Rafani is an art group, which was founded in 2000, its current members being David Kořínek, Jiří Franta, Ondřej Brody and Luděk Rathouský. Since the beginning, the group has taken a specific position on the Czech art scene by means of its controversial projects aimed at drawing attention to social traumas and taboos such as the expulsion of Sudeten Germans, a communist past, or neo-Nazism. They treat with commitment topics such as collective memory and guilt, morality and responsibility. Lately, they have also picked the topic of omnipresent supervision and bureaucracy. Their activities usually take on the form of performance and social interventions.
Rafani use certain forms from the political sphere (the speech, demonstration, uniforms, petitions) which they then rob of their ideology and content, often abducting them for the art world. The group understands the politics of their art as a battle waged for the world’s mirror image in the name of the language of power. Their activities are poised on the intersection between utopian visions, analytical and hermetic introspection, and the performance of quotidian, practical tasks.
Rafani will be part of a group exhibition "NOT IN MY NAME" in CCA Tel Aviv-Yafo
Date of the exhibition: 29.6 - 27.8.2022
