Radomír Kiss

"Well, there were exhibitions that were official, but some were worthwhile because most of it was organized by - it was very strange, but that was the way it was, it was organized by a chairman of the Socialist Youth Union (SSM) for independent culture. So, for example, he organized an exhibition of painters and printmakers somewhere in their SSM club. It happened from time to time that we would come across such an exhibition. Or I did one exhibition when I was working at the housing department... The housing department had a villa opposite the bus station in Havířov, which used to be rented out for personal celebrations of the employees, so I rented that and there I did an exhibition of a well-known painter from Havířov called Werich. He painted in oil on toilet seats. So we actually decorated the whole family house of the housing department with toilet seats that were painted with oil. So that was the first exhibition that I did, that I did in Havířov."

"The older guys had experience with psychiatry or psychiatric hospitalization, so they gave us information. So I remember when I came to the first closed ward, there were a lot of patients who were mentally ill, but there were also patients who were really aggressive and tried to take it out on the newcomers. But thanks to the guys who had been there before us, they told us that we have to oppose those aggressive patients, and then they back off and calm down and leave us sort of open to move around and have an open field of action in those rooms and in the treatment room in general."