Softshell
A utopian upcycling manufactory where time dissolves into care. Uniformed workers tend to entrusted garments as a metallophone symphony drifts through the air. Here, rest is ritual, repair is reverence, and clocks hold no power.
Slow as a snail.
Starring fellow artists David Střeleček, Olbram Pavlíček, Kristýna Rakotomizao, Anna Vácová and Mia Jadrná.
A vision of a 'safe space', exploring slowness as a means of distinguishing itself from the current era of accelerated consumerism. This spatial installation, comprising the author's paintings and objects, provides the framework for a recurring collective performance. It is based on the utopian concept of a manufactory for slowness — a work factory that prioritises the experience of 'work', performance, and care for those who perform it, rather than speed and performance.
— Veronika Čechová, curator
2020 Softshell, Entrance, Prague
pictures by Valentýna Janů