. tektoparty

a performative walk in and with the landscape

Ostružina

concept and research: Zden Brungot Svíteková
movement and choreographic research: Zden Brungot Svíteková, Matthew Rogers dramaturgy and scenario: Marika Smreková
performers: Marek Menšík, Marika Smreková, Matthew Rogers, Štěpána Nlasa Mfuta, Zden Brungot Svíteková
texts: Zden Brungot Svíteková, Matthew Rogers, Mário Olšavský, Marika Smreková costumes: Lucia Račková
consultant: Mário Olšavský
producer: OSTRUŽINA z.s.
with the support: MK ČR, MHMP, SFK, The Nature of Us and Visegrad Fund, Slovak Arts Council
partners: MOVE Ostrava, REZI.DANCE Komařice, Artbiom
thank you: researchers and staff of State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, SKOK!, Studio ALTA, Kiosk festival, Centre for Choreographic Development SE.S.TA, Polka Dot, Viktor Černický,
Jana Ryšlavá, Michaela Zemková, Katarzyna Kania, Richard Wetter, Daniela Hazuková and all
those who joined the journey

The Earth’s body is like an ongoing dance choreography unfolding in time and space, travelling across the globe. It is a dynamic and ever-changing body whose movements and dances are inscribed into the land-formations. Can we see and read them? How do we engage with them?

. tektoparty is a participatory excursion that merges the disciplines of geology and art, especially the art of dance, to activate fresh perspectives on the workings of our bodies, the body of society and the body of the Earth. The Earth itself, along with our human understanding of it, are essential collaborators in this choreographic hike.

For all Ages.

Earth’s crust is often rent by a series of gradual fractures, from fissures to cracks to splits,
before a full-blown fault emerges. One way to initiate a transformative societal shift is to immerse individuals in ecologically active communities that nurture collaborative creative endeavors interwoven with educational pursuits and interdisciplinary dialogue.

The .tektoparty art project seeks to cultivate shared creative experiences among individuals from diverse backgrounds, fostering connections that, like interconnected cracks, can collectively contribute to a positive social transformation.

In ecological performance art, the artists, together with the audience and the environment, engage in an emancipated creative dialogue that prototypes the disruption of hierarchical structures prevalent in society and challenges anthropocentric perspectives.

Premiered on October 6, 2022, on the first International Day of Geodiversity designated by UNESCO, the production was created on the site of the Hlubočepské Plotny, a former quarry Vysoká, now a nature reserve of European importance belonging to the geologically world-
renowned Barrandien site.

About the formation:
“My fascination with Earth’s movements began in 2019, nourished by initial field trips and ongoing consultations with geologists. In 2020, dance artist Matthew Rogers joined the project as a collaborator on movement research and choreography. For the final year of development in 2022, stage director Marika Smreková enriched the creative team as a dramaturge, bringing her expertise in participatory theater. Like a geological formation sculpted from layers, the stratigraphy of the creative process would be incomplete without the essential contributions of performers Martina Hajdyla Lacová and Marek Menšík.”
Zden Brungot Svíteková

The performance is also suitable for children from 8 years old. Since the performance takes place in the nature, each participant is at his own risk.

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€5.00