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OF - Civic Forum - Room For All

Poster
1989 (designed and printed), 1989 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Civic Forum was the Czech opposition movement leading the dialogue with the governing communist power. It was founded at the Prague non-conformist theatre ‘Cinoherni klub’ on the evening of the 19th of November 1989, two days after Ministry of Interior Affairs special troops made a brutal strike against a non-violent student demonstration on National Street in Prague. It became the main instrument of the 'Velvet Revolution'.

The Civic Forum founders were dramatist and writer Václav Havel, Catholic priest Václav Malý, actor Petr Cepek, Charter 77 spokesman Alexander Vondra, scriptwriter Jirí Križan translator and writer Michael Žantovský (currently the Czech ambassador in London) who became the Civic Forum press officer. Civic Forum unified independent Czech democratic initiatives

The message of this poster is that Civic Forum seeks to embrace and unite all shades of political opinion in the fight against the communist regime.


Designed, printed and published in former Czechoslovakia


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • OF - Civic Forum - Room For All (generic title)
  • Pro-democracy Poster Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Mixed media print in red and blue on paper
Brief description
Poster "Prostor Pro Vsechny", designed by J. Fiala, printed and published in the Czech Republic, 1989.
Physical description
Poster comprising mutiple repetitions of the Civic Forum name and initials printed in blue, many embellished with additional features, such as a heart or smiley face, printed in red. Poster signed and dated in the plate.
Dimensions
  • Maximum height: 83.9cm
  • Maximum width: 58.8cm
size of sheet
Production typeUnlimited edition
Marks and inscriptions
  • OF Obcanské Fórum
    Translation
    CF Civic Forum
  • J. Fiala '89 (Signed and dated in the plate)
Credit line
Given by William Barker
Production
Designed, printed and published in former Czechoslovakia
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Summary
Civic Forum was the Czech opposition movement leading the dialogue with the governing communist power. It was founded at the Prague non-conformist theatre ‘Cinoherni klub’ on the evening of the 19th of November 1989, two days after Ministry of Interior Affairs special troops made a brutal strike against a non-violent student demonstration on National Street in Prague. It became the main instrument of the 'Velvet Revolution'.

The Civic Forum founders were dramatist and writer Václav Havel, Catholic priest Václav Malý, actor Petr Cepek, Charter 77 spokesman Alexander Vondra, scriptwriter Jirí Križan translator and writer Michael Žantovský (currently the Czech ambassador in London) who became the Civic Forum press officer. Civic Forum unified independent Czech democratic initiatives

The message of this poster is that Civic Forum seeks to embrace and unite all shades of political opinion in the fight against the communist regime.


Designed, printed and published in former Czechoslovakia
Collection
Accession number
E.119-1991

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Record createdJuly 26, 2006
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