KVOST - Kunstverein Ost
Leipziger Strasse 47
10117 Berlin
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KVOST - Kunstverein Ost
Mon closedTue closedWed 2–6pmThu 2–6pmFri 2–6pmSat 2–6pmSun closed
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KVOST - Kunstverein Ost
27.02.2025–19.04.2024
Opening
26.02.2025 7pm
Libuše Jarcovjáková: T-Club – Just Like in Paradise
In cooperation with the Czech Centre Berlin
Libuše Jarcovjáková

Early 1980s, Prague is feeling grey and dehumanized in the years after the Prague Spring was crushed. The colourful, cheerful community of the T-Club bar is only one door away. The outside world, where being ‘gay’ means stigma and often open hostility, remains outside. Here you’re at home, among your own, in a newly created family of your own choosing.

The exhibition shows 40 photos from the legendary T-Club taken by Libuše Jarcovjáková between 1983 and 1985. T-Club was a place where the weight of the communist regime melted away in casual fun that often lasted until morning. The series conveys a strong message about freedom in unfreedom, which is just as valid today.

Jarcovjáková sensitively documents regulars, stray visitors, herself, and life in the club. The Security Police was omnipresent, ready to attack anyone who had to hide their sexual orientation. The series is a message of hope and joy felt in difficult times, when it becomes necessary to live in the here and now, regardless of the boundaries society places in our way.

In cooperation with the Czech Centre Berlin