FOTOGRAF ZONE FESTIVAL: Performance - This is not a representation
Nádražní 1272/15, Prague 5
08. 10. 2025 18:00
Vstupné: dobrovolné
Entry: donation
Come to Leire de Meer's public performance as part of the Fotograf Zone festival, which will take place on October 8 at Tempo in Smíchov! 💙
During their two-month residency (1. 9. – 31. 10. 2025) at MeetFactory in collaboration with Studio ALTA, Leire will continue developing an ongoing research project exploring how a common body can emerge through collective artistic practices. Rooted in questions about the material and emotional conditions that allow such a body to exist and endure, the project approaches artistic collaboration as a site of shared living, creation, and mutual affect. Leire’s methodology is embodied and situated, blurring the line between researcher and subject to embrace a deeply affective mode of inquiry.
Artist Leire de Meer (they/he/she) proposes a form of non-verbal dialogue in "This is not a representation". This participatory ritual explores the physical and political labor of holding bodies, reclaiming a sense of interdependence.
The audience will receive a set of instructions. The audience will be invited to gently wrap another participant in a vast white cloth, lift them together with others, walk in a circle, and lay them down. You may choose to be wrapped, to help lift, or to bear witness. Through this silent, repetitive cycle, the audience transforms into a community, practicing a direct act of collective care and responsibility. The large white canvas, both tool and witness, becomes a shared membrane, a cocoon, a shroud.
No prior experience is needed. The artist will facilitate a safe and respectful environment for all to participate at their own comfort level.
Please note that photography and video recording will not be permitted during the performance. Thank you for your understanding!
During their two-month residency (1. 9. – 31. 10. 2025) at MeetFactory in collaboration with Studio ALTA, Leire will continue developing an ongoing research project exploring how a common body can emerge through collective artistic practices. Rooted in questions about the material and emotional conditions that allow such a body to exist and endure, the project approaches artistic collaboration as a site of shared living, creation, and mutual affect. Leire’s methodology is embodied and situated, blurring the line between researcher and subject to embrace a deeply affective mode of inquiry.
Artist Leire de Meer (they/he/she) proposes a form of non-verbal dialogue in "This is not a representation". This participatory ritual explores the physical and political labor of holding bodies, reclaiming a sense of interdependence.
The audience will receive a set of instructions. The audience will be invited to gently wrap another participant in a vast white cloth, lift them together with others, walk in a circle, and lay them down. You may choose to be wrapped, to help lift, or to bear witness. Through this silent, repetitive cycle, the audience transforms into a community, practicing a direct act of collective care and responsibility. The large white canvas, both tool and witness, becomes a shared membrane, a cocoon, a shroud.
No prior experience is needed. The artist will facilitate a safe and respectful environment for all to participate at their own comfort level.
Please note that photography and video recording will not be permitted during the performance. Thank you for your understanding!
Provoz kulturních aktivit Petrohradská kolektiv je v roce 2025 finančně podpořen Ministerstvem kultury ČR, Hlavním městem Praha a Městskou částí Prahy 10, Národním plánem obnovy ze zdrojů Evropské unie.
The production of the cultural activities of the Petrohradská kolektiv is financially supported in 2025 by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Capital city of Prague, and the Municipal District of Prague 10.
