SCAPES OF LANDSCAPE

More than a face. Beneath its surface, the landscape reveals itself. Surfing on cerebral cortex folds. In a gracious way, a discovery of new worlds emerges. Escaping the scope of inanimate matter, living mass undertakes experimentation. What happens when a mask unmasks, when a landscape escapes its scope and reveals its underlying, lunar face?

In the project Scapes of the Landscape, the artists explore the coexistence, proximity and difference of different living forms. The group embraces a collective creative process merging individual creative desires and roles into a common thread of poetic narration. They collaboratively created masks and environments that reflect the richness of different qualities and diverse appearances of imaginative creatures.

Since 2023 we have been working on the Mášský project, initiated by Lukáš Karásek. We are preparing a movement performance with original masks made by Magdalena Vrábová in a collective creation with performers. We are dealing with the theme of difference and possible coexistence in diversity. We are loosely inspired by modern notions of the archetypal story of a journey in which a traveller encounters various different beings and their ways of life.

Performers: AZA Entities, Lukáš Karásek, Margaryta Lebedzeva, Marie Svobodová, Orkun Turkmen, Lucie Vrbíková
Masks, costumes, scenography: Magdaléna Vrábová
Choreography: Alica Minar
Music: Ursula Sereghy
Lightning design: Judita Mejstříková
Technical support: Matouš Ondra
Facilitation of collective work: Daniela Voráčková
Production management: Věra Halamásková, Ludmila Šindlerová
Photos: Michal Vasiľ, Michal Hančovský

Production: tYhle
Co-production: Švestkový Dvůr
Partners: MOVE Ostrava, Alfred ve dvoře
Residencies: Studio ALTA, Cirqueon, Truhlárna, Umělecká kolonie Bastion IV Josefov

Acknowledgement: Aleš Vancl – the best chef, participants of the circular art symposium from VŠVU Bratislava (FortArt, z.s. – Circular Centre Jaroměř), Sean Henderson, Romana Packová, Tammy Chang, Jakub Liška