Everything is different The entire country is celebrating the 100th anniversary in October, Brno celebrates in spring? Why is that? This time, it is not because the people of Brno are quirky. It is because the celebration of the tenth anniversary took place in Brno in May of 1928. The RE:PUBLIKA Festival will begin exactly ninety years after the exhibition of contemporary culture in Czechoslovakia (on 26 May 1928).
Our goal was to take the unique atmosphere, enthusiasm and optimism that people felt and experienced during the 1928 exhibition. We wanted the visitors of the RE:PUBLIKA Festival to enjoy themselves and come back the next day. Regardless of how we live in the present, we can be together again from 26/5 until 17/6.
2018 Festival – exterior © VIDA Science Centre 2018 Festival – The Slav Epic © Archives of the Brno Exhibition Centre 2018 Festival – light show © SIGNAL festival 1928 Exhibition – exterior © Archives of Kamil Horký 1928 Exhibition – Rotunda © Archives of the Brno Exhibition Centre 1928 Exhibition – Hall A © Archives of the Brno Exhibition Centre
“We want this exhibition to showcase the cultural achievements in our young country, as we all can benefit from them. We can all be proud, some of us may learn something, and we can celebrate the first ten years of our country together.” Jindřich Chylík in the handbook of the exhibition (1928)