Echoes of the Medusa

ideal time reserved for the exhibition: 2 hoursFeminist Ear Feminism continues to face both explicit rejection (“we’re all equal already”) and structural obstacles. In many respects the objective of the struggle of the second wave is still yet to be achieved. The female voice remains marginalised in key positions, the female body is subjected to … Continued

FEMINIST EAR

Collaborative Listening Research SéancesJune–August 2025, Galerie 35M2 In three closed sessions, the five approached female musicians and the team of Gallery 35M2 explored how listening and sound shape women’s expression, relationship to voice and body, both on a personal and social level. The programme was based on the principles of sonic autobiography, the Encouragements exercise inspired … Continued

Lenka Glisníková & Judita Levitnerová / Dissolving Shadows

29. 11. 2024 – 14. 2. 2024, opening 28. 11. 2024 at 19h The 1950s and 60s were a time of worldwide optimism with regard to technological progress, which was often interpreted as the path to the liberation of humankind from monotonous labour. Mechanisation was intended to reduce the physical workload, and thanks to automation it was … Continued

Kvet Nguyen and Quynh Trang Tran / Memory Building Sites

23. 8. 2024 – 25. 10. 2024, opening 22. 8. 2024 at 19h Memory is changeable, selective and always at risk of being forgotten. As the memory of many people has been erased and neglected due to the horrors of conflict, imperialism and war, in response many contemporary artists challenge collective amnesia by consciously working with … Continued

Yarli Allison & Letizia Miro / Peripheral Corporalities

18. 6. 2024 – 16. 8. 2024, opening 18. 6. 2023 7pm The mainstream of society views sex workers via the prism of culturally ingrained stereotypes that lead to prejudice and disdain. Sex work is often considered a marginal activity, one we turn a blind eye to and pretend it does not exist. Even within feminist circles there … Continued

StonyTellers / How to dream from nine to five

21. 12. 2023 – 16. 02. 2024, opening 19. 12. 2023 7pm The exhibition project How to Dream from Nine to Five by the StonyTellers collective is the final contribution to the programme, working with the concept of radial happiness. Following on from the exhibitions devoted to analysing and searching for individualised happiness in the first … Continued

Kathryn Fischer & Tereza Silon / Sinews: holding our sh*t together

20. 10. 2023 – 07. 12. 2023, opening 19. 10. 2023 7pm The exhibition project Sinews: holding our sh*t together by Kathryn Fischer and Tereza Silon is the second contribution to the concept of radical happiness, which – as opposed to the Rotating Happiness project that focused on the individualized search for happiness – examines our … Continued

Jana Kapelová & Veronika Olejárová / Rotating Happiness

01. 09. 2023 – 12. 10. 2023, opening 31. 08. 2023 7pm The second research and exhibition cycle of Galerie 35M2 for 2023 is based on the concept of radical happiness, as defined by the Australian sociologist Lynne Segal. By contrast with the dominant ideology of individual happiness (with consumerism and individualised sexual desire, mixed together … Continued

Blues Explosions

29. 06. 2023 – 30. 07. 2023, opening 28. 06. 2023 7pm The latest exhibition, Bleus Explosions, closes the chapter of Nuclear Culture at 35M2 Gallery. The last section explores the theme of nuclear waste and concludes with the theme of a toxic future not only in terms of the impact of radiation. The title is inspired … Continued

Petrosexuality

25. 05. 2023 – 16. 06. 2023, opening 24. 05. 2023 7pm Today, as I write this text for Madeleine Andersson’s exhibition entitled Petrosexuality for Galerie 35M2, in among the early morning news the report has just flashed up that Donald Trump has been found guilty of sexually abusing a journalist. Should I be cheering, even if this case … Continued