Urban Disobedience Toolkit

Urban Disobedience Toolkit explores the evolving dynamics of public space in big cities, showing how art can inspire people to reclaim and reshape their urban environments. Through three artistic interventions and a performative lecture, the film illustrates ways to “take back the city.” These elements are seamlessly interwoven under the direction of artist and filmmaker Vladimír Turner, who has spent nearly two decades dedicated to art in public spaces. The title, Urban Disobedience Toolkit, highlights the avant-garde potential of art – not as mere decoration, but as a radical intervention and a driving force against technocratic perceptions of the world.

Vladimír Turner’s first feature-length documentary. The film’s distribution premiere took place in March 2025.

Vladimír Turner graduated from FAMU and UMPRUM and completed a PhD at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He is a multidisciplinary artist primarily focused on socio-political and environmental themes. He often collaborates with the non-profit sector as well as independent media and artists. In 2023, he co-represented the Czech Republic at the Venice Biennale. His feature debut Urban Disobedience Toolkit premiered at the One World International Human Rights Film Festival in 2025.