Film
OBJECT:VAULT
(Jun 2023)
OBJECT:VAULT is an interview series that began in 2020 to discuss performance and poetics with community members of, and visitors to, Prague.
Each episode is recorded on VHS. Since June 2023, the audio of the interviews has been presented on the O:P radio show, OBJECT:PARODY and in KROTCH Magazine.
Since 2020, we’ve had the pleasure of talking to the following folks as part of the series:
Episode History
Natalia Rożycka
September 2025In September 2025 we met up with artist Natalia Rożycka and discussed her recent exhibition H20HOMO at the Svétova 1 art space for the latest episode of OBJECT:VAULT
Natalia Rożycka
In September 2025 we met up with artist Natalia Rożycka and discussed her recent exhibition H20HOMO at the Svétova 1 art space for the latest episode of OBJECT:VAULT
Natalia Różycka (1998, Łódź – Poland) is a Polish artist whose current work deals with the history of naturist sites in Poland and Prague and how their nature has changed to the present day. A residency at the gallery space SVĚTOVA 1 helped Natalia to explore the environment of these spaces in Prague more closely and confront them with her current research.
Natalia explores the boundaries between intimacy, lust, and social norms in her work. She captures these themes through a plexiglass painting technique inspired by the aesthetics of stained glass and the queer history of her hometown of Łódź. She seeks to capture the fellowship of queer micro-communities, fleeting moments of closeness, and small rituals that help her define her own space as a queer woman.
Keyvan Paydar
Posted July 28, 2024Last month we sat down with Keyvan Paydar (AT), an artist in residency at Prague's Meet Factory. Paydar is an artist interested in multi-media and interdisciplinary approaches towards art, and he is also a curator of the annual Grazer Impro Fest which our very own Sandra Pasławska talked with him about.
Keyvan Paydar
Last month we sat down with Keyvan Paydar (AT), an artist in residency at Prague's Meet Factory. Paydar is an artist interested in multi-media and interdisciplinary approaches towards art, and he is also a curator of the annual Grazer Impro Fest which our very own Sandra Pasławska talked with him about.
You can read more about his works and the Grazer Impro fest here: https://www.keyvanpaydar.com/bio.html
Alice Guéricolas Gagné
Posted February 19, 2023Last week we met with writer Alice Guéricolas Gagné (CA) who is interested in discovering the remnants of Samizdat culture in Europe. She will have an opening exhibition on her research and insights at SKLAAD Art space March 10th 2023.
Alice Guéricolas Gagné
Last week we met with writer Alice Guéricolas Gagné (CA) who is interested in discovering the remnants of Samizdat culture in Europe. She will have an opening exhibition on her research and insights at SKLAAD Art space March 10th 2023.
Adam Ritzke
Posted July 27, 2022One of the most extreme actions enacted from the OBJECT:PARADISE Manifesto happened in July 2022 at Přístav, Prague with action artist Adam Ritzke (PL) as part of our Summer OBJECT:SHOWCASE (2022) series.
Adam Ritzke
One of the most extreme actions enacted from the OBJECT:PARADISE Manifesto happened in July 2022 at Přístav, Prague with action artist Adam Ritzke (PL) as part of our Summer OBJECT:SHOWCASE (2022) series.
Adam stood naked atop a mound ducked under the canopy of Přístav trees and pierced his body with 50 surgical needles.
Each needle was secured to a red string that was then attached to a large tree adjacent from him.
A group of fifteen or so people gathered to witness the performance. And although it began to rain shortly after Adam began piercing every part of his body, the public crowd watched in awe. Before Adam's makeshift stage, the action was screened live on a small TV as it was being filmed.
Once each of the fifty needles were pierced through Adam's body, a smile unfolded across his lips and he gently began to sway the distant tree, with the red string, with the fifty needles, with his naked and contorted body.
The day before the performance, we interviewed him for an episode of OBJECT:VAULT. The interview was strangely calm and warm, juxtaposing greatly with what we would witness the next day.
The video features also documented shots from Adam's performance which happened on July 23rd, 2022 near Rohanský ostrov in Karlin, Prague, Czech Republic.
They occupied the entire front room of Meet Factory in Prague, hanging from fixtures, towering on tables, and stripping their clothes off in the Sunday crowd. The performance was over an hour and a half long and spanned emotions of anger, pleasure, sadness, and angst.
In an interview with the duo, they said "the text is written in the moment, but it's not improvised--we work together and listen to each other". This was their last stop on their European tour before they traveled back to Poland.
Viviana Druga
Posted May 9, 2022As part of our Summer 2022 series OBJECT:SHOWCASE, we hosted performance artist Viviana Druga (RO) to perform at Punctum. The performance involved a mound of hay, a stack of TVs, and a gallon of paint.
Viviana Druga
As part of our Summer 2022 series OBJECT:SHOWCASE, we hosted performance artist Viviana Druga (RO) to perform at Punctum. The performance involved a mound of hay, a stack of TVs, and a gallon of paint.
Mark Baker
Posted October 26, 2021Was Allen Ginsberg a rough hat or a big wig? We sat down with writer Mark Baker, founder of the Globe bookstore and author of Čas Proměn to discuss what the air in Prague was like after the velvet revolution and how being an expat in the 90s and running one of the first English bookstores in Prague was really like.
Mark Baker
Was Allen Ginsberg a rough hat or a big wig? We sat down with writer Mark Baker, founder of the Globe bookstore and author of Čas Proměn to discuss what the air in Prague was like after the velvet revolution and how being an expat in the 90s and running one of the first English bookstores in Prague was really like.
Honza Dibitanzl
Posted August 18, 2021We sat down with poet Honza Dibitanzl, a prolific figure in the Czech slam poetry scene and who was also part of OBJECT:PARADISE’s August, 2021 event Excuse me, Žižkov.
Honza Dibitanzl
We sat down with poet Honza Dibitanzl, a prolific figure in the Czech slam poetry scene and who was also part of OBJECT:PARADISE’s August, 2021 event Excuse me, Žižkov.
Zara Wildmoons
Posted June 22, 2021We sat down with Prague-based photographer and performance artist Zara Wildmoons to talk about the role lightness and darkness in her work.
Zara Wildmoons
We sat down with Prague-based photographer and performance artist Zara Wildmoons to talk about the role lightness and darkness in her work.
See her work at her website
Palencar
Posted June 4, 2021For OBJECT:VAULT Episode 8, we sat down with artist Palencar at her exhibition, titled Tempura that was held at Meet Factory. Palencar is a Baltimore born, Prague based artist, and a frequent participant at OBJECT:PARADISE events.
Palencar
For OBJECT:VAULT Episode 8, we sat down with artist Palencar at her exhibition, titled Tempura that was held at Meet Factory. Palencar is a Baltimore born, Prague based artist, and a frequent participant at OBJECT:PARADISE events.
Gordon Stone
For OBJECT:VAULT Episode 7, we sat down with curator Gordon Stone from žižkovšiška and discussed Žižkov culture, the spirit of the Sunday soup and the importance of building a community.
Johnathan Ledgard
Posted Feb 24, 2021Two weeks ago we sat down with author Johnathan Ledgard, a 2013 New York Times book of the year author, past correspondent for The Economist, and a novelist who is concerned with the relationship between nature and artificial intelligence.
JJohnathan Ledgard
Johnathan Ledgard
Two weeks ago we sat down with author Johnathan Ledgard, a 2013 New York Times book of the year author, past correspondent for The Economist, and a novelist who is concerned with the relationship between nature and artificial intelligence.
He shared with us his thoughts on the relationship between hip hop & poetry, and how he experienced poetry as a traveling journalist.
You can purchase Johnathan's book Giraffe on Amazon: here
Mark Divo
Posted Jan 20, 2021Mark Divo is a Zurich-raised conceptual artist and curator of the Dada tradition who has developed innovative concepts with inhabiting abandoned spaces. Divo stood behind the most vibrant and influential squatting scenes of the past two decades in Switzerland and elsewhere; founder of the first group behind Berlin’s legendary alternative art hub Tacheles in the very early 1990s, squatting houses and creating temporary museums in Zurich or Copenhagen later on, painting large murals in Vienna, Košice or Prague, Mark was spreading the idea of solidary and non-commercial culture accessible to everyone.
Mark Divo
Mark Divo is a Zurich-raised conceptual artist and curator of the Dada tradition who has developed innovative concepts with inhabiting abandoned spaces. Divo stood behind the most vibrant and influential squatting scenes of the past two decades in Switzerland and elsewhere; founder of the first group behind Berlin’s legendary alternative art hub Tacheles in the very early 1990s, squatting houses and creating temporary museums in Zurich or Copenhagen later on, painting large murals in Vienna, Košice or Prague, Mark was spreading the idea of solidary and non-commercial culture accessible to everyone.
See more of his work at his website.
Adéla Hrdličková
Posted Jan 5, 2021Last week we caught up with poet Adéla Hrdličková on the yellow metro line and discussed poetry and poetic moments.
Adéla Hrdličková
Last week we caught up with poet Adéla Hrdličková on the yellow metro line and discussed poetry and poetic moments.
Michael Rowland
Posted Dec 31, 2020We sat down with poet Michael Rowland at Prague Art Fair and discussed paint and word. Check it out here in our third episode of OBJECT:VAULT.
Michael Rowland
We sat down with poet Michael Rowland at Prague Art Fair and discussed paint and word. Check it out here in our third episode of OBJECT:VAULT.
Alibek Kazbekov
For episode two of OBJECT:VUALT, This week in we ran into a Žižkov poet in the potraviny, Alibek Kazbekov. Follow their work at @alibek.kazbekov
Jaromír Lelek
Our first episode of OBJECT:VAULT featured our very own Jaromír Lelek. He says, "a John Donne sweater would be very--you would see a lot of patterns, a lot of argumentative, scholastic, theological patterns, but it would still be warm and and hot and cozy and human.."
