WELCOME TO HARD TIMES
18 Oct 2018 – 4 Feb 2019
We’re open to all, now also you
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
Poupětova 1, Prague 7
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You don’t have to know much to know that the world has seen better days, so what are we doing about it? What are you doing about it? Apathy is one of the many issues we’re not talking about.
But why don’t people care about what’s going on in the world?
a. It doesn’t affect them directly
b. They can’t do anything about it.
c. They’ve seen it all before.
Instead, we go to the gym...
As a society we’ve never been sicker or more obsessed with exercise than we are today. New fitness concepts are being launched every day, but they’re all much of a muchness, really. Instead of the 7-minute workout there’s the 6-minute workout, instead of having to choose between yoga or acrobatics, they’ve been combined. But now there is a workout that challenges your body, your mind and your morals, and it might even be good for the world.
A workout that forces you to take on the big issues threatening our world every day - you can’t ignore them in this gym! Sweat out your guilt and your obliviousness, train your awareness, face the beasts head on. Who knows, maybe you’ll get a six-pack, or maybe you’ll come up with a solution to ocean pollution, or poverty.
In this interactive installation the space will be transformed into a gym, where you work out your muscles as you grapple with the issues facing the world. After your workout you’llfeel invigorated, informed and maybe even willing to be a little bit more aware of what’s really going on in the world.
Exhibition Concept: Erik Kessels
Artists:
Elinor Milchan - My Love Answer Me project
Antuan Rodriguez - Left or Right project curated by Marisa Caichiolo
Viktor Frešo
The visit of artist Elinor Milchan in Prague has been supported by the Embassy of the State of Israel in Prague.
Keep exploring
Between 5:29–21:29
An exhibition by artist Barbara Satranská presenting a collection of charcoal and pencil drawings, bound into a single book, created during a sixteen-hour stay inside Villa Tugendhat and its immediate surroundings.
Immerse Performing
Farm in the Cave studio is known for its specific method of working with a performer. That is characteristic for personal engagement, immersion in the subject, musicality and high dynamics. The workshop will introduce participants to various ways of creating the physical score.
Pavel Jasanský: Artists and Autographs
Exhibition of a selection of photographs by photographer and graphic designer Pavel Jasanský depicting a number of Czech artists. The exhibition takes place at the Archive of Fine Arts.
Metaphysics and Despair
An exhibition of Viktor Pivovarov's latest works, in which the artist shows with insight and humour the anguish through which works of art are often born and what happens when greed, hatred and anger take over.
Teapot: The Art of the Book
Exhibition of bibliophilia at design shop DOX by Qubus. Seven book titles from the production of the publishing house Teapot are displayed in a site-specific installation prepared for the space and tailored to each book.
Cyberlemon
Hynek Martinec's solo show draws together an extraordinary range of references to meditate upon the present state of human consciousness. He responds to an accelerated and increasingly polarized world where art, technology, and social changes meet in unexpected and often paradoxical ways.
Point of View 3: Balance
The third instalment of a long-term project seeks a balance between the organic and technical worlds. The work of Czech and foreign artists reveals the various connections between nature and technology - two seemingly disparate environments to which we intrinsically belong today, even though we perceive a certain tension between them.
David Lynch: Up in Flames
The exhibition of the American artist David Lynch will present the artistic work of this icon of world cinema for the first time in the Czech Republic.
Refuge
They're on their way. Out of fear. No guarantees. Three people cross paths on the run. Bound to each other, they traverse territories of anxiety, courage, failure and compassion. They seek refuge in a world that doesn't care for them.
Ensemble Modern II
A Czech premiere of an opera by George Benjamin and a world premiere of Slavomír Hořínka’s composition concludes the first year of Ensemble Modern’s three-year residency at the Prague Spring.
Masterclass – Ensemble Modern
How can one get the most from the instrument when performing contemporary music? Young musicians explore new performance techniques with members of Ensemble Modern.
Reading Lessons – Ensemble Modern
Young composers are confronted with how the world's leading performers of contemporary music read their sound ideas written into the score. The concert takes place as part of the Prague Spring Festival.
Ensemble Modern I
Ensemble Modern se představí poprvé v rámci své tříleté rezidence na Prague Offspring. Přední soubor soudobé hudby přijíždí do Prahy, aby uvedl premiéry českých a slovenských skladatelů, hudbu etablovaných světových autorů/ek a zásadní díla skladatele sira George Benjamina.
George Benjamin in Conversation
Pre-talk with the composer-in-residence of Prague Offspring Sir George Benjamin.
Orhan Pamuk: The Consolation of Objects
The exhibition Consolation of Objects for the first time offers insight into visual, conceptual, and photographic work of Turkish writer and Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk.
