PYL

Alfred ve dvoře / English / 60 min

The princess did not know she was a princess until someone kissed her awake. The brick, the washing powder package and the bamboo stick did not know they were a chair, until someone sat on them. How to Just Do It is a three-dimensional material-centric YouTube fairytale; a low resolution studio-landscape inhabited by (not very) dangerous creatures, such as computer mouse haunting a dry toast.

Imagine a ‘life hack’ that suggests combining certain objects in a certain way to achieve a certain purpose. What purpose would you like to achieve and which objects would you use? The term ‘life hack’ refers to a method for managing daily tasks in a way which typically intends to be more efficient than a conventional solution. As pointed out by the inventor of this strategy, Danny O'Brien:“[...] it's an expression of this huge hope that you can actually hack life in this way, that you might make it a bit more bearable without having to swallow or understand the whole thing.”

What does such a trend mean in times when you mostly have everything you need around? In this project, PYL follows a sense of a general need to break the notion of efficiency and encounter the world in another, less productive, manner. Spectators are invited to observe the backstage of a studio channel, which demonstrates various technical applications of objects oscillating between their usage and an attempt to acknowledge their intrinsic value. The performance shifts between the every- and extradaily, absurdity and abstraction. Come to join the fan base - the toast is getting cold, the towels are ready!

Performers: Svetlana Silich, Maria Komarova, Veronika Svobodová / Aljoša Lovrić Krapež
Team: Maria Komarova, Svetlana Silich, Veronika Svobodová, Anna Romanova, Aljoša Lovrić Krapež, Theresa Schrezenmeir, Susanne Kass, Pia Achternkamp
Sound design: Pia Achternkamp
Production: Karolína Schön, MOTUS, z.s.
Consultation: Cristina Maldonado, Sodja Lotker
Thanks: úl, tep39, Real Trvth, Dominik Migač, Semen Kulikov

More info: HERE

Photo by: Martin Špelda

Tickets HERE

Supported by: Next Generation EU, National recovery Plan, Ministry of Culture Czech Republic, Capital City of Prague, State Fund of Culture Czech Republic, Prague 7