Prague reminds Václav Havel of ten quotes for passengers
12/18/2021 6:34:00 AM
It will be ten years since the death of former president and playwright Václav Havel on Saturday, December 18, 2021, which is a good opportunity to commemorate his legacy.
The capital city of Prague, therefore, in cooperation with Dopravní podnik hl. m of Prague, the Václav Havel Library and the Vision 97 Foundation equipped all buses and tram sets only from his ideas.
“We should constantly remember the quotes of President Václav Havel. It’s been ten years since his death. During this sad anniversary, passengers will be able to think about buses and trams while traveling through Prague and remember what Václav Havel has done for us and our country. His ideas are still relevant and will continue to be relevant for the next ten years, ”says Adam Scheinherr, Deputy Minister for Transport.
“Havel for passengers” is a set of A3 posters with ten different quotes that Václav Havel wrote or uttered during his presidential term. The selection of texts was done by the Václav Havel Library, graphics of providers of professional media and marketing of the City of Prague. m of Prague and the printing and installation of 2,700 posters were covered by Dopravní podnik hl. m of Prague.
The deputy chairman of the cultural committee of the City Council came up with the idea for a commemorative campaign in public transport. m Prague Martin Benda. The idea is subsequently supported by Adam Scheinherr Square.
“I am very glad that we managed to revive the idea in the smooth cooperation of several organizations when I came during those sad Christmas 2011. At that time, together with several friends, I managed to place dozens of revered posters with Havel’s ideas in the Prague metro. Even today, they seem timeless and inspiring to me, he certainly belongs to the public space, he explains, “representative Martin Benda.
“We meet with the opinion that Václav Havel was a distant problem of citizens and his work appeals only to intellectuals. It’s nonsense, of course. The Václav Havel Library strives to present its life and work in the completeness and context of modern history with its club and exhibition activities, the rich program offer of the HavelChannel television channel, book production and educational programs. What is more remarkable is how his ideas are, especially in the current period of many times, “adds Michael Žantovský, director of the Václav Havel Library.
Selected quotes by Václav Havel and photos of posters for public transport are available here: Quotes VH výběr – Google Drive HERE