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Artists Face Charges Over Fake Nuclear Blast On Czech Tv
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Thu Jan 3, 2008 @ 10:26pm |
A group of Czech artists who staged a fake nuclear blast over national television will be sent to criminal trial, a state prosecutor said Thursday.
Six artists were charged last month with spreading false information, said Dusan Ondracek, the state prosecutor in Trutnov, a town 155 kilometres northeast of Prague. A seventh defendant has yet to be charged, he said. Last June, the artists hacked into a national television weather broadcast showing a panoramic shot of a mountain resort town and the Krkonose or Giant Mountains. They created a bright flash of light, followed by the image of a mushroom cloud. Ondracek alleges they tampered with equipment at the station to achieve the effect. The Prague-based Ztohoven group called the project "Media Reality" and said it was a commentary on how easily the media can be manipulated. "It drew attention to the possibility of using images of the world created by the media in place of the existing, real world," the group said in a statement posted on Facebook. "Is everything we see daily on our TV screens real? Is everything presented to us by the media, newspapers, television, internet actually real?" In December, the Ztohoven group became the first winners of the new NG 333 prize for young artists from the Prague National Gallery for the project. A third party nominated them for the award and they attended the awards ceremony incognito. The prize was 333,000 koruna ($18,560 Cdn). However Czech Television did not regard the project as art and pressed for charges, called the work "improper." Ondracek said a trial could start this month and the defendants could face a maximum sentence of three years in jail if found guilty. | |
I'm feeling cool right now.. |
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Fri Jan 4, 2008 @ 12:32am |
most countries have laws against things like 'public mischief...' a shame really, takes all the fun out of a practical joke... | |
I'm feeling surly right now.. |
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Wizdumb replied on Fri Jan 4, 2008 @ 1:50am |
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Fri Jan 4, 2008 @ 3:11am |
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» El_Presidente replied on Fri Jan 4, 2008 @ 3:39am |
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Fri Jan 4, 2008 @ 4:03am |
seriously, youtube link or it didn't happen. | |
I'm feeling like a waste of air right now.. |
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo replied on Fri Jan 4, 2008 @ 6:45am |
Originally Posted By SCREWHEAD
seriously, youtube link or it didn't happen. we share the same philosophy hahahhah | |
I'm feeling love in a speaker right now.. |
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» JojoBizarre replied on Fri Jan 4, 2008 @ 9:21am |
I could send you a link, but it's so much easy to tell you to GOOGLE IT... | |
I'm feeling super right now.. |
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» flo replied on Fri Jan 4, 2008 @ 4:30pm |
Originally Posted By DRGONZO
Originally Posted By Screwhead
seriously, youtube link or it didn't happen. we share the same philosophy hahahhah you bunch of 3rd millenium St Thomas ! :P | |
I'm feeling phd powa !!! right now.. |
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Fri Jan 4, 2008 @ 5:12pm |
"Thomas, you have believed because you have seen, blessed are those who have not seen, and yet believe."
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I'm feeling like a waste of air right now.. |
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Tue Jan 8, 2008 @ 4:38pm |
I'm feeling cool right now.. |
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo replied on Tue Jan 8, 2008 @ 8:35pm |
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Wed Jan 9, 2008 @ 1:30am |
Yeah, I felt pretty disappointed myself when I first saw it... But COME ON!
The whole idea is genius! | |
I'm feeling cool right now.. |
Artists Face Charges Over Fake Nuclear Blast On Czech Tv
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