Dates
| 20.06.2026 / |
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We invite you to take part in the interdisciplinary art project Organisms Democracy Prague, prepared by Studio ALTA in collaboration with the Berlin-based collective Organisms Democracy, taking place from July 11–20, 2026.
Organisms Democracy is a long-term participatory artistic practice that explores what a city might look like if we didn’t think about it solely from a human perspective, but also from the perspective of its other-than-human inhabitants – animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, viruses, and other forms of life with whom we share the urban environment.
This is not merely a metaphor, but a concrete approach to imagining new possibilities of interspecies coexistence through art, research, and collective imagination. The project builds on the collective’s previous successful works presented in Berlin, Vienna, Freiburg, Gelsenkirchen, Paris, and Augsburg.
During the ten-day workshop, you will become familiar with methods that Organisms Democracy has been developing over time, such as interspecies debates, species ambassadors, and multispecies storytelling. The workshop creates a space for collective creative work at the intersection of theatre, ecology, research, and imagination.
The outcome of the workshop will be four public performances in the form of a performative walk, Organisms Democracy Prague, offering audiences the opportunity to experience the city through the voices, conflicts, and alliances of its other-than-human inhabitants.
We are looking for students, artists, and anyone interested from the wider public who are curious about the intersection of art, ecology, public space, and collective creation. No prior experience with theatre is required.
The project includes four repeat performances of the performative walk, each compensated at 1,000 CZK. Two will take place right after the workshop, and the other two in September. Specific dates are to be confirmed. The workshop fee is 3,000 CZK, so the investment pays itself back through the performance fees. Students can get help arranging a scholarship.
If you feel drawn to join a process that connects artistic practice with ecological imagination and seeks more sensitive and solidar ways of coexistence between species, please contact us at mara@altart.cz.
We look forward to meeting you at Studio ALTA.
