The past and the present of film posters - Historie a současnost filmového plakátu – Pavel Rajčan

Pavel Rajčan, the curator of the collection of film posters Terryho ponožky (Terry’s socks), will take us through the past and the present of Czechoslovak poster production within the world. His lecture will consist of the beginnings of poster making, first film posters, the best authorial posters as well as commercial production in post-war Western Europe and the USA. It will include presentations of over 600 unique and original pieces, some of which cost a staggering sum of money. The lecture will also cover the propaganda, the “Golden Sixties”, the Polish poster school, as well as the current situation of poster production in the Czech Republic.