Softshell

The utopian factory is a vision of a safe space where time dissolves into care. Slowness is a form of resistance to accelerated consumerism. The spatial installation with paintings and objects, forming a framework for a cyclical collective performance, is based on the idea of a slow factory, a workplace that, instead of speed and performance, focuses on the experience of work and care for those who perform it. Uniformed workers take care of the clothes entrusted to them, and the space is filled with the calming symphony of a metallophone with strikes of a gong. Here, rest is a ritual, repair is a sign of respect for the past, and the clock has no power.

Performed by Kristýna Rakotomizao, Anna Vácová, Mia Jadrná, David Střeleček, Olbram Pavlíček and Kristina Fingerland. Curated by Veronika Čechová in Entrance Gallery in 2020. Photographed by Valentýna Janů.