'Places of Act'- site specific project
for former Institute of Folk Art Production (ÚLUV),
Národní 36, Prague 1
Exhibitions, forum of the future, site performance, videoart, architectural lectures, pro city walks - commented tours of exhibitions, building and its surroundings, film, art bar and others.
Future Forum II
today's subject:
'worry and compassion,
or: the oil party is over'
7 individuals / 8 minutes / an endless number of possibilities of how to change the world
20 Oct. 2010, from 5 to 7pm
Former Center for Folk Art Production (ÚLUV), Národní 36, Prague 1
hosted by: Šárka Havlíčková
The oil party is over! What next? We have to find new solutions; to create, change, listen, respect, and decide. We have to care. To keep our imagination about us. To find sustainable, respectful, and compassionate solutions. Nobody will do it for us. We can't wait for the social environment and systems to be changed from above. Systems are created by us, individuals.
Wed 20. 10. / 17:00-19:30
ÚLUV, Národní 36
Admission free
7 individuals / 8 minutes / an endless number of possibilities of how to change the world
Limited number of attendees! Please make the registration!
Speakers:
Petra Procházková (journalist, novelist, humanitarian worker)
Kateřina Šedá (artist)
Igor Blažević (founder and director of the One World film fest, journalist)
Martin Mareček (director, dramaturge, founder of Auto*Mat)
Milan Smrž (chemist and vice-president of the Eurosolar association)
Zdeněk Sokol (Centrum Sklenářka alternative living project)
František Nekovář (president of the international humanitarian organization World's Green Lungs)
Questions for forum participants:
- In your opinion, what has been the most difficult part of promoting your project / changes?
- How has your lifestyle changed over the course of working on your project? How has it changed you personally?
- After having worked on your project, what things in your everyday life are different?
- Please provide one example of how your approach has contributed to systematic change.
- Please provide one practical or strategic recommendation for how to act and what to do when promoting changes.
Project idea:
The subject of the first Future Forum in October 2009 was the worldwide financial and social crisis as an opportunity for changing the world. The magical atmosphere of last year's Future Forum was created by its taking place inside the Assembly of Nations inside the former Federal Assembly, where thirteen individuals offered their vision of how to reformat our society.
In 2010, the forum has invited various inspirational individuals from various areas of social life who provide examples of a caring and compassionate approach to life. We have asked them to share with us their personal stories and determination. What kind of person is someone who is involved in making change happen? What does this work do with him or her and what does he/she gain from it? And is it true that changing the world means, first and foremost, changing oneself? We would like to become infected with the practical engagement of individuals who have decided to work for and care about a sustainable human future. These people and their activities show that Czech civil society is connected to the worldwide wave of transforming disciplinary approaches. We, too, are part of the tide of active compassion, and every year we can find more and more individuals mobilizing to fight today's burning issues. They take personal responsibility within their professional lives, within their fields, or in the place where they live, and tirelessly work to promote the changes necessary within processes, systems, and their surroundings.
This year's forum will produce a "Handbook for the near future," that aims to be a guide for all active individuals who want to be more than observers, but who want to be actively involved in the coming process of change.
Šárka Havlíčková
Limited number of attendees! › Register here ‹
Admission free
Organizer:
Čtyři dny / Four Days Association,
c/o Divadelní ústav, Celetná 17, Praha 1,
Phone/Fax: 224 809 125, Phone: 224 809 116,
E-mail: fourdays@theatre.cz
http://www.ctyridny.cz
