Past events
Aleš Šteger: Neverend
On board the airship Gulliver, Aleš Šteger, one of the most prominent European literary voices of our time, will present his latest novel Neverend.
Storybox
Just as there is a story behind every picture, the right picture can illuminate (illustrate) the narrative. Art workshop for children and adults aged 5 and up for the exhibition Behind the Words. Discover the artist in you – come tell, create, narrate.
Stefano Carini: Visual Storytelling as Empathy Machine?
In this 1 hour presentation independent photography professional Stefano Carini, will bring the audience on a visual journey which starts more than 30.000 years ago, deep into the mountains of western Europe, South Africa and Indonesia where our ancestors left some of the first images known to us: they were the first visual storytellers, the first artists.
Beyond Words with curator
Join curator Michaela Šilpochová for a guided tour of the exhibition Beyond Words in which works of twelve contemporary visual artists raise some questions about the nature of our literary culture.
Visual Storytelling
Join this interactive and radically empathic experimental workshop led by independent photography professional Stefano Carini. The workshop is dedicated to visual storytellers, image makers, photographers, and anyone who has an interest in the image and telling stories through photography.
VR: Cosmogonic & Notes on Blindness
Two unique VR projects address, each from a different angle, how new technologies relate to the theme of humanity. While in Cosmogonic the VR headset is a gateway to a dystopian future, Notes on Blindness by contrast shows VR technology as a path to deeper understanding between people.
Colum McCann: Apeirogon
DOX presents the long-awaited launch of the Czech edition of a novel that conquered the world. Colum McCann’s most ambitious work to date, Apeirogon – named for a polygon with an infinite number of sides – celebrates the power of stories, friendship, and humanity.
Empathy as a tool and goal
Experience the story as the international project Narrative 4 works with it. For educators, we have prepared a lecture by Irish trainers of the Narrative 4 methodology and a discussion with Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan.
Words to Wake You Up
How can writers respond to a variety of contemporary issues and future crises? Writers Radka Denemarková and Liz Jensen, along with Professor Morten L. Kringelbach aboard the Gulliver Airship, will discuss the power of literature and narrative to enable us to survive.
