Y: SWEAT & FIRE
Bodies in Motion. To the point of exhaustion!
A phenomenon of night parties, raves and club culture. A space surrendered to many: an enjoyment, an incarnation of desire. Heat, steam, moisture, sweat. To the point of absolute exhaustion and even further. How far can we go together? What rhythms do we want to get lost in? What makes us burn and where can we go to cool down? With what energy do we then exhale?
An event which condenses a 24-hour long cycle: an all-night-long rave and all-day-long recovery into five hours of one evening. The opening situation is formed by the intense moment of dance [Orzsulik & Medvěd], intervened by the installations using movement, club culture or rave at their own pace [malina, Fekete, Yakubouskaya, Pecenová]. Collective union of individuals through rhythm, sound, invisible waves, bubbling energy and the tension permeating the bodies taking part.
As time proceeds, we invite you to witness an exhaustion [Szeri, Märc]. For the nightclub culture, moments of exhale and dropout are as important as the movement and dance. We are focusing on tired bodies, we offer some rest, and a possibility of temporary escape. The end is aimed towards the return to the everyday: towards the practices transforming fatigue to energy [McFadden]. An inhale which gives the identity back to the nameless dancing crowd and helps them return to their usual lives.
CURATORS Anna Chrtková, Petr Dlouhý
ARTISTS adina malina [Lausanne/Praha] ▪ Aliaksandra Yakubouskaya [Praha/Berlín/Minsk] ▪ Becka McFadden ▪ Eduard Adam Orzsulik & Evil Medvěd ▪ Elena Pecenová ▪ František Fekete ▪ Vojtěch Märc ▪ Viktor Szeri [Budapešť]
PRODUCTION Tomáš Sosna
LIGHT DESIGN Barbora Jágrová
SOUND Magdalena Kiselá
PHOTOGRAPHY Adam Mráček
GRAPHIC DESIGN Terezie Chlíbcová
The event was held in cooperation with BAZAAR FESTIVAL .
The international Bazaar Festival features progressive performance works by dance and theatre innovators that keep a healthy distance from official culture and are not afraid to take risks. Bazaar Festival programming is focused on makers from the independent scenes of Central and Eastern Europe and since 2019, the Middle East.
