Just following my nose, talking casually or being silent. Following the flow of thoughts, their rhythm, the pace of walking. Listening, sharing, recording, sharing. Rhythm. What inspires me is the theme of rhythm presented by Henri Lefebvre, a French philosopher, sociologist and geographer. In his view, rhythm is something we can’t separate from time and its repetition and cyclicality. It is rooted in urban life and movement through space.

Walking as a starting point or a signpost for further thinking. Going and non-violently following the flow of ideas in relation to the environment, paying attention to the building of contexts and diversions. Or letting everything just flow?! Walks without a goal, but with content. The starting point is determined, but the end and the content are based on the context, mood and current feelings.

a/ Arriving by train at Ostrava’s main station. Feeling like a cup of coffee. Looking around to see if anyone is waiting for me. It is the first day of the parliamentary elections. 🎧 LISTEN 🎧

b/ Tomorrow is a national holiday. Maybe everyone is gone, but I hope someone from the city council will go for a walk with me. 🎧 LISTEN 🎧

c/ Night walks are another story. They open other layers of perception. Maybe we won’t talk at all. 🎧 LISTEN 🎧

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Inspired by the nesting parasitism of the common cuckoo, Kukačka / the Cuckoo is an Ostrava-based platform for presenting contemporary art away from galleries. Its aim is primarily to define and, in individual artistic interventions, apply socially and culturally innovative practices and strategies. The Cuckoo is intensely concerned with the question of the social role of art, its ambitions, as well as its ability to establish a mutual dialogue outside the “seclusion” of the white gallery cube. In a broader context, it also thematises the contemporary contradiction between the need of artists to comment on the current state of affairs and the willingness of the audience to listen to them.

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