Where I Feel You – Talk: “What Is Performance Art, and Why Does It Matter?”

The project “Where I Feel You” explores questions of space, perception and memory. It challenges the idea of place as a fixed point and presents it as a shifting field shaped by our experiences and emotions.

Performance is more than a “show”. It is a direct form of expression that breaks down the barrier between artist and audience. Why does art move beyond the canvas into movement and gesture? And what can performance tell us about our own bodies? The discussion offers a look behind the scenes of artistic practice and a theoretical introduction to this art form.

The exhibition and its accompanying programme were conceived by the curatorial trio UM Kolektiv: Viktória Maďarová, Jakeš Bugri and Kryštof Susa. They aim to create situations in which visitors’ inner experiences meet their surroundings through installations, sound, video art and virtual reality.

The exhibition was created in collaboration with the Faculty of Art and Architecture at the Technical University of Liberec to support emerging artists. The works on show were made in the academic setting of its art department under the guidance of its teachers (D. Hanzlík, A. Hnízdil, J. Prokeš, J. Stolín and P. Vlachynská).

The exhibition is open to the public Monday to Friday, 13:00–19:00, and Saturday, 10:00–16:00.