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Každý Den / Every Day

​Not that long ago, during a discussion on experiencing places, this question came up, 'How would you describe Czech Republic?'.

My answer; the taste of grapefruit flavoured water, the mix of concrete and plastic smell of panelaks, the bite of -17°C wind in winter, the sound of ice-hockey pucks and sticks on the surface of the frozen Brno reservoir, the female voice of public transport announcements in Prague. 

In 2015 I broke one of my own rules - Never go back to a place where you lived before. Don't return to that which might have become a romanticized version of how it really was. It will most likely not live up to those memories, good or bad. It might be a step back in life.

In August 2015 I returned to Brno, Czech Republic. 

This is a (re)becoming aware of the environment chosen to return to. 
It is also a document of Czech-ness. Those objects which surround us every day, yet we only sometimes are aware of. 

(2015-2017)
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  • Here
  • Portfolio
    • Czech Exploration
    • So, right then?
    • Voda není pitná
    • If the world...
    • Každý Den / Every Day
    • Panelak ends
    • Open / Closure
    • Zmrzlina
    • Oxford
    • Simulacrum
    • My Suzhou Garden
    • Ring Road
    • Please sit
    • Relationship with trees
    • Edge of the city
    • Travel
  • About
  • More