Mirek Vodrázka

Biographical Information

The Czech feminist Mirek Vodrázka defines himself as the "philosopher of chaos," feminist missionary, and independent journalist. Born with a twin, Vodrázka identified with his sister very much and often referred to himself in the feminine gender. In the 1970s he was the author and main propagator of the manifestos of "emotionalism" and pursued the method of "total improvisation," in which he still lives and writes. When he was 23, Vodrázka was persecuted by the Communist regime as a "socially dangerous" individual, for putting a sign reading "God is here" on the statue of St. Wenceslaus in the center of Prague. During the 1980s he was one of the organizers of the "Religionistic and Philosophic Seminars" of Egon Bondy, Milan Balabán, and Milan Machovec. Vodrázka also hosted several of the historical Charter 77 meetings in his apartment. After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, he wrote for and then became editor of the journal, Vokno, which he had helped to edit underground during the Communist Regime. Vodrázka is also the editor of philosophical articles published via samizdat. Besides this, he published many essays connected to feminist issues. Currently, he is one of the figures in the musical-theatrical project, Psychochaos. In 1996 he published, via the Gender Studies Foundation in Prague, his book, Feminist Talks About Secret Services (Feministicke rozhovory o tajnych sluzbach), seven interviews with women active in politics and the public sphere in the Czech Republic. In 1997 Vodrázka published his philosophical essay, Chaocracy, through Votobia Praha Publishing.

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