WELCOME TO HARD TIMES

18 Oct 2018 – 4 Feb 2019

We’re open to all, now also you

Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Wednesday:
11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Thursday:
11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Friday:
11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday:
11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Sunday:
11 a.m. – 7 p.m.

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

Point of View: 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.


Orchestr Berg: Wurlitzer Night

Contemporary music performed by the BERG Orchestra – opening of the new season! The top Polish pianist Piotr Orzechowski will be performing in the Czech Republic for the very first time and will premiere compositions written especially for him.


Stick Immersed in Water Appears Bent

The exhibition in the Fine Art Archive is held as part of the celebration of the tenth anniversary of Kilan s.r.u., which is focused on the synthesis of absurd reality. A photographic image and a text that combine to create a refined concept distributed through the medium of a desk calendar.


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.


Prometheus

Prometheus exhibition presenting the work of artist Marek Škubal over the last three years. Discover for the first time the sculptural works on display as well as an extensive collection of watercolour drawings.


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.


MILKOV

The largest solo exhibition of sculptor Stefan Milkov to date, presenting a selection of works created between 1989 and 2024.


Deus Artis

Artists through the eyes of an artist. An exhibition of photographic works by Jaroslav Brabec, capturing a number of prominent personalities of fine art and photography, their authenticity and unrepeatable glimpses of moments.


Point of View: Identity

Another instalment of the long-term project, which combines the format of an exhibition and a classroom and focuses on the theme of human identity. Who am I? What am I? The human form naturally takes centre stage; the body, its clothing, its behaviour. A person's identity and the different ways of looking at it.


Commander

The unique production combines a physical theatre performance with live music and a film starring child actors of Farm in the Cave studio to communicate an urgent, yet widely overlooked, topic – the online radicalisation of youth.


Is this the end?
No, it's the beginning.