KONTAMINÁCIE: UTOPIAN IMAGINARIUM: BETWEEN ACTIVISM & ARTIVISM

Performative practices within activism. 

Facilitated by Milo Juráni

Guests: Limity jsme my, Beznádej a zúfalstvo, Znepokojené matky, Ján Skaličan

Duration: 120 min.

 

Milo Juráni is a dramaturg, curator, and theatre theorist who focuses on ecology, unexpected performative practices, and various strategies of artistic research in diverse conditions. He is part of the HaDivadlo team and regularly cooperates with the MFK Bochum group. He is also a pedagogue of Theatre Studies at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic.   

 

Limity jme my

We are a social-ecological movement that strives for a solidarity-based and resilient society in which people and other beings are not resources. The fundamental goals of our movement are to end the extraction and burning of coal and all other fossil fuels, to achieve climate justice and a just transition to a carbon-free economy. We organize climate camps and climate rides, safe and open events offering fun, education, and finding ways to make needed changes. We also often use direct action methods.

 

Beznádej a zúfalstvo

The civic association Hopelessness and Despair (BAZ), founded by Jana Konečná, Helena Švarcová, Martin Frič and Robo Švarc in 2023, explores utopia as a tool for transformation, inspired by Eva von Redecker. It connects cultural and environmental spheres, emphasizing safety and inclusion. BAZ's first major project is the Remediation Sculpture—a living, growing, purifying organism in an old orchard near Istrochem. Since June 2024, it's been undergoing phyto- and mycoremediation, monitored with the University of Trnava. We are full*of expectations.

 

Znepokojené matky

We are women, mothers, parents, and grandparents, united by concern for our children’s future. Climate change is accelerating, and action is too slow. We don’t seek fame, but the Earth can't wait. Our vision is a world that responds to global threats with real solutions. We support science-based climate action to keep warming below 1.5°C. We stand with the youth and call for urgent, bold, and broad changes. Join us—together we can make a difference.

Ján Skaličan

Ján Skaličan (1989, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) is a visual artist who completed his doctoral studies in 2023 at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, with research focused on investigative methods in contemporary art. In 2022, he became a co-laureate of the Oskár Čepan Award. He took part in the Mustarinda residency in Finland (2025), participated in the Inspiration Forum Lab 2021/22 (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival), and completed an exchange program at the University of Arts in Belgrade (2017). He is a member of the artist collective dsk. (with Iva Durkáčová and Ľuboš Kotlár). From 2014 to 2017, he was co-founder and curator of the artist-run space Žumpa and co-organized the project Mor ho! at Medium Gallery in Bratislava in 2016. He regularly exhibits his work in Slovakia and internationally.