Staged explosion on Czech television

Viewers watching the Czech public broadcaster CT last Sunday were shown images of a nuclear explosion in the Riesengebirge. Normally the TV programme "Panorama" shows live pictures from the country's touristic regions, taken by cameras installed at fixed locations. The Czech group of artists Ztohoven [out of there!] confessed to having sabotaged one of the cameras, saying the objective was to highlight the manipulability of television. Martin Zvěřina comments: "Despite the shocked reaction of some viewers, the TV explosion staged by Ztohoven did have its uses, quite apart from its artistic success. For instance we learnt that 'Panorama', which supposedly broadcasts innocent informative images, is basically just paid advertising. But even more important is that we got to see how quickly and forcefully the management of the Czech public broadcasting station can act, particularly where money's involved."

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