Dates
| 25.10.2025 / 9:00–22:30 |
Information
In October, the Performance Bus will take us into the landscape of urban wilderness together with ecologist and botanist Albert Šturma. You can look forward to ecologically remarkable sites around Prague (Soutok, Pražská Pastvina, Hostivice Ponds) as well as inspiring ecologically engaged artistic practices. This edition of Performance Bus is organized in collaboration with the Bazaar Festival and the Prague Institute of Planning and Development.
At the confluence of the Vltava and Berounka rivers, architect Zdeněk Ent will guide us through the site of the planned peri-urban park Soutok, and during a sound walk with Kristýna Mikulková we will immerse ourselves in listening to the Symphony for the Berounka River.
We will visit Pražská Pastvina, where a performative picnic and walk by Heidi Hornáčková will guide us, concluding with a concert by the band Timber Rattle at the beehive.
At the dam of the Hostivice Ponds, we will enjoy a concert by Ian Mikyska, and in the former Ronna mine in Kladno we will visit an exhibition of objects by Tomáš Bělina. The journey will culminate with a botanical walk led by Albert Šturma and a Bush Worship Ceremony.
Lunch and dinner will be provided during the Performance Bus. Please bring cash.
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Itinerary:
9:00 – departure from ALTA
10:00 – Soutok: Zdeněk Ent on the planned peri-urban park
10:20 – Soutok: sound walk Symphony for the Berounka River by Kristýna Mikulková
12:00 – Pražská Pastvina: entomological insight with Vojta Koštíř
12:30 – Pražská Pastvina: performative picnic by Heidi Hornáčková
14:30 – Pražská Pastvina: concert by Timber Rattle at the beehive
16:30 – Hostivice Ponds: concert by Ian Mikyska
18:00 – Former Ronna Mine: exhibition of objects by Tomáš Bělina
19:30 – botanical walk through urban wilderness with Albert Šturma
20:30 – Bush Worship Ceremony
22:30 – return to ALTA
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Curatorial team: Tobiáš Nevřiva and Albert Šturma
Production: Mara Ševčíková
Driver: Mr. Marcel
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The Performance Bus is a magical journey led by our driver Mr. Marcel, now in its eighth edition, but this time for the very first time venturing beyond the city of Prague. It is a vehicle (literally and metaphorically) for directing our attention to diverse independent platforms dedicated to performance art and cultural activities happening in different corners and hidden places of the Czech Republic. Each journey is an opportunity to form new friendships, live through adventures, and discover unique artistic practices in places where we might never have expected to find them.
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The project was created in co-production with the Nature of Us curatorial line of the Bazaar Festival and was inspired by the Methodology of Interpreting Aspects of the Landscape through Art (TA CR).
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 the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).
Neither the European Union nor the EACEA can be held responsible for them.
photo Simona Rybová a Anežka Medová