Dates
| 26.01.2025 / 14:00 a 17:30 |
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Why do adults gradually lose their desire to play? When do they actually grow up and replace playing for working? Why is it so difficult to find time for free play?
Since the beginning of the 20th century, life in cities has become full of barriers. Spaces for free play, sports or entertainment have been fenced off and pushed into invisible zones – together with children and their caregivers, in order to protect them from the wheels of modernity. Some current playgrounds are trying to make up for lost time, searching for free adventures and fantasy for children, just as digital progress or loads of work and responsibilities vie for everyone’s attention. As a result, adults (and not only parents) have less time for children in society and for enjoying moments together. Children then play in institutions and spaces that have been for their sake disjoined from the surrounding world, and their education gradually leads them to follow routine patterns.
What if we try to reconnect the two worlds? Play and work! Let’s ‘plork’! And art as a free field of imagination and collaboration, variable and without competition, as much as possible!
How does a pile of objects sound when perceived with eyes closed, and does it feel warm? How could we imagine what has been forgotten? Could we see the silent? From whom could an adult learn the most and when would be the most suitable moment for it?
The material world of tools, surfaces, materials, colours, nature and hands, people, individual ideas and wonders turns into a unique and intuitive one. Our (non)theatre hall becomes a playground for utopia, where no stone will be left unturned… We will meet and get closer to each other. Let’s put our hands to work. We can take a break from expectations, plans, and tasks. What can we learn about ourselves when we switch our roles? When we return to childhood, grow into adulthood, or become old?
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Creative team: Marika Smreková, Lenka Jabůrková and Matěj Nytra
photo: Darja Lukjanenko a Simona Rybová
