The festival was preceded by an online workshop organized on March 7 by both Czech artists for Mongolians interested in street art and students. They are currently creating their works of art, from which the jury will select ten winners, whose works will be installed in the ger district. This will create a "gallery in the streets", inspired by the street art of Czech artists thanks to work with torn posters, collages, the use of discarded cans and cardboard.

The festival funded by the EUNIC Global, which also includes the EU Delegation in Mongolia, the Arts Council of Mongolia and the Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture, aims to raise awareness of the impact of air pollution on human health in Ulaanbaatar and enable collaborative works in public space. Czech, French, German and Mongolian artists.

The Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Mongolia Jiří Brodský will attend the opening of the festival in person: “Street Art is resistant to the Covid-19 pandemic, so I am very pleased that even in restricted conditions, it will be possible to present They will certainly impress with their imaginativeness, color and materials used, and will enliven public spaces. In addition, the festival includes the planting of new trees in the north of the city, a competition for fine art students and a public discussion on home insulation and also other activities related to the environment. I look forward to the artists making valuable contacts thanks to the festival and from a distance, and will soon be able to meet in person in Mongolia to work on other joint projects. ”

Jitka Kopejtková is a Czech photographer who focuses her creative work on the authentic capture of torn posters on official and unofficial billboards in the streets of cities around the world. Their printing on canvas and display in the gallery immediately elevates them from an unnecessary artifact of the street to a work of art. Her work thus belongs to the wave of so-called new street art. At the same time, she devotes herself even to classic collage.

She organizes collage courses and lectures on the topic of world and Czech street art for the public. The motif of the torn poster also transmits to industrial design. She has exhibited in the Czech Republic and abroad (Paris, Brussels, Budapest, Zagreb, Medzilaborce, Berlin, St. Petersburg). She lives and works in Prague.

David Strauzz comes from Canada, where his parents emigrated in the early 1970s. He attended Beal Art College in Ontario and then the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto. In 2012, he moved to the USA, where he exhibited several times, for example in Boston or New York. Three years later he settled in the Czech Republic. He currently creates and has a studio in art center the Pragovka Art District, which is located in the area of the former factory hall of the Praga company near the Kolbenova metro station. He manages the MEGA Gallery in the lobby of the Charles Square metro station in Prague, which promotes street as art.

Nogoonbaatar Eco Art Festival Documentary

Interview with the Czech artists about Nogoonbaatar Eco Art Festival (Jitka Kopejtková, David Strauzz)