Life - event, Royal College of Art, Barbican Centre,both London and G39, Cardiff

  • Miloslav Vorlicek
I initiated and co-produced series of public programme of events called “Life”. Following an open call, over 20 artists, experts and practitioners from various fields engaged in a continuous dialogue with the audience. They explored ideas associated with themes of trailer, bildung and practice respectively. Participants, aged between 9 and 65 years old, were on each outing challenged to present their practices in 6 minute slots. They were required to spend half of their allocated time in demonstrating their work, while in the second half, the audience was encouraged to critically analyze their expositions. The consequent result was a non-hierarchical discussion where the roles of presenters and audiences constantly interchanged