Nina Davies | Performance | Art Sounds | DATAS: The Data and the Sovereign

During the early evening, there will be three screenings of the video Haters Say I'm Real (2024) by Nina Davies, each developing into a seven-minute performance within the installation Assembly of Bystanders (2024), which is part of the exhibition DATAS: The Data and the Sovereign (bit.ly/DATAS-CZ).


▸ ▸ ▸ Performances start at 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.


▸ ▸ ▸ Entrance fee: CZK 150 (tickets can be purchased at the gallery box office before the start of the event)


The event is part of the free Art Sounds cycle of the Rudolfinum Gallery, which brings music, movement and literary pop-up events directly to the exhibitions.



📱 Performance


Haters Will Say I'm Real is a nine-minute film whose narrative line takes the form of a podcast conversation between two off-screen speakers. As the dialogue between the actor describing his film role and the interviewer gradually develops, it becomes clear that the work takes place in a fictional near future, in which they discuss changes in the legal system caused by automation, technological development and the resulting ethical consequences. real environment. As part of the choreography, the performers intertwine with the installation, which seems to be dancing a kind of do-si-do together with them.



📱 Nina Davies


Nina Davies (ninadavies.net) is a Canadian-British artist who looks at the present through the analysis of dance – its creation, dissemination, production and ways of its reception – in popular culture. In her older projects, she dealt with, among other things, the commodification of the dancing body on digital platforms or the reevaluation of contemporary dances as traditional dances of the future. He creates on the border between fiction and non-fiction and contributes to the formation of new critical frameworks for the perception of dance practices. Her works have been presented, for example, at Aksioma in Ljubljana, FACT in Liverpool, the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds and ArtSpace in Sydney.

▸ ▸ ▸ Nina Davies will personally participate in the performance at the Rudolfinum Gallery.



📱 Performers


▸ Agáta Jarošová Perez


Agáta Jarošová Perez is Czech-Spanish-Uruguayan dancer, choreographer and lecturer. He works in the field of contemporary dance and pedagogy for children and adults, since 2025 he is an Associated Artist SE.S.TA (Centre for Choreographic Development). She studied at the CNDC Angers (France) and at La Manufacture in Lausanne (Switzerland) and in 2020 received her Master's degree in Paris. He is part of the teaching team of the School of Dance program and the Lusk association. In his work, he explores the body as a variable entity in dialogue with imagination and visual art. She collaborated on social-artistic projects (e.g. Bepart) in the Czech Republic and Iceland. She is the author of solo and site-specific works (Sa présence, TAM, Les Habités), a dancer for various multidisciplinary projects and has also participated in projects connecting art and science (e.g. Became Machine and Memories). Currently, she leads workshops in the Czech Republic, works in the INSEIN project by Alban Richard and is preparing a new dance-visual work Entre (Between) with Lara Gouix (France).



▸ Marialena Souli


Marialena Souli was born and raised on the island of Zakynthos, Greece, and got into dance and art at an early age, when she attended dance and drawing classes. She later graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Ioannina and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts BRERA in Milan. Subsequently, she graduated from the Higher Professional School of Dance Rallou Manou in Athens under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. Since 2024, she lives in Prague and works as a dancer, choreographer and dance instructor. Her original and joint works have been presented in Athens, Prague and Berlin, and she is currently preparing her first solo project in the Czech Republic. She recently collaborated as a dancer/performer on the project The Silence of the Mole, which is presented in the Czech and Slovak Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2026.



🇪🇺 The DATAS: The Data and the Sovereign project is co-financed by the European Union from the Creative Europe program.



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Throughout the early evening, there will be three screenings of Nina Davies’ video Haters Will Say I’m Real (2024), each expanding into a seven-minute performance within the accompanying installation Bystander Assembly (2024), which is part of the exhibition DATAS: The Data and the Sovereign (bit.ly/DATAS-EN).


▸ ▸ ▸ The performances begin at 5 pm, 6 pm, and 7 pm.


▸ ▸ ▸ Admission: CZK 150 (tickets will be available for purchase at the gallery ticket office before the start of the evening). takes the form of a podcast-style conversation between two unseen speakers. As the dialogue unfolds between an actor describing a film role and an interviewer, it becomes clear that the work is set in a fictional near future, in which they discuss changes to the legal system driven by automation, technological development, and their resulting ethical consequences.

The film posits a hypothetical reclaiming of image rights: an assertion of control over one’s likeness through dance-based rituals and coded movement that situate the performer within their real environment. In the dance, performers weave through an installation of devices that appear to engage in a kind of do-si-do.



📱 Nina Davies


Nina Davies (ninadavies.net) is a Canadian-British artist who considers the present by observing dance in popular culture and how it is disseminated, circulated, made, and consumed. Previous research projects have included the recent commodification of the dancing body on digital platforms and rethinking dances of today as traditional dances of the future. Moving between the use of fiction and non-fiction, her work helps build new critical frameworks for engaging with dance practices. Her work has recently been shown at Aksioma (Ljubljana), FACT (Liverpool), Henry Moore Institute (Leeds) and ArtSpace (Sydney).

▸ ▸ ▸ Nina Davies will be participating in her performance at Galerie Rudolfinum.



📱 Performers


▸ Agáta Jarošová Perez


Agáta Jarošová Perez is a Czech-Spanish-Uruguayan dancer, choreographer, and instructor. She works in the fields of contemporary dance and dance education for both children and adults; in 2025, she became an Associated Artist at SE.S.TA (Center for Choreographic Development). She studied at CNDC Angers (France) and La Manufacture in Lausanne (Switzerland), and in 2020 she earned a master’s degree in Paris. She is part of the teaching team for the Škola tančí program and the Lusk association. In her work, she explores the body as a mutable entity in dialogue with the imagination and visual art. She has collaborated on socio-artistic projects (for example Bepart) in the Czech Republic and Iceland. She is the creator of solo and site-specific works (Sa présence, TAM, Les Habités), a dancer for various multidisciplinary projects, and has also participated in projects connecting art and science (for example Became Machine and Memories). She currently leads workshops in the Czech Republic, is involved in Alban Richard's INSEIN project, and is preparing a new dance-visual work Entre (Between) with Lara Gouix (France).



▸ Marialena Souli


Marialena Souli was born and raised in Zakynthos (Greece) and began her journey in dance and the arts at a young age, taking classes in dance, freehand drawing, and line drawing. She later graduated from the School of Fine Arts at the University of Ioannina, having taken classes at the BRERA Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. She then graduated from the Rallou Manou Higher Professional School of Dance in Athens, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. Since 2024, she has been based and working as a dancer, choreographer, and dance instructor in Prague. Her creations and co-creations have been presented in Athens, Prague, and Berlin, and her first solo project was selected in the Czech Republic in March 2025 and is currently in progress. She recently collaborated as a dancer/performer on the project The Silence of the Mole, which is being presented at the Czech and Slovak Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale.



🇪🇺 The DATAS: The Data and the Sovereign project is co-funded by the European Union under the Creative Europe programme.