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Sylva Lauerova

Sylva Lauerova

The biography of an extravagant writer?

My friend suggested the story of a girl growing up in the depressing environment of an alcoholic family, running away from home, living on the street, almost ending up as a prostitute, with a slowly-emerging prepubescent drug addiction; then a fateful encounter with a Buddhist monk - preferably at the train station :) - leading to a stay in a monastery, rebirth and purification, followed by travels around the world and volunteer work in Africa; then returning to modern civilisation, going through at least three failed marriages and five miscarriages, smoking two packs of cigarettes and drinking three bottles of wine a day … above all, no mentioning a happy and harmonious childhood, loving parents, success wherever you look, a peaceful family life and good, loyal friends - nobody would fancy that.

So let’s try it another way. Who really am I? A Tiger according to the Chinese horoscope, a Gemini according to the western one, a Deer in the Native American one and a Hawthorn in the Celtic one. According to the occult, I’m a Dragon floating in the air and my shadow is a Satyr. I was born in Brno, on a Sunday afternoon (just in time for a cup of coffee and cake) – I know how to pick the right time :) A storm was approaching which means a witch is born (… my Mom used to say).

A list of my Pleasures

  • baroque music- I have lost myself in it completely
  • making love - no further comment needed
  • music in general, except for brass bands - which I no longer understand - and experimental jazz - which I have yet to understand
  • meditation - no further comment needed
  • colours - flowers, trees, green, turquoise, orange, the Sun, the ocean…
  • sounds - birds, birds above all… and frogs quite a bit too
  • animals - almost all of them, with a predominant weakness for giraffes, hippos, turtles and English bulldogs
  • men - intelligent, witty, charismatic, with a predominant weakness for those with amazingly well-built bodies
  • intellectual conversations with my friends, and friends in general, but just a few of them- carefully chosen, intelligent and broad-minded - and having coffee with them, ideally in a functionalist-style café or a harbour café somewhere by the Mediterranean
  • ‘Miňonky’ -cream-filled chocolate-covered wafer biscuits- also no comments needed

A list of my Fears

  • aggressive idiots - no comment
  • the manipulated masses - there are enough examples in both the past and the present
  • unknown diseases - an outbreak of any disease we can’t deal with would bring enormous chaos to our world. Our clean, well-constructed high-tech world is very, very fragile. I realised just how vulnerable it is on 11th September 2001
  • war - no comment
  • Death - face to face, I understand it as the complete transience of a tangible substance - our bodies. We are ridiculous and childish in that we spend our short life collecting, treasuring, keeping and hoarding things - love letters, photos of our loved ones, beer mats, money and real estate - and then one day we just kick the bucket. The End. Finito. And someone else throws all our memories into the dustbin. Or, in the best case scenario, they get to enjoy our money wisely; that is, if they don’t end up dying in a shootout with the rest of the family. That’s why in our western civilisation we all pretend that Death won’t touch us; we don’t want to hear about it and we fear it as something ugly. It’s monstrous, evasive and incorruptible. When somebody we love dies all of a sudden, we just stand there, staring, like a stuffed puppet, unable to understand that he or she is irrevocably gone. Our philosophy really doesn’t provide us with any acceptable explanation. We are modern and sophisticated, we have developed our social and ecological awareness, we explore, invent, we have subjugated the world, we influence what was once insusceptible to influence… We are proud of how we go about making decisions regarding birth but in the face of death, we are just poor little things. I have to laugh - these days, we do business with almost anybody but death is a rotter, it doesn’t believe in negotiating. And if one day we do succeed in trading with death, will we be closer to something… or will we be hopelessly further away?
  • Sylva Lauerova - fashion collection SYLVA - the IMPERSONED project (photo: Karel Losenicky Milano, styling: OLO Dressing, make-up: GG Milano)
  • Contemplation...
  • In the meditation pavilion... in the centre of a heavenly garden.
  • An unfailing love for Andalusia, Spain.
  • Oh yes, there were days when I was pretty.
  • I uploaded this photo on purpose so that you see I don't take myself seriously. Together with the highly fashionable track suit trousers, please mind also the superb sandals :-) ... Great times.
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  • In the waters of the Indian Ocean...
  • A memory of cooperation with the highly talented, extravagant fashion designer Michal Svarc. Unfortunately, he passed away at a very young age :-(
  • Sylva Lauerova (photo: Michal Svarc)
  • ... Waiting (cooperation with Michal Svarc)
  • Black and White
  • And there was also a period of short hair.
  • Sometimes, I don't take myself seriously. Dressy hat, right?
  • Sylva Lauerova - African inspiration.
  • Spain again... shooting "Maria sólo trabaja"
  • Poetry reading during the Days of Design - Designblok '09, Prague.
  • Days of Design - Designblok '09, Prague - jewellery by Dana Bezdekova.
  • Days of Design - Designblok '09, Prague - Sylva Lauerova, wearing a long evening dress by fashion designer Vojtech Novotny.
  • Sylva Lauerova - the IMPERSONED project, Designblok '09, Prague (photo: Alzbeta Jungrova).
  • Sylva Lauerova (photo: Karel Losenicky Milano, styling: OLO Dressing, make-up: GG Milano)
  • Sylva Lauerova - poetry reading, Hodonin, Czech Republic
  • Sylva Lauerova - poetry reading, Hodonin, Czech Republic.
  • Sylva Lauerova - poetry reading, Hodonin, Czech Republic.
  • Sylva Lauerová´s autograph session in Ostrava; Photo by Lukáš Ston
  • Sylva Lauerová´s autograph session in Ostrava; Photo by Lukáš Ston
  • "Night reading" vernissage in Brno - December 2014; Photo by Tomáš Picka
  • "Night reading" vernissage in Brno - December 2014; Photo by Tomáš Picka
  • Sylva Lauerová at Jan Kraus Show; Photo: archive
  • Jumaroro novel launch in Prague. Roman Vojtek, Jiří Bartoška, Sylva Lauerová a Miroslav Donutil. Foto: Klára Smílková
  • Lecture on experimental poetry by Sylva Lauerová for high school students; Photo by Jan Jackson
  • Lecture on experimental poetry by Sylva Lauerová for high school students; Photo by Jan Jackson
  • Lecture on experimental poetry by Sylva Lauerová for high school students; Photo by Jan Jackson
  • Sylva Lauerová performing; photo archive
  • Jumaroro novel launch in Prague. Miroslav Donutil, Sylva Lauerová a Jiří Bartoška. Photo archive
  • Jumaroro novel launch in  Brno  - Marcela Vandrová, Sylva Lauerová a Roman Vojtek. Photo by František Kressa
  • Jumaroro novel launch in  Brno  - Jiří Vondrák, Marcela Vandrová, Sylva Lauerová. Photo by František Kressa
  • Sylva Lauerová with her husband Klaus; International Film Festival Karlovy Vary 2012
  • Sylva Lauerová with her husband Klaus and photographer Lenka Hatašová; International Film Festival Karlovy Vary 2012
  • Sylva Lauerová with her husband Klaus; International Film Festival Karlovy Vary 2014
  • Sylva Lauerová recites poems in honor of Jan Zahradníček in Moravian Library
  • Baroque poetry recital; Ball at castle Helfštýn 2013
  • Baroque poetry recital; Ball at castle Helfštýn 2013
  • Baroque poetry recital; Ball at castle Helfštýn 2013
  • Sylva Lauerová is opening exhibition of photographs by Zbyněk Maděryč
  • Relovesummit 2013
  • Author reading on Romana Štryncl´s exhibition; Photo by Tomáš Picka
  • Sylva Lauerová and OLO at SCI-FI SAFARI (FASHION SHOW 2015): Photo by Czech Czech Fashion
  • Novel Hračka - Book Launch in Prague
  • Novel Otrok- Book Launch in Prague
  • Monthly columns in Psychologie dnes magazine :)
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  • Sylva Lauerová and czech photographer Zbyněk Maděryč; Photo by Jindra Kepert
  • Sylva Lauerová and Ladislavem Špaček; Photo by Jiří Jansch
  • Sylva Lauerová and spanish artist Emilio Fornilies, his wife Zofie Angelic - haute couture jewelry designer and Barbora Kozáková, manager of publishing house van Aspen; Photo by Jiří Jansch
  • Novel Tichošlap - Book Launch: Roman Vojtek, writer Sylva Lauerová, Juraj Kukura, Bára Basiková and Irena Pavlásková; By Lenka Hatašová for iDNES.cz
  • Book Launch in Bratislava: Slovak actor Jozef Vajda, writer Sylva Lauerová and favourite presenter Dado Nagy; Photo by Martin Domok (www.mdpix.sk)
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