OBJECT:PARADISE

On June 16, YouTube deleted the entire OBJECT:PARADISE channel in a single automated sweep — years of Prague underground poetry, film, and noise, gone, with no human on the other end to appeal to. So we built our own.

The new O:P Archive is live in an independent, algorithm-free home for every film, magazine, sound and curation we've ever made, designed to be less like YouTube and more like OBJECT:PARADISE with many easter eggs, hidden rooms, and surprises.

But before we launch to the public, we're looking for beta testers. If you've ever been on our stage, in our audience, in one of our magazines, or just in the room — we'd like to ask you to come break our site and tell us about it.

If you're interested, send us a DM or email us at [email protected] and we'll get you an early access code 😍

On June 16, 2026, we were notified of the permanent deletion of the OBJECT:PARADISE YouTube channel. In a single, automated sweep, our archive of the Prague underground's history, poetics, and experimental film was erased. Furthermore, we have been explicitly prohibited from creating any future channels.

Under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), platforms of this scale are legally required to provide transparent moderation, clear justifications, and access to actual human review when a digital livelihood or archive is destroyed. We are currently working with the European Digital Acts service to petition YouTube's decision on our behalf.

But as frustrating as this news is, it shouldn't surprise us.

In fact, it is the exact reason we formed the OBJECT:PARADISE collective in the first place—to curate and create collective agency in the celebration of public art. Today's platforms steal this agency from us through their algorithmic biases and automated content control, which directly conflicts with our Manifesto.

Yet, because they have monopolized the context in which we communicate our Manifesto, we are forced to play their exploitative games. If no one is in the woods to hear when a poem is read, was a poem ever read? If an 300+ hour archive of Prague underground footage can't be shared, did those actions ever happen?

Our channel was removed due to "gratifying" nud*ty and s*xual content, which is even more surprising as our channel primarily concerns poetry readings. Regardless, our channel serves as an original archival documentation of live actions, performances, and happenings in our community. All content strictly qualifies for YouTube's Educational, Documentary, Scientific, and Artistic (EDSA) exception. YouTube's published policy on EDSA content clearly exempts "brief nudity that's part of a theatrical performance, in which the nudity is shown in the context of a longer storyline." The artistic context of our content is fully self-contained and inherently obvious within the visual recordings of these live theatrical performances—or is it? And according to whom? We were never notified of which video trigged the automated deletion of our archive.

The issue is that YouTube's algorithms define and draw the boundary between what is art and what is not art. An algorithm has no context—and certainly does not understand the nuances between Vinohrady and Žižkov. So when a humanless, contextless corporate entity draws these boundaries and limits our reach, we can only be reminded of the importance of our Manifesto.

We apologize to all the universities, institutes, collectives, NGOs, and artists which had linked to our content on YouTube. All content is currently being backed up on www.Archive.org.

Moving forward, we are currently working with community members to rebuild a completely sovereign, algorithm-free digital vault where our archive will remain accessible, uncensored, and entirely in our hands.

If you believe in our Manifesto and want to help us with the back-end coding of this new infrastructure, get in touch with us at [email protected].

www.objectparadise.com

OBJECT:PARADISE happenings, works, and parties through the years. Let us know in the comments if we should do this every Thursday 😍

Photos by Sasha Rose Jan Černý Eduard Germis

"..there was that creative aspect of the expat community that needed to find some kind of outlet. And that’s the role these publications really served – as an outlet for this voice."

(Mark Baker recounting Prague's English language media boom in the 90's via Radio Prague International)

Read the full interview here 👇

https://english.radio.cz/inside-pragues-1990s-english-language-media-boom-mark-baker-expat-press-era-8882946

SCREENING TONIGHGT

* OBJECT:PRAHA V : Momentument *

📌Doors: 19:00
📍Punctum, Independent Republic of Žižkov

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