Past events
Sorour Darabi: Savušun
In January, Shiites commemorate the legend of Siyâvosh, the noble Persian prince who voluntarily suffered torture and passed through fire to prove his innocence and clear his reputation of an evil slander.
Veronika Psotková: Together
The work of Veronika Psotková (*1981) is based on the principles of realistic figurative sculpture. Her sculptures reference both classical and contemporary figurative artwork. In recent years she has been primarily focusing on unconventional spatial installations containing wireframe figures and objects.
Russia. Timeless
The Russia. Timeless exhibition presents significant artistic statements from contemporary Russia, by the classics of formerly unofficial art such as Oskar Rabin, Lydia Masterkova, Ilya Kabakov, Dmitri Prigov, or Viktor Pivovarov, who has been living in Czechoslovakia since 1980s to artists who through their work express the feelings of a generation that has lived virtually its entire live under the current regime.
Festival Contempuls 2019: Trio Catch
The Hamburg-based Trio Catch is composed of instrumentalists from Hungary, Switzerland, and South Korea. They met as participants of the International Ensemble Modern Academy in Frankfurt.
Festival Contempuls 2019: POING
One of the best Scandinavian ensembles for contemporary music, the Norwegian trio POING is composed of musicians who move lightly between the club scene and the prestigious concert halls of Europe, Asia, and the US.
Festival Contempuls 2019: Satoko Inoue
Japanese pianist Satoko Inoue has collaborated with a number of respected contemporary composers. Her most special relationship is with Jo Kondo. This important Japanese composer has written many pieces for her, which Inoue presents at festivals around Europe and the United States, and which she recorded for the Swiss label Hat Hut Records.
Festival Contempuls 2019: ascolta
Composer Martin Smolka and director and librettist Jiří Adámek first formed a creative partnership in 2014, when they created an exceptionally original opera, Sezname, otevři se! After its premiere at the NODO festival in Ostrava, it was successfully presented in a reworked chamber version in the Alfred ve dvoře theatre under the title Bludiště seznamů (The Infinity of Lists).
JIŘIČNÁ
On the occasion of Eva Jiřičná’s eightieth birthday, a retrospective exhibition by this world-renowned Czech architect will be held at the DOX Centre, featuring work spanning her entire professional career.
ART-BRUT-ALL
Metal music can be a symbol of redneckery for some; it can also be a lifestyle, an ironic worldview, or a means of escape from this world. It is a subcultural sign. It is connected to a certain generation and aesthetics. Metal has an unmistakeable (sometimes even theatrical) visual language.
