“Love is stronger than hate” – France 2011

“Love is stronger than hate” – France 2011

by | Mar 30, 2022

What do we see? On November 8, 2011, the front page of the weekly Charlie Hebdo showed a cartoon, captioned “Love is stronger than hate” by cartoonist Luz (pseudonym of Renald Luzier). The image was published a week after a fire-bomb attack by radical Muslim...
Humour, art and controversy – EU 2009

Humour, art and controversy – EU 2009

by | Mar 27, 2022

Entropa sculpture: Stereotypes are barriers that need to be removed (David Černý, 2009) Source. What do we see? To start its first presidency of the EU in 2009, the Czech Republic commissioned the Czech artist David Černý, to produce a work of art for the entrance...
Maggie Smith gets politely vulgar – Poland 2021

Maggie Smith gets politely vulgar – Poland 2021

by | Mar 26, 2022

A: Author: Jarosław Kubicki, source,accessed 13.11.2021 What do we see here? A: On poster A we can see an elegant English lady, well-dressed in an old-fashioned way, smiling lightly and confidently (the image of Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham played by...
Slovakia for Slovaks 2021

Slovakia for Slovaks 2021

by | Mar 24, 2022

The cartoon, produced by the artist Martin Šútovec (Shooty) as a commentary piece for the Slovak mainstream daily Sme/Denník N, shows two participants: a mosquito and a young man, both holding what appear to be political banners

Foreign myths about Lithuania 2021

Foreign myths about Lithuania 2021

by | Jan 13, 2022

Foreign Myths about Lithuania “What do we see here?” This is a video that builds a pseudo-coherent narrative from misleading myths, beliefs, historical facts, famous phrases, rumours and interpretations related to Lithuania. This is also a visual response to an...