08.06.2019
Prague, Czech Republic (11 of 30)
My thirteen days in Prague have made it apparent this city doesn’t stop when it comes to the arts. Today is the final day of Prague’s biggest music festival which takes over the streets with on stage performances in thirty locations throughout the city. It is also a special day since museums across the city open their doors from 18:00-1:00 for free. Everyone is invited to experience, celebrate, and learn. Prague is place that fosters creativity while offering tons of free events and opportunities to stumble upon something new.
I found Old Town especially crowded today, but in the best way possible. Looking for a place to sit down and write this post I found a discreet four-story café in the heart of Old Town Square. On the third floor of Skautský Institut I saw three people performing peculiar movements along with a woman on the floor below. Nothing made sense. A woman would scratch a window and then fall to the ground and sprawl. A man hectically moved along ramps and then quickly switched to demonstrating unusual motions. Seeing these performers express movement in ways I had not seen before was intriguing. They appeared to be expressing insanity without regard to the world around them.
In fact, the performance wasn’t supposed to make sense. Skautský Institut is a space where people of all ages are invited to create and work together. This group was demonstrating how movement is influenced by the architecture that surrounds the world. Art is up to interpretation and there are various ways to view things. That’s what I think makes it so remarkable. It provokes thought and encourages individuals to engage with their imagination, which seems to be tumbling out of society.
Life is in motion 