Kokoška

Concept: Jan Bárta and Apolena Vanišová

Team: Darina Alster, Marie Bláhová, František Bouzek, Marie Bouzková, Miriam Čandíková, Tessa De Gree, Jan Čtvrtník, František Fabián, Tereza Holubová, Magdalena Junková, Šimon Klus, Jakub Kolpek, Anna Kroupová, Ágnes Kutas, Sára Jan Märcová, Jan Nedbal, Richard Němec, Šárka Říhová, Marcela Sidonová, Johana Střížková, Jolana Šturmová, Svatopluk Ždímal

Kokoška

Theater installation at "Pražská tržnice" in hall 17

Opening on the 8th of November 2018 at 8pm

Firts show on the 9th of November 2018 at 8pm

Second show on the 10th of November 2018 at 8pm

"I love so much about him, but he often scares me." (A.Mahler)

In 1935, when O. Kokoschka was painting T.G. Masaryk’s portrait in Lány, the president read in an old lexicon, that the painter's name, which also occurs in other Slavic languages, sometimes means a cat, other time a rooster. However, in the Czech language, it stands for Shepherd’s Purse – a ruderal plant. It is said that this meaning has amused them, as the saying goes “bad weeds are hard to kill.”

What sense does the term Kokoschka carry today? Seizing its full meaning could be as tricky as trying to puzzle out extensive and diverse work of an artist, who inspires us today more as a poet, a playwright and an insightful observer of the world and life around than a painter. That may be most likely the reason why the main inspiration of the project is Kokoschka’s poems and dramatic texts, and his biography. Most importantly in his pioneering works, in the seemingly youthful poetic naivety of collection of poems The Dreaming Boys and strikingly mature sophistication of drama Murderer, the Hope of Women, we can observe the pure source of Kokoschka’s inspiration, which merely is - a woman. During the creation of mentioned works, Kokoschka saw only two possible ways out from relational confrontation: either to court a woman or to give in to her.

In this international and multigenerational theatre production Kokoschka, such solutions are developed, put into today's perspective, turned upside down and examined from all points of view.

Concept: Jan Bárta and Apolena Vanišová

Team: Darina Alster, Marie Bláhová, František Bouzek, Marie Bouzková, Miriam Čandíková, Tessa De Gree, Jan Čtvrtník, František Fabián, Tereza Holubová, Magdalena Junková, Šimon Klus, Jakub Kolpek, Anna Kroupová, Ágnes Kutas, Sára Jan Märcová, Jan Nedbal, Richard Němec, Šárka Říhová, Marcela Sidonová, Johana Střížková, Jolana Šturmová, Svatopluk Ždímal

Event was supported by:

Magistrát hlavního města Prahy

Ministerstvo kultury ČR

Art district Praha 7

Konzervatoř Duncan Centre

CreW z.s.

AMU

DAMU

MeetFactory

NADACE ŽIVOT UMĚLCE

Photo by: Johana Střížková

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