OBJECT:PARADISE

In January this year, we gathered to commemorate and celebrate the late Prague writer and novelist Phillip O'Neil.

‘Imagine somewhere a great and splendid hall where everything is done to produce joy and merriment – but the entrance to this hall is a nasty, muddy, horrible stairway, and it is impossible to pass without getting disgustingly soiled and admission is paid by prostituting oneself, and when day dawns the merriment is over and all ends with one’s being kicked out again. But the whole night through everything is done to keep up and inflame the merriment and pleasure.’

As Phillip wrote himself, writing “doesn’t make the darkness go away, but it makes it easier to live with” — a sentence that continues to describe not only his practice, but the enduring gift of his work to those who read it.

The video below documents the evening. Thank you to everyone who came to share a memory, a piece of his writing, or a piece of writing to commemorate him.
Rest in peace, Phillip..

In Memory of Phillip O'Neil | A Prague Reading ‘Imagine somewhere a great and splendid hall where everything is done to produce joy and merriment – but the entrance to this hall is a nasty, muddy, horribl...

In September 2025 we met up with artist Natalia Rożycka and discussed her exhibition H20HOMO at the Svétova 1 art space for the latest episode of OBJECT:VAULT

Natalia Różycka (1998, Łódź – Poland) is a Polish artist whose current work deals with the history of naturist sites in Poland and Prague and how their nature has changed to the present day. A residency at the gallery space SVĚTOVA 1 helped Natalia to explore the environment of these spaces in Prague more closely and confront them with her current research.

Natalia explores the boundaries between intimacy, lust, and social norms in her work. She captures these themes through a plexiglass painting technique inspired by the aesthetics of stained glass and the q***r history of her hometown of Łódź. She seeks to capture the fellowship of q***r micro-communities, fleeting moments of closeness, and small rituals that help her define her own space as a q***r woman.

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OBJECT:VAULT is an interview series that started in 2020 with the purpose to discuss performance and poetics with community members of, and visitors to, Prague.

OBJECT:PARADISE Natalia Rożycka's Nudist Beach Adventures | OBJECT:VAULT

O:P Propaganda available this afternoon at Kampus Hybernská 😍

TOTES * MAGS * FILMS * VINYL

(12:00-14:00)

We have a double feature across continents coming up!

Upcoming in Mexico City & London:::::

⏺︎ 19.03 (El Armadillo, Mexico City, CMDX):
OBJECT:PRAHA III : The Manifesto screening

⏺︎ 27.03 (The Finch Community Cinema, London):
MOMENTUMENT Screening at Composite Festival.

From the depths of Žižkov, O:P's side project, Warm Braník, performs their hit single "Spaghetti Farts"

Warm Braník - "Spaghetti Farts" Recorded at Warm Braník's last ever concert.

We're happy to announce that February has introduced some lightness into the O:P Collective, and, while we had to postpone the release event of KROTCH Mag Issue 20, we're looking forward to organizing another party for the 21st issue.

That being said, we decided to finally release our latest KROTCH emission back into the streets where it originated from. (Pick-up locations listed below 👇)

We are so proud to have featured over 300 pages of Žižkov Delinquency since starting the project in June 2022. Thank you, endlessly, to everyone who has contributed to the project over the years 💋

With the release of K20, we're also excited to share with you that, despite inflation, we have decided NOT to raise the price of KROTCH (which is and will remain 50kč per issue), and rather to include MORE within each issue—24 pages as opposed to 16 pages. With this new format, we'll also be moving away from a 'monthly' release and towards a 'quarterly' release of the magazine. Now with KROTCH, you get more for less.

Since we began the project in June 2022, our goal has been to promote local writing on local topics to generate new perspectives on larger themes & questions -- what is poetry? what is art? and how can we get drunk for free? (these are all the same questions).

And since beginning the project, we’ve also learned a lot. For example, asking people to submit us "bad" writing is, in principle, the same as asking someone to send us "good" writing -- each qualification is subjective and dependent on past experiences that build expectations.

We also learned that the community writers for KMAG often don't need explanations because they understand, somehow, what these unspoken conventions are--even when we don't know ourselves. And, perhaps, this is the beauty about community works; you create your own notions of "good" and "bad" by collective shared experiences. However micro, however local.

Perhaps this is all we will have left in the age of global mass media where conventions and expectations are mass-maintained through algorithmic gatekeeping and the institutionalization of “expression.”

We want to give a huge thank you to all who have contributed to KROTCH over the last twenty issues and to all of you who took the time to support K-MAG. You have helped us belong and find our belonging amongst the contorted culture of the 21st century.

Long live the sh*theads.

Featured in K20 are contributions from::::

Anna Maslenko
Jordan Lickel
Lomikar
Rory Hinchey
Sasha Honigman
Sang Palsu
Snitch Kejhnul
Tekno Sag
Ugljesa Janjic
THANK GUYS.

GET INVOLVED AT KROTCH (@) OBJECTPARADISE.COM

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HANDLE KROTCH for 50kc thru your neighborhood dealer or pick up a copy at one of our four drop off & get off points in Prahahahaha:

📍Žižkovšiška
📍The Globe Bookstore
📍Místečko Gallery space.
📍L’object Trouve cafe

Learn more about the project at:
www.objectparadise.com/KROTCH

It's been four years since the release of OBJECT:PARADISE : Volume 2 😮

Here's "Lipanská", the first single we released from the record, featuring...

Sandra Pasławska (reader), and musicians Michal Wroblewski (saxophone), Jan Chalupa (drums), Miloš Klápště (upright bass), Štěpán Janoušek (trombone), Roksan Mandel (piano)

Thanks for the production help:
Recording: Tomáš Jochmann (Baracca Records)
Mastering: Sifter Grim Records

Video by Sandra Sandra Pasławska

OBJECT:PARADISE - LIPANSKÁ LIPANSKÁ is the first single from OBJECT:PARADISE Volume IIReader: Sandra PasławskaMusicians: Michal Wroblewski (saxophone), Jan Chalupa (drums), Miloš Klápš...

"I first came across the name OBJECT:PARADISE online through short videos where a man recites a poem while, next to him, a woman ecstatically smashes a chair or a computer. The verses are in English, but the scenes are happening in the centre of Prague in front of random passers-by. In another video the poet even has the book he’s reading from burning in his hands. And everything is filmed in nostalgically old-school VHS. I immediately slipped into the curiosity of an amateur detective – what kind of parallel literary life is going on in the streets of the metropolis?"

Read the full recount here:
https://objectparadise.com/Thought-Beat

(Remembering OBJECT:PARADISE : Thought & Beat as written by Ondřej Macl in iTvar. Photos by Eduard Germis & Adela Hrdličkova)

Due to health concerns within the OBJECT:PARADISE collective, our KROTCH 20 Release event has been postponed until further notice. We apologize and thank you for your understanding. ❤️

- OBJECT:PARADISE, 07.01.2026

*** THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ***

K20 RELEASE PARTY ✨ SEE YOU 17/01/26 at

OBJECT:PARADISE is proud to celebrate KROTCH Magazine's 20th Issue of discount writing by Žižkov for Žižkov at a special one-time event on January 17th, 2026 at Unijazz.

Join us for an evening of experimental readings, performances, and actions where we relive the feelings of writing, reading, and drinking KROTCH Mag. Don't know what KMAG is? Come find out.

🎭🎭🎭
8pm-11 pm.
- Čítárna Unijazz (Husitská 22, 130 00 Praha 3-Žižkov) -THE EVENT IS FREE. THE BEER IS NOT.

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Since we began the project in June 2022, our goal has been to promote local writing on local topics to generate new perspectives on larger themes & questions -- what is poetry? what is art? and how can get drunk for free? (these are all the same questions).

And since beginning the project, we've also learned a lot. For example, asking people to submit us "bad" writing is, in principle, the same as asking someone to send us 'good" writing -- each qualification is subjective and dependent on past experiences that build expectations.

We also learned that the community writers for KMAG often don't need explanations because they understand, somehow, what these unspoken, conventions are--even when we don't know ourselves. And, perhaps, this is the beauty about community works; you create your own notions of 'good" and "bad" by collective shared experiences. However micro, however local.

Perhaps this is all we will have left in the age of global mass media where conventions and expectations are mass-maintained through algorithmic gatekeeping and the institutionalization of "expression."

We want to give a huge thank you to all who have contributed to KROTCH over the last twenty issues and to all of you who took the time to support K-MAG. You have helped us belong and find our belonging amongst the contorted culture of the 21st century. Long live the sh*theads.