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SHARED EXISTENCE

Group exhibition

11. 12. 2025 – 7. 3. 2026
Gallery 1

Opening: 10 December 2025, 6:00 pm / Guided tour with the curator: 4:30 pm

Artists and collectives: Pojď ven!/ Av avri! z.s., Efemér, Eva Jiřička, Helush Yiraq, Katarina Šević a Gergely László, Polina Khatsenko, Ramiro Wong, Romana Hagyo a Silke Maier-Gamauf, Slavs and Tatars, Družstvo Racek, Sounáležitost v postsoučasnosti, Tereza Sýkorová

The exhibition Shared Existence explores art as a way of creating new interpersonal connections, knowledge, and understanding through works based on shared experience and collective practice. Under what conditions can art become a tool for strengthening human relationships, for informal education, for exploring what we hold in common, or even as a catalyst for change?

The exhibition presents newly created artworks, the outcomes of art–research projects by Czech and international artists, as well as reflections on past realizations. These works highlight different forms of collective and socially engaged art, pointing to both its possibilities and its limits. At the center of attention is collaboration with local communities and urgent social themes resonating in the context of Central Europe. These are observed from multiple perspectives, which may serve as a key to transcending one’s individuality, gaining new insights, and experiencing the surrounding world more profoundly.

Curator (Female)

Petra Widžová


Head of Production
Dominik Kobeda

Production
Zuzana Doleželová
Markéta Müllerová
Jan Čihák

Graphic design
Erika Partilová
Šimon Vlach

The exhibition Shared Existence is part of the Strategic Project RUR implemented by UJEP, supported by the Just Transition Fund, CZ.10.02.01/00/22_002/0000210.

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