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PERFORMANCE, LECTURE | Gutta
Event by: Display
Location: Display, Dittrichova 337, Praha 2
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We cordially invite Ludomir Franczak's Czech-language performance entitled Gutta.
The intermedia performance Gutta is one of the tentacles of a multi-layered project named after a woman from the Yoruba tribes who performed with a group called "Dahomey Amazons" in Prague in 1892 as part of the so-called ethnographic shows. Gutta fell ill in Prague and died a few days later. She was buried on September 21, 1892 at the Olšan Cemetery. Two years later, her remains were excavated by the anthropologist and physician Jindřich Matiegka and deposited in the university collection, which later formed the exhibition of the Hrdliček Museum of Man in Prague. Here, Gutta's skeleton can still be seen today.
In the lecture, following the performance, Josef Řičář will focus on comparing the indigenous population of various regions of Africa to non-human animals, which was situational in the period of peak colonialism and in the context of racial theories used to express a sense of European superiority. This is part of research focused on the issue of representations of non-human animals in Czech travel literature about Africa during the period of peak colonialism. Řičář is completing his doctorate at the Department of General Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University. He also spent part of his doctoral studies at the University of Vienna and at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin.
19. 11. 2024, 19:00
DISPLAY, Dittrichova 9, Prague 2
Concept, text, scenography, performance: @Ludomir Franczak
Performance, text: @ Sára Märc
Collaboration:
Zuzanna Berendt, Petr Dlouhý, Marcin Dymiter, Ludomir Franczak, Agáta Hrnčířová, Anna Majewska, Sára Märc, Ida Ślęzak
With the help of:
Sára Arnstein, Johanna Berg, Dominika Czarnecka, Filip Herza, Ewan McLaren, Margaret Amaka Ohia-Nowak, Clemens Radauer, Tim Sandweg, Louise Steinman< br/>
Partners:
Cross Attic/Prague, Studio ALTA/Prague, Pracownia Kuratorska/Cracow, Bazaar/Prague, Labyrinth Gallery/Lublin, Schaubude/Berlin
The project was created as part of the VARP PA program, which is financed by the Visegrad Fund.
Free entry
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GUTTA is an interdisciplinary performance by Polish artist Ludomir Franczak based on the historical figure of Gutta, a Yoruba woman who performed with the "Dahomey Amazons" in Prague in 1892. Tragically, Gutta died shortly after her arrival to Prague, and her remains were later exhumed by anthropologist Jindřich Matiegka and placed in the University collection, later transformed into what is now the Hrdlička Museum of Man in Prague.
In the lecture following the performance, Josef Řičář will focus on the comparison of indigenous populations of various regions of Africa to non-human animals, which was used situationally to express the sense of superiority of Europeans during the period of high colonialism and in the context of racial theories. This is part of research focusing on the issue of representations of non-human animals in Czech travel literature about Africa during the period of high colonialism. Řičář is completing his PhD at the Department of General Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University. He also spent part of his doctoral studies at the University of Vienna and at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin.
19. 11. 2024, 19:00
DISPLAY, Dittrichova 9, Prague 2
Concept, text, scenography, performance.
Performance, text: @Sára Märc < br/>
Collaboration:
Zuzanna Berendt, Petr Dlouhý, Marcin Dymiter, Ludomir Franczak, Agáta Hrnčířová, Anna Majewska, Sára Märc, Ida Ślęzak
With the help of:
Sára Arnstein, Johanna Berg, Dominika Czarnecka, Filip Herza, Ewan McLaren, Margaret Amaka Ohia-Nowak, Clemens Radauer, Tim Sandweg, Louise Steinman
Partners:
Cross Attic/Prague, Studio ALTA/Prague, Pracownia Kuratorska/Cracow, Bazaar/Prague, Labyrinth Gallery/Lublin, Schaubude/Berlin
Free entry
The event will take place in the Czech language
The performance will be followed by a lecture // more information soon ***
The intermedia performance Gutta is one of the tentacles of a multi-layered project named after a woman from the Yoruba tribes who performed with a group called "Dahomey Amazons" in Prague in 1892 as part of the so-called ethnographic shows. Gutta fell ill in Prague and died a few days later. She was buried on September 21, 1892 at the Olšan Cemetery. Two years later, her remains were excavated by the anthropologist and physician Jindřich Matiegka and deposited in the university collection, which later formed the exhibition of the Hrdliček Museum of Man in Prague. Here, Gutta's skeleton can still be seen today.
In the lecture, following the performance, Josef Řičář will focus on comparing the indigenous population of various regions of Africa to non-human animals, which was situational in the period of peak colonialism and in the context of racial theories used to express a sense of European superiority. This is part of research focused on the issue of representations of non-human animals in Czech travel literature about Africa during the period of peak colonialism. Řičář is completing his doctorate at the Department of General Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University. He also spent part of his doctoral studies at the University of Vienna and at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin.
19. 11. 2024, 19:00
DISPLAY, Dittrichova 9, Prague 2
Concept, text, scenography, performance: @Ludomir Franczak
Performance, text: @ Sára Märc
Collaboration:
Zuzanna Berendt, Petr Dlouhý, Marcin Dymiter, Ludomir Franczak, Agáta Hrnčířová, Anna Majewska, Sára Märc, Ida Ślęzak
With the help of:
Sára Arnstein, Johanna Berg, Dominika Czarnecka, Filip Herza, Ewan McLaren, Margaret Amaka Ohia-Nowak, Clemens Radauer, Tim Sandweg, Louise Steinman< br/>
Partners:
Cross Attic/Prague, Studio ALTA/Prague, Pracownia Kuratorska/Cracow, Bazaar/Prague, Labyrinth Gallery/Lublin, Schaubude/Berlin
The project was created as part of the VARP PA program, which is financed by the Visegrad Fund.
Free entry
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GUTTA is an interdisciplinary performance by Polish artist Ludomir Franczak based on the historical figure of Gutta, a Yoruba woman who performed with the "Dahomey Amazons" in Prague in 1892. Tragically, Gutta died shortly after her arrival to Prague, and her remains were later exhumed by anthropologist Jindřich Matiegka and placed in the University collection, later transformed into what is now the Hrdlička Museum of Man in Prague.
In the lecture following the performance, Josef Řičář will focus on the comparison of indigenous populations of various regions of Africa to non-human animals, which was used situationally to express the sense of superiority of Europeans during the period of high colonialism and in the context of racial theories. This is part of research focusing on the issue of representations of non-human animals in Czech travel literature about Africa during the period of high colonialism. Řičář is completing his PhD at the Department of General Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University. He also spent part of his doctoral studies at the University of Vienna and at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin.
19. 11. 2024, 19:00
DISPLAY, Dittrichova 9, Prague 2
Concept, text, scenography, performance.
Performance, text: @Sára Märc < br/>
Collaboration:
Zuzanna Berendt, Petr Dlouhý, Marcin Dymiter, Ludomir Franczak, Agáta Hrnčířová, Anna Majewska, Sára Märc, Ida Ślęzak
With the help of:
Sára Arnstein, Johanna Berg, Dominika Czarnecka, Filip Herza, Ewan McLaren, Margaret Amaka Ohia-Nowak, Clemens Radauer, Tim Sandweg, Louise Steinman
Partners:
Cross Attic/Prague, Studio ALTA/Prague, Pracownia Kuratorska/Cracow, Bazaar/Prague, Labyrinth Gallery/Lublin, Schaubude/Berlin
Free entry
The event will take place in the Czech language
The performance will be followed by a lecture // more information soon ***