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Light research 2015 The first light research I did with dancer Jefta Tanate and performance maker Nick Steur, finding the relation between light and time
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Light from inside a tussle We started with light in close proximity to the body, seen from within and from outside. This is from within, perspectives of darkness are revealed by the light.
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Urban Snakes We were on a walk with Natália to carry out our observations on phenomena beyond choreography. At one point, I was really struck by the movement of some ropes. They belonged to window cleaners working high above us. The only visible trace of their “invisible movement” was the ropes themselves — a kind of choreography, a dance of ropes. At one part I got
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Collective Fantasies During the week, we explored the diagram, collective fantasies, and playful interactions with objects. A strong emphasis remained on understanding how group dynamics function and how decisions are made. We dreamed, yet were also grounded in the reality of where we are at this moment, finding unexpected pleasure in creating a video with the objects.
Tags: diagram, drawing, collective, objects, video
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Imaginary body Positioning myself in the project and the collective. Naming what my role in the collective might be, presenting the score I developed and questioning collective and individual approaches and questioning my own artistic practice (new upcoming work).
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I resist with my body I resist with my body
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score Score developed during the process based on what is and is not choreography for me today. Feel free to try it on your own.
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This book happened to be a "sharing practice" This book was an inspiration for a collective physical action. It presents political actions/political body in public spaces that were highly political in the 60s-90s in the Czech Republic.
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This book happened to be a "sharing practice" This book was an inspiration for a collective physical action. It presents political actions/political body in public spaces that were highly political in the 60s-90s in the Czech Republic.
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Home sweet home This material reflects on my history and roots.
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Home sweet home This material reflects on my history and roots.
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quiet The description of this moment reveals a turning point in the group’s functioning and provokes questions about where the individual ends and the collective begins.
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Imaginary body Positioning myself in the project and the collective. Naming what my role in the collective might be, presenting the score I developed and questioning collective and individual approaches and questioning my own artistic practice (new upcoming work).
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Parent friendly culture Photo of ‘Morning Prayer’ with our children and a link to Parent Friendly Culture, which is coordinated by Studio Alta and Marika Smreková.
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Body Politics Reflection A Reflection on the Meaning of a Political Gesture That Has Not Been Published.
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Notes on the decision-making process A list of practical tools for group decision-making — from dialogue formats and movement methods to creative ways of reaching consensus and recording ideas.
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Notes on Week 1 Notes for Week 1: Wishes, Questions, Reflections etc.
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Temporary Definition of Choreography Based on the topic of the temporal definition of body politics, I was inspired to ask a few colleagues what the temporal definition of choreography is.
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Practise Poetry This document shares my current reflections and practices as a choreographer, and gestures toward possible future attempts. It includes three sections: Material / Work – Poet Practice, Context – Teaching,Themes – (De-)colonisation of the Mind.
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The Attendance of Places Short reflection on a chance encounter between the Icodaco team and photographer Jitka Hofmanová and her students, exploring different parts of Prague within her experiential course.
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First Week – The Journey Unfolds Reflection after the first week — questions, observations, and documentation through analog video.
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Anthill During our collective brainstorming of examples of works “beyond choreography” I proposed a video work by Matěj Smetana in which he built a pyramid out of sugar cubes next to an anthill and documented what happens. This work became an inspiration for our further work in the collective. The photo documents my first time seeing such a big anthill in the forest.
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Posing in the field Photo I took during an activity we did during the week. I like the poses, it feels like a contemporary version of a romantic painting.
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Themes of my practice Summarization of main topics present in my practice.
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Dynamic diagrams Description of/Score for one of activities I proposed during the week.