- Ztohoven
Ztohoven is an award-winning Czech guerrilla
artist collective known for itsprank s. The most well-known of these pranks - and the one which led to six of its members being prosecuted - was theJune 17 ,2007 "Media Reality" incident, in which they hacked into aweather forecast being broadcast onČeská televize and inserted a digital image of anuclear explosion and amushroom cloud on a live panoramic shot of theKrkonoše Mountains . This led to the January 2008 announcement that six Ztohoven members would be prosecuted forscaremongering and spreading false information; they faced prison sentences of up to three years. OnMarch 25 ,2008 , A Czech judge dismissed the scaremongering charges against the artists, citing public amusement rather than public unrest, but theprosecutor said the state would consider an appeal. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/arts/27arts-HACKERARTIST_BRF.html Hacker Artists Cleared in Czech TV Stunt - New York Times - March 27, 2008] ]In December 2007, the
Czech National Gallery awarded Ztohoven the NG 333 prize for works unrelated to the "Media Reality" incident; this included CZK 333 000. [ [http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,526688,00.html A Czech War of the Worlds: Mushroom Cloud Pranksters to Stand Trial - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News ] ]ee also
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