The
exhibition catalogue consists of twenty-page
long essay by the curator of the exhibit,
Petr Roubal, featuring in depth the core topics
of the exhibition: the origins of the mass
gymnastic displays, the transformation of
the Foucauldian discipline in the communist
ritual, the grammar of mass body language,
and the withering away of the mass gymnastics
with the end of classical modernity. The text
is accompanied by some 40 photographs, carefully
selected by the editor of the catalogue, Orsolya
Danó, from several Central European
archival sources. Together with the extensive
bibliography, the exhibition catalogue presents
the first systematic treatment of the unique
phenomenon of the mass gymnastic displays
under communism. |
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