CZECH DELEGATION IN BAVARIA
8.-11. 11. 2023
Four-day trip of Czech cultural workers to Bavaria, specifically to Munich, Moosach, Nuremberg and Bamberg.
In November, a group of 16 members went to four Bavarian cities. Similar to the Bavarian delegation, it included curators, dramaturgs, production managers/producers and artists from various cities in the Czech Republic, but also the programme coordinator of the Prague Municipal Library or representatives of the European Capital of Culture project Budějovice 2028. We gradually visited Moosach, Munich, Nuremberg and Bamberg. In each city, we met representatives of the local scene, had a group programme and time for individual meetings, exploring new places and visiting galleries. In addition, a critical moment was the official meeting with the mayor of Bamberg and with the employee of Nuremberg City Hall, who takes care of cooperation with the Czech Republic.
DEPARTURE ITINERARY (ENG)
/ PARTICIPANTS
Jakub Štrba, Jiří Kolář, Eva Lietavová, Patrik Boušek, Dominika Široká, Lucie Fabišíková, Mikuláš Zvánovec, Jan Mocek, Barbara Gregorová, Hana Kokšalová, Carolina Arandia, Helena Urban, Dita Lánská, David Karban, Kryštof Koláček, Petr Dlouhý
CZECH SHOWCASE IN BAVARIA
For the presentation of Czech art for the Bavarian audience and the professional circle, we have decided not to go the traditional route of a "showcase", which presents a specific selection of works intended for an international audience. Instead, we focused on the potential of art-making to create new relationships. Thus, the program resulted from several co-productions and collaborations and was based on the common interest of Czech artists and their Bavarian colleagues.
"The following program can be understood as an act of listening to ongoing conversations with various actors of the scene and their needs. Or as an answer to the questions we encounter during the process: How can we bring Czech and Bavarian artists together? What set of procedures needs to be represented more? How do we inhabit the position of an outsider, and what can this bring to the local context? What must happen for us to travel to the neighbouring cities?"
An excerpt from Petr Dlouhý's curatorial text outlines the reasons for such a move. If the platform aims to build bridges, it's important to start listening first. The program presented the Beautiful Confusion Collective project on dance and architecture, which worked site-specifically at the Bavarian Chamber of Architects with the participation of a Munich artist. In Nuremberg, we prepared a series of workshops conveying specific knowledge and practices built on the Czech scene. These included strategies of cultural politics in dance, post-humanist curatorial approaches or the possibilities of non-hierarchical spaces accessible to people without children, parents and children alike. In Bamberk, the Czech and German versions of the Brno collective bazmek entertainment's audio walk premiered. It was created in collaboration with local artists and was the first ever international experience for a young collective of creators. The programme ended with a joint performance event by the Prague artist Sofia Sorokina and the Bamber artist David Luis Grimm in the newly opened Johanniskapelle cultural space.
PROGRAM (ENG)
/ARTISTS
Becka McFadden, Sára Märc, Marika Smreková, Blanka Marková, Anna Prstková, Andrea Polnická, Patrik Boušek, Eva Lietavová, Sofiia Sorokina, David Luis Grimm, Laura Saumweber, Mary Ann Hushlak, Sylvie Robaldo
