 19 century and saved us from turkish people and the will kick your ass in the third world war you fuck nation.
Well I remember Havier Solana as the greatest Warmonger and for bombing of innocent childrena and women in Yougoslavia 1999! Not a sign of a Humane being in this Best Havier Solana. Now this person rules alone both USA, NATO and ES!
Набеждавани и преследвани, убивани при "арест" или в килиите, те стават жертва на новия лов на вещици, който вилнее днес из Сърбия. Това са сръбските водачи, които защитаваха народа си в гражданските войни, разпалени от САЩ.
"I think it is really pathetic to portray Germany with HITLER symbols!"
Untrue. D.Cerny say he never intended to display swastika, but he found it interesting that some people see it in the art - which by his words just prooves the high level of prejudices. For example me - I never seen swastika in it, until people full of prejudices said it is swastika, which it is not.
"come on now, every body knows Germans are mean as hell"
lol, really?
Does the germany torture people? No, ur country does. Did the germans invaded like 50 countries in last 50 years? nope, u did. Come on now, we all know u r bunch of hypocrites.
as a matter of fact, we all know they did torture people and they did invade the entire world TWICE. in fact they invented torture especially in WWII. Did you visit German concentration camps? I beleive they wrote the book on concentration camps and torture. the rest of us? are just reading it.
Come on now, just mention someone the world SS, or Gestapo and you' ll see their faces freak out. and as for Hitler, at least in my country is equivalent to... Satan.
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we dont invade, neither torture. we are just flexing our muscles. this works to show those countries like Germany, imperial japan, communist North Korea, China who they invaded Tibet, Russia, Iraq, Pakistan, Iran, etc, etc that they should clean their act and act nicely, or else...
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I' m sure nobody wants another confrontation with US. We' ll bring the war to them if they try to bring the war to us. that' s what we did with germany, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
and this time, I' m sure we' ll turn the vietnamese, or somalians into compost from 5,000 miles away, should they try to be aggressive. in fact, it is us who keep the law & order in the world.
Excuse me, but if Abhu Graib was just flexing muscles I don't want to know what a hit looks like.
And by the way: I am German.
I know about my country's past, my ancestor's past for that matter.
If someone mentions the third reich, or the second world war I don't "freak out" it's not as if we deny our fault.
I'd say most Germans, and all germans that have the tiniest bit of common sense, are 100% against fascism, and condemn what happened between 1933 and 1945.
Dumn ass yank... lets discuss manifest destiny and the anhialation of millions of native americans.. while we're at it lets look at Chile, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, the Philipines, The opium trade and China... and if you think Manifest Destiny has passed lets look at Brzezinski and place his books in the current US admin... Eurasia your next!!!
Anyone who thinks any part of this piece is insulting is a moron. It's absolutely brilliant & hilarious. The whole point of it was to shove stereotypes into our faces and get us laughing at each other. If Bulgaria can't deal with the fact that south eastern Europe is seen by the rest of the world as a toilet, then that's their fault. At least the toilets are clean in the art piece! In reality, the squat toilets in S.E. Europe are disgusting haha (I'm from S.E. Europe, so I know).
I personally don't like this kind of 'art'. It's just another crazy project of crazy David. Still, as a temporary exhibit, it's quite an interesting sight for travellers this year.
To mrkv4k: I think what ElbeRiver means is that you can trace an 'S' from those crossing hiroads. However, Hiter's symbol is DOUBLE S... and I don't think the artists associated it with SS deliberately, the two are not much alike.
As a piece of art, I don't like it, but as a means of expression and as critics I really enjoy it, except for the toilet part, that one was either ignorant or pretty malitious, but apart from that one, I think the rest push us to think and remove the prejudices once and for all.
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To Inekcija:Once you join EU, you can claim this issue in the Court in Strasburg. And I am sure you will win, if it is as you describe. And I will be happy for you. And as a Czech I hope you will become the EU members soon! Then I will sing together with my beloved brothers_ Majka na Marike dumase... Marike kerko Marike...zemi go kerko Djordija, Djordija, pervi bekrija...
Its a turkish styled toilet, the turks dont sit down...they do that kind of "biz" while standing...its at 2:53 in the video...You can see the footsteps...
as I said the stereotypes are very well choosen in order to provocate...I dont like the lying of the artists about the origins of the ideas..thats not good behaviour...but anyhow I had a good laugh except of the toilet stuff
and of course the satire is very capitalized here in that artwork...The czechs love people like this... and I like the artwork because it looks at Europe in a very open way. Anyhow as I stated earlier, satire is good, but I really dont like the toilet picture everything else is kind of funny cause it looks somehow backstage ;o)
First of all I had a good laugh as I saw the artwork. At a closer look, at some countries, I was a bit concerned about the intention. Czechs love controverse people, but not in terms of offending or insulting, they love people who dont stay in line and follow strict orders and rites. And concerning the german part of the artwork: it shows a deformed symbol which stood for terror, fashism and raccism, genocide, that symbol is deformed, defect and builded now with streets
streets which do connect the people the countries and the nations. So some could evensee it as a kind of a compliment. Out of the fallen, crashed, deformed symbol of horror now comes the symbol for traffic, together, linkage between all folks. I certainly dont know the real intention of the artist, but looking to the other projects David Černý does its no surprise at all. Anyhow I do not feel insulted by this artwork. Anyhow I dont like the toilet linkage to any country in the world
Though polls have shown in both Europe AND Turkey ( population 72 million ) that a majority are against Turkey joining the EU....public opinion is being ignored ( as usual ) by Brussels.
The Lisbon Treaty insists that all states should expand their "military capabilities" ( page 39 ), and Turkey's membership will make the planned EU military machine LARGER than that of the U.S.A.!
What for and with whose money ?
Our money !
Vote in June's European elections for democracy and peace.
Artistically and ironically excellent... Is one of the most interesting critics about the EU... I think it would help us to demolish the barriers created by stereotypes, as the autor pretended...
I love this work and I'd like it would help us to grow up as Europeans :)
Can somebody start to speak about human rights in EU. Why EU dont respect human rigts of Macedonians who living in Greece and Bulgaria. Why Macedonians in EU in documents must have other names from his names. From example from Aleksandar Ivanovski in documents must be Aleksandros Gianakis. For Macedonians who living in EU is prohibet to speak in his mather language. Is prohibet to learn to macedonian in schools. INcredible how this happends in 21th century. SHAME FOR YOU EU!
Macedonia is not a country, Macedonia is a part of Greece. The country who wants to have the name "Macedonia" has the official name of FYROM. Macedonia from the ancient times was occupied by greek people ( people with greek education and culture).
Why people there in FYROM try to create history from the history of other nations. Look what your origins are, search YOUR history and do not create one
I checked the history and it seems Fyrom has right to use the name Macedonia. Aegean Macedonia (Greek Macedonia) Pirin Macedonia ( Bulgarian Macedonia)
Vardar Macedonia (the Republic of Macedonia = today's fyrom)
Seems to me FYROM has full right to use tha name Republic of Macedonia, while greece have rights on greek macedonia. Why does it matter anyway? Greeks wanna start calling own country Macedonia? I like "Greece" more though.
Protest ? European Charter of Fundamental Rights. Article 2 states: 1. Everyone has the right to life. The paragraphs of interest are the footnotes: (a) Article 2(2) of the ECHR: Deprivation of life shall not be regarded as inflicted in contravention of this Article when it results from the use of force (a) In defence.. (b) Lawful arrest. (c) in action lawfully taken for the purpose of quelling a riot or insurrection. Can live ammunition be used against a peaceful "insurrection" ?
I hope they won´t get Cerny to bow down and say he was wrong, but they probably did already. Czechs make nuisance, rebel, are unserious about the so called serious matters, but finaly we never stand for ourselves and for what we do. Generaly speaking.
Je to prostě jedinečný, a myslim, že to dílo a celá ta situace vystihuje český švejkovský rebelantství úplně výborně. Stavim se za Entropu at´si kdo chce co chce. Co jsem se dozvěděl, že se tohle stalo, sem se nepřestal smát, a jsem vděčnej za ten kus opravdovosti.
Hahahahah, I've just saw JenicekUK commentary: "turkish toilet (SHAIT HOLE) is actualy much more higiyenic, than our modern world toilets." How is that? How can a "SHAIT HOLE" be better than a toilet? :))) hahah
No matter what they say, the whole installation is cool and interesting. The description that was one their web-site is very funny too. "As a result of the global and local political, economic and cultural situation, the GRAA group has gone on strike indefinitely." it's a description of the French part :)
He did a pretty good job with Entropa. Shame that so many Europeans completely lack any sense of humour! Ok, that Bulgarian part was a bit over the top, but still...
This is just a joke, nothing else :) And actually, I like it. Mostly it's making fun of our Czech Republic :) Because the author perfectly cheated contract, government and bureaux. And did that with honor :D
Who is the one that is missing in the top left corner?
gavmcguinness8024 9 months ago
@gavmcguinness8024 It is Britain
Stefa2012 8 months ago
@Stefa2012 Any idea what the artist is suggesting there?
gavmcguinness8024 8 months ago
@gavmcguinness8024 It´s because of in whole history Britain keeps away from Europe.
Stefa2012 8 months ago
No Sweden.. :(
12345678909269 10 months ago
@12345678909269 it's there! it's the big ikea box at 2:00!
RusNad 10 months ago
@RusNad Ahhhh.. didnt see it first haha
12345678909269 10 months ago
@12345678909269 Guess whats inside. Jas-39 Gripen :)
baxa007 4 months ago
@baxa007 best plane ever ! ^^ got some of them in sicily now for fighting that arab dictator dude
12345678909269 4 months ago
@12345678909269 Sweden=Ikea box...:D
MrDovolena 2 months ago
Only two countries I can´t understand their meanings are Czech rep. and Slovakia even I was born in Czechoslovakia :D
Waclaw111 10 months ago
@Waclaw111 the Czech map is a display but it's turned off in this video
Knightmetal 2 months ago
I'm sorry, but is there a swastika made of highways on germany or is it just me.... 0:28
shubinine 10 months ago
It tells a lot about the different Member States, but it has nothing to do with the Europe as a whole. The author probably failed to understand that the Council deals with matters concerning Europe as a whole (especially the common European market) rather than the internal affaires of the various States represented.
BaumerPaulGefreiter 11 months ago
Hmm Denmark with Muhammad, yeah sure it will be remembered for that forever:-(
I have never supported those drawings, and I sure understand why they burned my rag:-DDDDDD
Fuck EU and Jyllands Posten news paper
SuperAcab666 11 months ago
what are the czechs supposed to be ? didn't get it :|
muiebozgorilor 1 year ago
I don't get what gay priests have to do with Poland...... what, is it too conservative or what?
bbphnix 1 year ago
it's actually funny; it's art, why the debate?
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bbphnix 1 year ago
is that ireland with the bag pipes?
at 3:11?
0Geisha0 1 year ago
Fantastic!Congratulation Mr.Cerny!Zsolt from Hungary.
voroszsolt64 1 year ago
I think this is a great piece of satirical artwork, maybe as great as Candide or Gulliver's Travels. If only they'll makie it less offensive to Bulgarians....
I wonder if they bring out free chocolate in the EU Parliament every time there's a session....
dasmysteryman12 1 year ago
Proud to be fro CR :) this was a great joke :)
tarkurius 1 year ago
jo jo. český humor jen tak někdo nepobere. už ani čoboláci
tucnakzfloridy 1 year ago 2
minarets in holland! OUCH! That hurts!
lingardwillems 1 year ago
great job by David Cerny, czech artist
vintason 1 year ago
Denmark = Muhammed cartoon in lego's hehe :]
ikramofir 1 year ago
Hehe. Denmark made of lego's... :P
ikramofir 1 year ago
Uk is completely missing! <3 that lol
Wikkiter 1 year ago
POLAND - hahahahahhahaah!
it's great!
RaphaelVaughan 1 year ago
You are masters of IRL trolling. well done.
macchappy 1 year ago
So cheerful :)) Never the less, it's a great work of art, guys. Well done !
A big Transilvanian kiss for you all as a reward >:))
otonnis 1 year ago
great peace of work, how can anyone be offend by it ?? this is supposed to ease up the mood
NomsiKage 1 year ago 3
Hahaha, this is great, EE still has humour, we are poor and have shit economy (thanks for Soviet Union) but at least we bring some new to the tired old westies ;)
Cheers from Hungary (and Mr Cerny thank you for the fair stereotype, I think we are lucky with that:))
biziclop2 1 year ago
He should have included America, with a giant gun on it.
taxibandit13 1 year ago 2
@taxibandit13 Or, a giant police badge :]
ikramofir 1 year ago
This Sculpture insighted(incited)feelings and made us think,lets call it "ART"
mdlman583 1 year ago
Who speaks about Europe? This is ENT- Ropa.
Sparksaty 2 years ago
@Sparksaty It´s czech pun. The word for Europe is Evropa, so you can see that Entropa makes more sense in czech.
Rety001 1 year ago
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i dont get why Great Britain has elephants on it, we should of got the football on because thats where it originates..
my opinions are what a complete wast of money
HailToTheSkunk 2 years ago
UK is right here -> 3:32 See the empty space? The one with the hunter is Finland.
There is a description of Entropa on Wikipedia, you should read it before commenting. Geez.
seecore 2 years ago
@seecore lol fair enough
HailToTheSkunk 2 years ago
@HailToTheSkunk How many times Englend have win WC. Just 1, Italy 4 times and they are most succesfull european nation. Btw : GB doesnt play fotball like GB but like England, Scotland and so on.. And Italy looks like leg with ball(Sicily)..
ohorok2 1 year ago
Holland got trolled right where it hurts.
goombuster 2 years ago 7
0:45 Is that Austria? I don't get the joke.
Coffeecrab 2 years ago
it's the Czech it's cos what ever the e.u said they copy like a mirror
grant22310 2 years ago
@Coffeecrab: At 0:45 it is Czech republic. There was a display on the blue model. The display showed text: "It is OUR president, we elected him for us, so let's show him to the whole world with a pleasure in a soul. He is a shark(= someone who can do a lot of thinks), not only on skis. " Cerny wanted to show, the Czech rep. was under the influence of the president. Now the situation is different.
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Coffeecrab 2 years ago
It looks very cheesy...and it's kind of off-hand....
It only represents EU in terms of what this czech artist perceives as humorous...
taubheiten 2 years ago 3
It is true that in Poland, officially the church is against homosexuality, and every second of the priests are gay. When I finally Poland will become a country of tolerance ... ? Such as Germany, England and the Netherlands. We are in the European Uni on, we become the country such as Russia or Ukraine
wawa23tomek 2 years ago
The truth hurts! It looks like a third graders art project and it was made by the czech artist who lied to the EU. He had them believe all member state artists had contributed to the ideas! It is hardly art!
view587 2 years ago
this looks a third graders art project
Tripo1iSamson 2 years ago
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The facts! This artist cheated the entire EU comittee, had them believe he was selling the ideas of all Eu member state top artists and used a whole load of EU MONEY to sell his views on EU and get his 15 minutes of fame!
How very cheap! how very czech! This kind of art work does not belong in Brussels! At best it can find place in some gallery in Prague!
Shame of the Czechs! Shame on the artist!
view587 2 years ago
In that case, the artist deserves a great prize. Well done artist, all the europhiles cannot take a joke, sad really...
DaNo07HK 2 years ago 24
@DaNo07HK I completely agree, but with a difference - that i would switch "europhiles" for "eurosceptics" in your sentence, believe me, "our" president Klaus is one of them and he hates this piece of art...
drbas81 5 months ago
French go on strike due to it and stop your stupid babble. It was not the money of the EU, but only the Czech money, which he returned.
jnjnjjnjnj 2 years ago 3
This is only a joke,no need to take it seriously.
And if someone is to blame is the artist,not the czechs,the generalization mentality,you shown,is barbaric and stupid.
ViriathusVingathor 2 years ago 3
Not really. It is original and at least we don´t worry to say our opinion!
radikborov 2 years ago 3
ViriathusVingathor is RIGHT!!! Stop blaming the Czechs, they aren't all like this.. there's only David Cerny who fucked up... I don't get Slovakia,
catadeluxe 2 years ago 2
@catadeluxe Slovakia is packaged because nobody knows what is inside. And is bound by hungary tricolor because Hungarians are still dreaming about Great Hungary which part Slovakia was before WW1. And hungarian politics talk about rights of minorities, but everyone knows that it is about Hungarians living on south of Slovakia. And they want always more and more. And it is problem make progress when you are packed to hungarian tricolor...
ohorok2 1 year ago
@ohorok2 damn, same shit in Romania... only in a much larger surface. Transylvania has a few hungarians... and they say OMG, SOO MANY ( not even 10% of the total populaion), TRANSYLVANIA NEEDS TO BE HUNGARIAN.
SEcuiesc region also... they are some dumb people, no neighbourds like then; Poles like them, because hungarians are lying about technology progress and stuf... but mongolians can't do no good, you know
catadeluxe 1 year ago
I like it.
Art is suppose to be offensive and if it sparks debate the artist have succeeded.
johren86 2 years ago 3
LOL when I were in brussels there hanged a black cloth over it
Butterkipferl 2 years ago 3
absolutly brilliant.... :)
covers all the best and worst stereotypes of all the nations of the EU.
designed to encourage debate and show that we are made of of so many diverse cultures and interests.
would have been nice if they had it turned on, would have been funny to watch the italian football team with thier climatic goal.
without doubt the best value for money that the EU has ever spent(cough wasted).
dbss06e 2 years ago 43
@dbss06e Definitely. And I like how they missed out Britain.. we found this especially funny in the UK. Czechs have a great sense of humour!
TheSaintST1 1 year ago
@dbss06e I think it's a great art, but I just find it a little bit inappropriate on that occasion.
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Nice picture of Czech republic i mean their attitude toward other nations now everybody can see what they really are.
Garbage nothing less nothing more
Odpad prvej triedy ktory si asi ani nezasluzil komentar.
streetway1 2 years ago
But we´re not the ones, who still jump on the trees :)
dark33r 2 years ago
you just proven opposite
in case of Czechs nothing new
streetway1 2 years ago
yes, you are, goddamned europeans.....buncha halfwits, europastan!!!You let the demonic Musselmen come in and take over, dont reproduce, in 20 yrs, another Hitler will show up, stupid "progressive' fucktards
finnandcork 2 years ago
hehe, this comment was full of bulshit and i didnt understand it : )
dark33r 2 years ago 4
it's official - you are absolutely pathetic. This is the thing about Europe - we can discuss and debate, not only offend others, when their opinion differs from the one we have...
wnobel 2 years ago
Personally, I find it a little bit offensive. I do agree that it's a extraordinary piece of art - a piece that provokes, and stirrs strong reactions, but is it what we need from modern art? EU should be about finding common points, not about finding stereotypes, and constantly reminding about the past. And though the work was innovative and interesting (showing our European mess), I don't think it was a good choice for Czech presidency symbol.
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fuck you, Ill offend you personally, you cuntox
finnandcork 2 years ago
very classy... shows perfectly your intelligence and mental abilities...
wnobel 2 years ago 2
super, diese Installation! Präzise auf den Punkt gebracht, vor allem die Mohammed-Lego-Karikatur, der Hitler-hat-die-Autobahn-gebaut-Teil und das Polen-Stück
einfach ganz grosse Kunst!
datromla 2 years ago 2
From BG. David Černý have fuck humor and amerika is the gratest shit in the world. every body i know talks about americans like fat and stupid people. you have no history you fuckers. if you knew bulgarian history and that we were nearly 5 centuries in ottoman(turkish) rule. of course there are fuck turkish people in our land. but the russians camed in the end of 19 century and saved us from turkish people and the will kick your ass in the third world war you fuck nation.
bulgare4 2 years ago
nemohu si pomoct,ale jako 5 letej prcek jsem dělal hezčí věci.
romeouhr 2 years ago
A měly i nápad?
Cecires 2 years ago 2
toto je samozřejmě nadsázka.-:)
romeouhr 2 years ago
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This artwork should be banned... its anti-eu
markhypnosis 2 years ago
Hahahahahaha, classic parody of Hitler and Stalin, well said, you almost seemed to be honest! Beautiful acting.
DreadLaw2 2 years ago
@markhypnosis Yeah lets ban art... *cough* communism *cough*
skinhead565 1 year ago
1:35 rulez!!!
Slaviccommie 2 years ago
Man I hope I am not the only person here who thought this was hilarious =D
KungFuMetalHead 2 years ago 2
Probably they fucking overdid it with fucking Romania, but who gives a fuck anyway.
1035573 2 years ago
LOOL Romania has the Mouth of draqula in the center .. NICE =)) .
HTQCOMANDO 2 years ago
The guy who did this should do this for every member nation of the UN.
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Well I remember Havier Solana as the greatest Warmonger and for bombing of innocent childrena and women in Yougoslavia 1999! Not a sign of a Humane being in this Best Havier Solana. Now this person rules alone both USA, NATO and ES!
jjamesbondoviza 2 years ago
Европа избива сръбските водачи серийно
Набеждавани и преследвани, убивани при "арест" или в килиите, те стават жертва на новия лов на вещици, който вилнее днес из Сърбия. Това са сръбските водачи, които защитаваха народа си в гражданските войни, разпалени от САЩ.
jjamesbondoviza 2 years ago
"We EUROPEANS have to pay this insulting piece of nonsense with our TAXES. Thank you very much. "
No, czech gov, and czech mining company paid this. But author gave money back since he didnt meet requirements.
Ackreti 2 years ago 3
"I think it is really pathetic to portray Germany with HITLER symbols!"
Untrue. D.Cerny say he never intended to display swastika, but he found it interesting that some people see it in the art - which by his words just prooves the high level of prejudices. For example me - I never seen swastika in it, until people full of prejudices said it is swastika, which it is not.
Ackreti 2 years ago
come on now, every body knows Germans are mean as hell
1035573 2 years ago
"come on now, every body knows Germans are mean as hell"
lol, really?
Does the germany torture people? No, ur country does. Did the germans invaded like 50 countries in last 50 years? nope, u did. Come on now, we all know u r bunch of hypocrites.
Ackreti 2 years ago
as a matter of fact, we all know they did torture people and they did invade the entire world TWICE. in fact they invented torture especially in WWII. Did you visit German concentration camps? I beleive they wrote the book on concentration camps and torture. the rest of us? are just reading it.
Come on now, just mention someone the world SS, or Gestapo and you' ll see their faces freak out. and as for Hitler, at least in my country is equivalent to... Satan.
1035573 2 years ago
lol, it all happend like half a century ago and germans are now total opposite of nazis. Unlike americans. You torture now, you invade now.
the word "now" is most important
Ackreti 2 years ago 6
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we dont invade, neither torture. we are just flexing our muscles. this works to show those countries like Germany, imperial japan, communist North Korea, China who they invaded Tibet, Russia, Iraq, Pakistan, Iran, etc, etc that they should clean their act and act nicely, or else...
1035573 2 years ago
"that they should clean their act and act nicely, or else... "
Or else what? call vietnamese to kick ur asses again, or somalians, they are good in that too.
Ackreti 2 years ago
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I' m sure nobody wants another confrontation with US. We' ll bring the war to them if they try to bring the war to us. that' s what we did with germany, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
and this time, I' m sure we' ll turn the vietnamese, or somalians into compost from 5,000 miles away, should they try to be aggressive. in fact, it is us who keep the law & order in the world.
1035573 2 years ago
Just flexing your muscles?
Excuse me, but if Abhu Graib was just flexing muscles I don't want to know what a hit looks like.
And by the way: I am German.
I know about my country's past, my ancestor's past for that matter.
If someone mentions the third reich, or the second world war I don't "freak out" it's not as if we deny our fault.
I'd say most Germans, and all germans that have the tiniest bit of common sense, are 100% against fascism, and condemn what happened between 1933 and 1945.
aModernDandy 2 years ago 2
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I'd love to see millions of Russians invade Germany again raping all your whorish women
romanempire27bc 2 years ago
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you let the fascist Fourth Reich (EU) take over your democracy, enjoy the EU dictatorship telling your country what laws they should pass
romanempire27bc 2 years ago
your an idiot, the british invented concentration camps in southern Africa, learn your history before shouting facts
ichmichiel 2 years ago
Dumn ass yank... lets discuss manifest destiny and the anhialation of millions of native americans.. while we're at it lets look at Chile, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, the Philipines, The opium trade and China... and if you think Manifest Destiny has passed lets look at Brzezinski and place his books in the current US admin... Eurasia your next!!!
God4Dunoon 2 years ago
I find it so reidicoulus that people see a swastika in this.
It is, in my opinion, quite clearly the number 18, which is a code for Adolf Hitler...
aModernDandy 2 years ago
ElbeRiver you completely missed the point...
and if you want out of the EU, move to Switzerland. lol
iluvsdejo 2 years ago
Anyone who thinks any part of this piece is insulting is a moron. It's absolutely brilliant & hilarious. The whole point of it was to shove stereotypes into our faces and get us laughing at each other. If Bulgaria can't deal with the fact that south eastern Europe is seen by the rest of the world as a toilet, then that's their fault. At least the toilets are clean in the art piece! In reality, the squat toilets in S.E. Europe are disgusting haha (I'm from S.E. Europe, so I know).
iluvsdejo 2 years ago 7
I totally agree
gj75845 2 years ago
Agree !!
HTQCOMANDO 2 years ago
I personally don't like this kind of 'art'. It's just another crazy project of crazy David. Still, as a temporary exhibit, it's quite an interesting sight for travellers this year.
GarboFour 2 years ago
I don't see any of hitlers symbols. It's just a couple of highways.
mrkv4k 2 years ago 4
To mrkv4k: I think what ElbeRiver means is that you can trace an 'S' from those crossing hiroads. However, Hiter's symbol is DOUBLE S... and I don't think the artists associated it with SS deliberately, the two are not much alike.
GarboFour 2 years ago
Fabulous. :D
mieroth 2 years ago
As a piece of art, I don't like it, but as a means of expression and as critics I really enjoy it, except for the toilet part, that one was either ignorant or pretty malitious, but apart from that one, I think the rest push us to think and remove the prejudices once and for all.
DarunArcheos 2 years ago
Socrealism.
Kentaczek123 2 years ago
not much intereting.
low level art for hamburger generation.
nazcawalker 2 years ago
looks pretty good to me. nice piece of art.
plumlove1995 2 years ago
Norway is not in the EU for the moment.
renjida19 2 years ago
Suuperrrrr!!!
Well done! good idea, original, worked out to the smallest details! Witty!
jerrdead 2 years ago
EU "right" to freedom of speech :
Criticism of the EU is against the law and "akin to blasphemy" ( case 274/99 European Court of Justice ruling ).
These un-elected "judges" are appointed by the un-elected Commission and it's un-elected "president".
Vote in the European elections for an EU-sceptical party ( while it's still legal ) !
Spenner56 3 years ago
EUXTV,
there is a problem with the buttom "Reagovat". After pressing this a new comment is being published instead of simply answer to someones comment.Could you fix it, pls?Thnx.
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To Inekcija:Once you join EU, you can claim this issue in the Court in Strasburg. And I am sure you will win, if it is as you describe. And I will be happy for you. And as a Czech I hope you will become the EU members soon! Then I will sing together with my beloved brothers_ Majka na Marike dumase... Marike kerko Marike...zemi go kerko Djordija, Djordija, pervi bekrija...
ujfalusik1 3 years ago
hahahaha I wonder how would Serbia,Montenegro,Croatia,Bosnia,Macedonia,Norway,Iceland, look like LOL ????
DonVladinho 3 years ago
hahahaha good job Czechs!
MrKriminaL88 3 years ago 16
I think that it is very funny :D
Verule007 3 years ago 5
I totally agree, I just dislike the toilet linkage, but everything else is okay in my eyes
grazyarnie 3 years ago
I could not see a toilet. Is it in this clip?
jagajg 2 years ago
Its a turkish styled toilet, the turks dont sit down...they do that kind of "biz" while standing...its at 2:53 in the video...You can see the footsteps...
as I said the stereotypes are very well choosen in order to provocate...I dont like the lying of the artists about the origins of the ideas..thats not good behaviour...but anyhow I had a good laugh except of the toilet stuff
grazyarnie 2 years ago 2
and of course the satire is very capitalized here in that artwork...The czechs love people like this... and I like the artwork because it looks at Europe in a very open way. Anyhow as I stated earlier, satire is good, but I really dont like the toilet picture everything else is kind of funny cause it looks somehow backstage ;o)
grazyarnie 3 years ago 2
as on the other video:
First of all I had a good laugh as I saw the artwork. At a closer look, at some countries, I was a bit concerned about the intention. Czechs love controverse people, but not in terms of offending or insulting, they love people who dont stay in line and follow strict orders and rites. And concerning the german part of the artwork: it shows a deformed symbol which stood for terror, fashism and raccism, genocide, that symbol is deformed, defect and builded now with streets
grazyarnie 3 years ago
streets which do connect the people the countries and the nations. So some could evensee it as a kind of a compliment. Out of the fallen, crashed, deformed symbol of horror now comes the symbol for traffic, together, linkage between all folks. I certainly dont know the real intention of the artist, but looking to the other projects David Černý does its no surprise at all. Anyhow I do not feel insulted by this artwork. Anyhow I dont like the toilet linkage to any country in the world
grazyarnie 3 years ago
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Open Europe reported last week that the EU spent over 4 BILLION Euros of taypayers money in 2008...on it's own propaganda.
If only they'd do something for workers rights :
Workers have the right to strike in the EU but only on paper because If a strike restricts movement of
capital,goods,persons & services ( the whole point of strike action ! ).....then it is against the law !
European Court of Justice rulings : C-438/05 & C-341/05.
Give us back "government for,of and by the people".
Spenner56 3 years ago
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Bulgaria is not a toilet!Fuck the people who do this!!!! You must be a toilet,not we!!!!
Ioan4e7yy0 3 years ago
You should not take it so seriously. This art is made to provoke people. And to show most "famous things" of different countries.
dasenice 3 years ago 3
hahahaha Bulgaria is the biggest toilet in Europe!
JohnyMrkvicka 3 years ago 5
i can say just the same for you as well. dont need ur comment as long as u cant write meaningful comments.
zilahi8 3 years ago
well i think THIS is the bad attitude.
its not a shame or something, its just an association what bulgaria got. there is nothin wrong in it.
what about hungary? melon, however we have nothing in common with melon, but okay, just an idea, and funny, and thats it.
you should change ur behaviour.
thanx
zilahi8 3 years ago
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By chance the talent ..... oh boy another shame for the Czech Republic ....!!!!
Advelka 3 years ago
Já lituju Vás:-D Ani jste toho nemusel napsat tolik, aby se všichni přesvědčili o Vašem IQ :-)
mozartinaa 3 years ago
And? Is it important if he is Jew or not?
mozartinaa 3 years ago 3
Though polls have shown in both Europe AND Turkey ( population 72 million ) that a majority are against Turkey joining the EU....public opinion is being ignored ( as usual ) by Brussels.
The Lisbon Treaty insists that all states should expand their "military capabilities" ( page 39 ), and Turkey's membership will make the planned EU military machine LARGER than that of the U.S.A.!
What for and with whose money ?
Our money !
Vote in June's European elections for democracy and peace.
Spenner56 3 years ago
I don't know, why so many Europeans take this so serious - it's about modern problems, althrough Bulgaria could have been visualited differently..
FilCroft 3 years ago 9
what country is that at 0:44?
MeanMrMustard55 3 years ago
Some insignificant country whose stereotypes seem not to communicate well outside of its borders.
pang5 3 years ago
It's Czech Republic - it shows some controversial messages from the Czech president
FilCroft 3 years ago 2
Artistically and ironically excellent... Is one of the most interesting critics about the EU... I think it would help us to demolish the barriers created by stereotypes, as the autor pretended...
I love this work and I'd like it would help us to grow up as Europeans :)
esputniko 3 years ago 13
JE TO SUPER. Černý to vystihl. Miluji Český smysl pro humor.
JaAnous 3 years ago 10
Whole EU is giant toilet with the hole in Brussels..
Orion602 3 years ago 5
2Orion602:
that expalins great money consuption..
kibicz 3 years ago
This Owns.
Czechs Own.
I am proud to be Czech.
ArgonAvernger 3 years ago 3
Can somebody start to speak about human rights in EU. Why EU dont respect human rigts of Macedonians who living in Greece and Bulgaria. Why Macedonians in EU in documents must have other names from his names. From example from Aleksandar Ivanovski in documents must be Aleksandros Gianakis. For Macedonians who living in EU is prohibet to speak in his mather language. Is prohibet to learn to macedonian in schools. INcredible how this happends in 21th century. SHAME FOR YOU EU!
inekcija 3 years ago
Inekcija --u are right---Greece, a member of EU is a jingoist country
----Greece has a Martial Law against Albania from 1949 ...to these days
Greece still has this MARTIAL law against Albania---and they don't want to cancel this law-----This is SCANDAL--
A Member of EU ---has a Martial Law against its neighbour------What does that mean????
- Greece has a JIngoist foreign Policy toward--- Albania & Macedonia------In Greece there are 2 Million Albanians and they can't use their Names
aspetosi 3 years ago
Macedonia is not a country, Macedonia is a part of Greece. The country who wants to have the name "Macedonia" has the official name of FYROM. Macedonia from the ancient times was occupied by greek people ( people with greek education and culture).
Why people there in FYROM try to create history from the history of other nations. Look what your origins are, search YOUR history and do not create one
stavrosxar 3 years ago
I checked the history and it seems Fyrom has right to use the name Macedonia. Aegean Macedonia (Greek Macedonia) Pirin Macedonia ( Bulgarian Macedonia)
Vardar Macedonia (the Republic of Macedonia = today's fyrom)
Seems to me FYROM has full right to use tha name Republic of Macedonia, while greece have rights on greek macedonia. Why does it matter anyway? Greeks wanna start calling own country Macedonia? I like "Greece" more though.
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ujfalusik1 3 years ago
Very nice work of art.
gaspanic321 3 years ago 4
Spenner56 3 years ago
Slovakia is shown as one big Hungarian salami:))))
olasz88 3 years ago 6
We can see that. Ministers of Slovakia protested and David Čarný apologized. They don't ask for deleting their carricature, like Bulgarians did.
Zik2 3 years ago
I hope they won´t get Cerny to bow down and say he was wrong, but they probably did already. Czechs make nuisance, rebel, are unserious about the so called serious matters, but finaly we never stand for ourselves and for what we do. Generaly speaking.
Subansski 3 years ago
Your candor made me laugh. Good on you.
AnonymousWillDestroy 3 years ago
Je to prostě jedinečný, a myslim, že to dílo a celá ta situace vystihuje český švejkovský rebelantství úplně výborně. Stavim se za Entropu at´si kdo chce co chce. Co jsem se dozvěděl, že se tohle stalo, sem se nepřestal smát, a jsem vděčnej za ten kus opravdovosti.
Subansski 3 years ago 12
brilliant!
gasda25 3 years ago 7
That was awsome! The biggest gift for everyone is the capability of laughing on ourselfs. And yes I love hungarian salami:)))
darkwindmill 3 years ago 12
absolutely, people are too serious these days, making life barren.
airstride 3 years ago 6
Hahahahah, I've just saw JenicekUK commentary: "turkish toilet (SHAIT HOLE) is actualy much more higiyenic, than our modern world toilets." How is that? How can a "SHAIT HOLE" be better than a toilet? :))) hahah
CYBERianBoi 3 years ago
Coz you dont contact with the toilet seat...
BezurpaCZ 3 years ago
No matter what they say, the whole installation is cool and interesting. The description that was one their web-site is very funny too. "As a result of the global and local political, economic and cultural situation, the GRAA group has gone on strike indefinitely." it's a description of the French part :)
CYBERianBoi 3 years ago
He did a pretty good job with Entropa. Shame that so many Europeans completely lack any sense of humour! Ok, that Bulgarian part was a bit over the top, but still...
SynemSlunce 3 years ago 3
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When the EU army is up and running and Turkey have joined the EU...the EU's military will be bigger than that of the US !
By then,Russia,Syria and Iran will be on the EU's borders.
I am sure that the (un-elected) EU President and Council will then tell us which country our children should die in.
« To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history « .
( President Barack Obama, January 20,2009 ).
Spenner56 3 years ago
This is just a joke, nothing else :) And actually, I like it. Mostly it's making fun of our Czech Republic :) Because the author perfectly cheated contract, government and bureaux. And did that with honor :D
OKDANTE 3 years ago 7