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Summer School – Becoming an Octopus / Performance "A Contract Unto Hydrojustice"
Event by: Pragovka Gallery
Location: Pragovka Art District, Kolbenova 923, Praha 9
Theatre, Exhibitions
About event
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Pragovka Gallery cordially invites you to the performative lecture Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos: A Contract Unto Hydrojustice / Hydra: The Contract, which will take place on July 10 from 16:00 as part of the Summer School – Becoming an Octopus program.
"Hydra: The Contract" is an immersive performative situation in which the audience is invited to enter into a speculative contract between bodies of water. The performance takes the form of a private liturgy that connects all those present with each other and with the bodies of water to which we as humans belong. The event is introduced by a performative reading followed by a discussion. Based on the author's recent book Hydrojustice (Cambridge: Polity, 2025).
Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos is an artist / academic / fiction writer. In his practice, he combines performance, legal theory, ecological pedagogy, spatial justice, video art, installation, hydro theory and other forms of interdisciplinary research. He is Professor of Law and Theory at the University of Westminster and Director of the Westminster Law & Theory Lab. He is the author of a number of professional and fictional books, including Hydrojustice (2025), Spatial Justice: Body Lawscape Atmosphere (2014) and the novel Our Distance Became Water (2023). His work was presented, for example, at the Palais de Tokyo, at the Venice Biennale or at the Tate Modern.
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Pragovka Gallery is located on the ground floor of the 1st bay of the E Factory. The building is 15 minutes away from the center. Metro B – Kolbenova, tram – Poštovská.
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Media partners are Radio Praha, Radio 1, Artmap, Proti šedi and Arttalk.
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In accordance with the EU regulation on personal data protection, we hereby inform you that the event will be photographically documented. By participating in this event, you automatically agree to the publication of photos on the Pragovka Gallery website and Pragovka Gallery Facebook and Instagram.
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~ English ~
~ English ~
Pragovka Gallery warmly invites you to a performative event by Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos: A Contract Unto Hydrojustice / Hydra: The Contract, taking place 10th of June at 16:00 within the Summer School program.
“Hydra: The Contract” is an immersive performative situation in which the audience is invited to enter a speculative contract among bodies of water. The performance takes the form of a private liturgy, connecting those present to one another and to the bodies of water to which we all belong. The event is preceded by a performative reading and followed by a discussion. It is based on the artist’s recent book Hydrojustice (Cambridge: Polity, 2025).
Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos is an artist / academic / fiction writer whose practice spans performance, legal theory, ecological pedagogy, spatial justice, video art, installation, hydrotheory, and more. He is Professor of Law & Theory at the University of Westminster and Director of the Westminster Law & Theory Lab. His work has been shown internationally, including at the Palais de Tokyo, the Venice Biennale, and Tate Modern. The building is 15 minutes from the center. Metro B – Kolbenova, tram – Poštovská.
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Media partners are Radio Praha, Radio 1, Artmap, Proti šedi and Artalk.
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In accordance with the EU Data Protection Regulation, we hereby inform you that the event will be documented photographically. By participating in this event, you automatically agree to the publication of the photographs on the Pragovka Gallery website and Pragovka Gallery Facebook page.
Pragovka Gallery cordially invites you to the performative lecture Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos: A Contract Unto Hydrojustice / Hydra: The Contract, which will take place on July 10 from 16:00 as part of the Summer School – Becoming an Octopus program.
"Hydra: The Contract" is an immersive performative situation in which the audience is invited to enter into a speculative contract between bodies of water. The performance takes the form of a private liturgy that connects all those present with each other and with the bodies of water to which we as humans belong. The event is introduced by a performative reading followed by a discussion. Based on the author's recent book Hydrojustice (Cambridge: Polity, 2025).
Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos is an artist / academic / fiction writer. In his practice, he combines performance, legal theory, ecological pedagogy, spatial justice, video art, installation, hydro theory and other forms of interdisciplinary research. He is Professor of Law and Theory at the University of Westminster and Director of the Westminster Law & Theory Lab. He is the author of a number of professional and fictional books, including Hydrojustice (2025), Spatial Justice: Body Lawscape Atmosphere (2014) and the novel Our Distance Became Water (2023). His work was presented, for example, at the Palais de Tokyo, at the Venice Biennale or at the Tate Modern.
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Pragovka Gallery is located on the ground floor of the 1st bay of the E Factory. The building is 15 minutes away from the center. Metro B – Kolbenova, tram – Poštovská.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Media partners are Radio Praha, Radio 1, Artmap, Proti šedi and Arttalk.
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In accordance with the EU regulation on personal data protection, we hereby inform you that the event will be photographically documented. By participating in this event, you automatically agree to the publication of photos on the Pragovka Gallery website and Pragovka Gallery Facebook and Instagram.
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~ English ~
~ English ~
Pragovka Gallery warmly invites you to a performative event by Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos: A Contract Unto Hydrojustice / Hydra: The Contract, taking place 10th of June at 16:00 within the Summer School program.
“Hydra: The Contract” is an immersive performative situation in which the audience is invited to enter a speculative contract among bodies of water. The performance takes the form of a private liturgy, connecting those present to one another and to the bodies of water to which we all belong. The event is preceded by a performative reading and followed by a discussion. It is based on the artist’s recent book Hydrojustice (Cambridge: Polity, 2025).
Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos is an artist / academic / fiction writer whose practice spans performance, legal theory, ecological pedagogy, spatial justice, video art, installation, hydrotheory, and more. He is Professor of Law & Theory at the University of Westminster and Director of the Westminster Law & Theory Lab. His work has been shown internationally, including at the Palais de Tokyo, the Venice Biennale, and Tate Modern. The building is 15 minutes from the center. Metro B – Kolbenova, tram – Poštovská.
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Media partners are Radio Praha, Radio 1, Artmap, Proti šedi and Artalk.
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In accordance with the EU Data Protection Regulation, we hereby inform you that the event will be documented photographically. By participating in this event, you automatically agree to the publication of the photographs on the Pragovka Gallery website and Pragovka Gallery Facebook page.