Finisáž výstavy Kým voda nezmyje breh: Performatívne čítanie – Sila spoločného hlasu

The performative reading connects six voices that carry experiences of systemic oppression, repression, crises, and genocides in different parts of the world. Each of these voices represents a different form of resistance, survival, and search for dignity within the destructive actions of states and power systems.

The project is based on Stuart Hall’s concept of conjuncture, which he understands as a historical moment in which multiple social, economic, and political crises intersect, but at the same time open up new possibilities for solidarity, collective action, and shared experience. At this intersection of various struggles, there is potential to recognize that our experiences are interconnected, that they are shared vessels, shared struggles.

The reading will take place directly in the installation of the work Prone to Dreaming, which creates a space for pausing, listening, and sharing voices.

Dreaming and imagining a different, more just world is a key act of resistance. As Robin D. G. Kelley writes in Freedom Dreams. The Black Radical Imagination (1992). This approach inspires us to think about inclusion and solidarity with everyone who has been labeled as “other” — and who strives to rewrite this otherness and turn it into strength. Our long struggle for equality and justice carries an experience that today’s world needs to hear.

The question that frames the reading: Where does the power of our collective voice lie?