Dates
| 17.09.2026 / 18:00 |
Information
walk-lecture-performance
Being made of water means that you belong somewhere. By drinking a glass of tap water, we are not only connected to the network of sewers that run through Prague, but also to the artificially dammed Želivka river – with all its history and inhabitants. We share the next sip with millions of people and billions of non-human neighbours. The journey of water that nourishes our cells is just a stop in a cycle that crosses geographic boundaries, national borders, landscapes and states of matter.
But the role of the bodies of water that surround us goes beyond biology, they seep into our culture, our songs, our celebrations, they infuse our image of community, they permeate our rituals. What happens if we pay attention to this interconnectedness? What can we learn from rivers and from discovering our own watery selves?
Stories carried by old waters is a walk-lecture-performance by Rokytka. Living next to rivers washes ashore various questions on urban cohabitation: who has access to natural sites and resources in urban environments, who can enjoy the benefit of blue spaces, how are we regulating our rivers, how are we dealing with floods and drought, who drinks clear water? In a community process together with a group of Czech and Ukrainian women we explore the themes offered by the rivers of Prague. We share our findings and inspiration presented in a performance-walk at the end of the process
75 minutes / Czech, Ukrainian, English / this programme is a walk-lecture-performance
Concept, facilitation: Femini (Eszter Dobos, Napsugár Trömböczky )
Local co-creator: Olesia Usata
Participants: TBA
Original music: Lau Tóth
Experts as consultants:
Róbert Szűcs(Grasshopper Geography)
Lilla Kammermann (Valyo)
Stories carried by old waters was developed during a residency in Olomouc with Divadlo na Cucky in 2023, and the Hungarian chapter by the Danube premiered in 2024 at Placcc Festival.
The performance is created in collaboration with Studio ALTA, supported by the Culture Helps Solidarity.
“The “Culture Helps Solidarity / Культурадопомагає:Солідарність”is a project co-funded by the European Union and implemented by the European Cultural Foundation (NL), Insha Osvita (UA), zusa (DE) and VETERANKA Movement (UA)”.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) . Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.”
