One-day online premiere. Video recording of public reading performance from A Survival Guide by Alma Lily Rayner, created for Jindřich Chalupecký Award 2020 Exhibition.

Artist’s commentary:

In the performance each participant offers a piece of themselves. Each came to read a text meaningful for their existence. Some wrote their own words and some borrowed from the words of others. All are here to transform silence into a collective action.

Alma Lily Rayner

Participants: Andrea Tobolová, Mirka Slívová, Jakub Černý (reading a text by John Donne), Magdalena Šipka, Elena Gorolová, Martin Novák (reading Donnard White), Alex Sihelská, Radek Sabacký (reading Bell Hooks), Ladislav Fabian, Tess (reading Václav Hrabě), Bára Vidomská (reading Anastázie Klemensová), Zuzana Fialová, Alex Vonsík and Alma Lily Rayner (reading Audre Lorde).

Camera: Michal Blecha, Ivan Svoboda
Sound: Jakub Černý
Translation: Martin Novák, Olga Pek

The project is created by Alma Lily Rayner for Jindřich Chalupecký Award 2020 Exhibition. Organized by Jindrich Chalupecky Society in cooperation with PLATO.

Partners of Jindřich Chalupecký Society:

Main Partners: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Prague City Hall
Main Media Partner: Czech Television
Partners: Brno City Municipality, State Cultural Fund of the Czech Republic, Prague 7, Trust for Mutual Understanding, Czech Centers, Arts and Theatre Institute, The Moravian Gallery in Brno, Center and Foundation for Contemporary Arts Prague, Residency Unlimited, MeetFactory, Papyrus Bohemia s.r.o., Biofilms, Fair Art
Media Partners: Artyčok.tv, Artmap, Artalk.cz, Radio Wave, A2, Art + Antiques, Art Viewer, Flash Art, Rail Reklam, GoOut
Partners of the JCHA 2020 Exhibition: Cyrkl, Graffneck, Jami s. r. o., Zlatá loď