Roots - Weaving Entangled Paths

6th of April 2023

During the launch of the magazine Flash Art Czech & Slovak Edition No. 67 with the theme Queer in cooperation with the SPA (Studio Performance Art) cycle of Studio ALTA

 

New Libeň synagogue

Ludmilina 601/4, 

Palmovka, 180 00 Praha 8-Libeň-Praha 8

 

 

A time-lapse of the forest is displayed on the former altar of the old synagogue, which now functions as a cultural center. This showcases various scenes of the forest, capturing the gentle movement of leaves in the wind and the subtle changes in daylight. These visuals are projected in a site-specific, immersive manner, tailored to the unique location.

 

 

 

 

 

Almost unnoticed, the performance artist begins to project the shadow of her face onto the ceiling of the room. Only when she takes off her pants and underwear, leaving herself bare from the waist down, does the room become very quiet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After a long period of silent action, the artist takes a microphone into her hand and starts singing softly. Again and again, she repeats the line: "I've got no roots, but my home was never on the ground."

 

 

photos by Anežka Medová, Darina Alster, Vit Škoda, Adriana Disman

video projection by Ilka Theurich

light concept by Ilka Theurich

 

light & sound technique by

Judita Mejstříková and Jiří Pirin Šmirk

 

 

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Disclaimer: This work was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.

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Die Residenz von Ilka Theurich wird von der Europäischen Union und dem Goethe-Institut mit einem Stipendium für CULTURE MOVES EUROPE ausgezeichnet

 

The residency of Ilka Theurich is awarded a grant for CULTURE MOVES EUROPE

 by the European Union and the Goethe-Institut