The
Boundaries of Opportunities
2023
book,
laser prints, approx. A5, print run of 150
published
by Academy of Fine Arts
This
publication came about as a collaboration with the sociologist Johana
Chylíková and focuses on the economic, social and cultural
inequalities among those studying at art schools in the Czech
Republic. Over four chapters, the book presents the results of
in-depth interviews with nine respondents. In them, it focuses
primarily on themes such as professional aspiration, the ability of
those interviewed to interconnect artistic work with art practice and
on their free time activities while growing up. It is the first
published research of its kind within the context of the Czech
Republic. Its objective is to shift the debate about the quality and
exclusivity of tertiary-level art education towards the neglected
theme of social permeability within the public education system.