Havel's Place

Havel's Place is a public art project, which creates a series of memorial places dedicated to the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic, Václav Havel. The installation consists of two garden chairs around a round table, usually with a tree going through its middle. The rim of the table has the Havel Quote 'truth and love shall prevail over lies and hatred' inscribed along its rim.

Origins

The original idea for Havel's Place came from Petr Gandalovič, the Czech Ambassador to the United States. He invited Bořek Šípek, an architect and designer, to create a piece of public art to represent Havel and his democratic views. Šípek had overseen a decade-long renovation of the interior of Prague Castle as President Havel's Head Architect in the 1990s, and made a number of artworks for his close friend. In the 2008 documentary about Havel, Citizen Havel, by Pavel Koutecký and Miroslav Janek, the President stated that he would like people to subconsciously connect his person with Bořek Šípek's design and art.[1]

Šípek came up with a design symbolising "Democratic Debate", comprising two metal garden chairs placed around a table around a linden tree, the national tree of the Czech Republic. His idea was to create a gathering place in a public space to promote dialogue, discussion and freedom of speech. Bořek Šípek named the installation "Democracy Talks" and described it as "a place where people can meet and exercise their freedom of speech in a democratic dialogue with others".

Tomáš Halík, a close friend of Havel, told Czech Radio on 5 October 2013 that "the bench with the two chairs symbolises the willingness to sit down at a table and talk. That is, in my opinion, another important message left by Václav Havel: Even as people of different opinions, different political beliefs and different religions, it is still immensely important to sit down at a table and talk to one another in search for the truth."[2]

Partner cities

Havel's place in University of South Bohemia

The first Havel's Place was installed in the grounds of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on 2 October 2013,[3] with the support of Georgetown University, the Czech Embassy, Václav Havel Library and American Friends of Czech Republic. It was dedicated by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Dagmar Havlová, Havel's widow.[4]

At a meeting in Prague a few days after the installation of the Havel's Place bench in Georgetown, Sipek met with Art for Amnesty founder Bill Shipsey who proposed that further Havel's Places would be installed in cities around the world. It was decided to start with Dublin Shipsey's home town. The Dublin "Havel's Place" was installed in St. Patrick's Park (adjacent to St. Patrick’s Cathedral) in Dublin, Ireland on Human Rights Day, 2013 (10 December) by the Lord Mayor of Dublin Oisin Quinn and Karel Schwarzenberg Havel's former Chancellor.[5] The Dublin project was conceived and promoted by Bill Shipsey with support from the City of Dublin and the Czech Ambassador to Ireland Tomas Kafka.[6]

The next Havel's Place, "Espai Havel", ("Havel's Place" in Catalan) was dedicated in Barcelona by the Mayor of Barcelona, Xavier Trias, and Karel Schwarzenberg on 15 February 2014 in the Parc de la Ciutadella beside the Catalan Parliament building.[7] This Havel's Place was also conceived and promoted by Bill Shipsey.

On 1 May 2014 the fourth Havel's Place was dedicated in Maltese Square in Havel's home town of Prague.[8]

On 11 June 2014 the fifth Havel's Place was unveiled in the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, as part of an international project of public places dedicated to the late Czech president.[9]

On 27 September 2014 the sixth 'Havel's Place' was unveiled on the Campus of Venice International University, San Servolo Island. Venice in the presence of Ambassador Umberto Vattani, President of Venice International University; Petr Burianek, Czech Ambassador to Italy; Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic, Giorgio Boatto; and Professor Agar Brugiavini, the Dean of Venice International University. Michaela Jorgensen-Day and Bill Shipsey raised the money for the project.[10]

On 4 October 2014, the 7th Havel's Place was unveiled in front of the café at the Municipal Library in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. The creation of a Havel's Place in Hradec Králové was initiated by deputy mayor Josef Krofta.[11]

In November 2014, two Havel's Places were unveiled to honour the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. The 8th Havel's Place was promoted by then Czech Ambassador to the U.K. Michael Zantovsky and unveiled on 6 November at Oxford University on the banks of the River Cherwell.[12]

The 9th, promoted by Bill Shipsey and Iveta Stanislavova, was dedicated at The Hague, 8 November, at Lange Voorhout, by: Jozias van Aartsen, Mayor of The Hague; H.E. Jaroslav Horák, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Netherlands; Eduard Nazarski, Netherlands Amnesty International Director; and Bořek Šípek.[13]

On 22 June 2017 a Havel's Place was unveiled in Lisbon in a collaboration between the Czech Ambassador to Portugal, Cultural Counsellor to the Camara de Lisboa Catarina Vaz Pinto and Bill Shipsey. Karel Schwarzenberg attended the dedication.[14]

The 25th Havel's Place was unveiled in Ljubljana on 16 March 2018 by Nataša Posel, Director of Amnesty International Slovenia and Mateja Demšič Head of the Department of Culture of the City of Ljubljana. This was also promoted by Bill Shipsey and was the first Havel's Place in a city of a former communist country outside the Czech Republic.

Václav Havel's Place

Václav Havel's Place No. Date of establishment Place Town Country
I. 3 October 2013 Georgetown University Washington, D.C. United States
II. 10 December 2013 St Patrick's Cathedral Park Dublin Ireland
III. 15 February 2014 Parc de la Ciutadella Barcelona Spain
IV. 1 May 2014 Maltézské Square Prague Czech Republic
V. 11 June 2014 University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice České Budějovice Czech Republic
VI. 27 September 2014 Venice International University Venice Italy
VII. 4 October 2014 Wonkova street Hradec Králové Czech Republic
VIII. 30 October 2014 Šafaříkovy sady Plzeň Czech Republic
IX. 4 October 2014 University of Oxford Oxford United Kingdom
X. 8 November 2014 Old City Hall The Hague Netherlands
XI. 19 November 2014 Míru Square Nový Bor Czech Republic
XII. 9 May 2015 Lewis & Clark College Portland United States
XIII. 7 May 2015 Sady Karla IV. Karlovy Vary Czech Republic
XIV. 27 October 2015 Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel
XV. 13 November 2015 University of Pardubice Pardubice Czech Republic
XVI. 17 November 2015 Křinické Square Krásná Lípa Czech Republic
XVII. 8 March 2016 The Research Library in Liberec Liberec Czech Republic
XVIII. 14 September 2016 Velké Square Kroměříž Czech Republic
XIX. 25 September 2016 Centrum Vráž Černošice Czech Republic
XX. 10 October 2016 Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem Czech Republic
XXI. 18 May 2017 Horní Počernice Theatre Prague Czech Republic
XXII. 17 June 2017 Palacký University Olomouc Olomouc Czech Republic
XXIII. 22 June 2017 Jardim do Príncipe Real Lisbon Portugal
XXIV. 25 September 2017 Havelský park Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic
XXV. 16 March 2018 Northern city park Ljubljana Slovenia
XXVI. 6 June 2018 Strojárenská street Košice Slovakia
XXVII. 15 September 2018 Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Prague Czech Republic
XXVIII. 4 October 2018 T. G. Masaryk Town Library Šumperk Czech Republic
XXIX. 16 November 2018 Jardin des Alpes Geneva Switzerland
XXX. 5 October 2019 Kapucínské terasy Brno Czech Republic
XXXI. 13 November 2019 University of Milan Milan Italy
XXXII. 14 November 2019 T. G. Masaryka Square Zlín Czech Republic
XXXIII. 17 November 2019 Na Rozcestí restaurant Čeladná Czech Republic
XXXIV. 17 November 2019 Ivana Olbrachta street Brandýs nad Labem Czech Republic
XXXV. 17 November 2019 Pod Kostelem park Tišnov Czech Republic
XXXVI. 5 July 2020 Vajanské Embankment Bratislava Slovakia
XXXVII. 27 July 2020 Špalíček Cheb Czech Republic
XXXVIII. 21 August 2020 Kino Dukla Jihlava Czech Republic
XXXIX. 15 September 2021 Parque del Libro Lima Peru
XL. 5 October 2021 Sady Husitské revoluce Prague Czech Republic
XLI. 12 October 2021 Leopold Park Brussels Belgium
XLII. 9 November 2021 Parko Eleftherias Athens Greece
XLIII. 7 December 2021 Hiroshima Shudo University Hiroshima Japan
XLIV. 10 December 2021 Zámecký park Jičín Czech Republic
XLV. 13 June 2022 The Jean Monnet House Bazoches-sur-Guyonne France
XLVI. 11 August 2022 Lázeňský park Poděbrady Czech Republic
XLVII. 17 November 2022 Smetanovo nábřeží Prague Czech Republic
XLVIII. 17 November 2022 Komenského náměstí Kutná Hora Czech Republic
XLIX. 17 November 2022 Ivana Olbrachta street Mnichovo Hradiště Czech Republic
L. 13 February 2023 University of Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic
LI. 17 November 2023 Stodůlky Prague Czech Republic
LII. 20 December 2023 Czech Embassy, 15 avenue Charles Floquet, Paris Paris France
LIII. 29 May 2024 Pavillon Bosio Monaco Monaco
LIV. 1 June 2024 Church of God's Love Budislav Czech Republic

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  7. ^ "El Parc de la Ciutadella acull un espai d'homenatge a Václav Havel". beteve.cat (in Catalan). 15 February 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
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