ahoj and...
...thank you for wanting to be part of the collective soundscape!
instructions:
Choose 2-3 questions that resonate with you and record your response via voice memos. Please hold your phone about 60-80 cm away from your face. The more natural & spontaneous the better.
Send the files directly to hchladilova@gmail.com or via swisstransfer.com
The responses will be collected & edited into a soundscape with other people's voices.
questions:
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What does hope mean to you right now?
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Is hope a choice?
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What are the small things that keep you alive (the rituals, the dreams, the people)?
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Do you believe the world can still be saved? And if not, what do you do with that feeling?
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Where do you go in your mind when reality feels unbearable? How do you cope?
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What does healing look like for you (personally/collectively/politically)?
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How has the constant presence of crisis shaped your idea of the future? Is there a future?
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If you could build your own utopia, what would it sound like, smell like, feel like?
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Tell me about the last time you felt truly alone:
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When you say you’re okay, what are you really trying to say?
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What’s something you wish (older) people understood about healing/mental health?
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Do you believe we can be mentally well in a world full of broken systems?
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How do you hold on to life when everything feels uncertain or collapsing?
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What would you tell someone who feels like there’s no point anymore?
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What urgent message do you want to tell yourself?
Feel free to address the topic of utopia, healing, and hope with your own reflections!
Utopia of Hopes
This body of work is a multimedia installation that offers temporary utopia as a reflection to the fragments from the artist’s personal diaries and desolate yet resilient memos of Generation Z that she collected. The photographs echo both the despair and resistance of a generation navigating a late-stage capitalistic individualistic world.
It questions the future of a generation raised in a world on the edge of doom. It reminds us that amid darkness, the search for light and meaning can become the only way to survive.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣻⢃⢦⠀⣬⡖⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⣦⠏⠺⡘⢠⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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⠀⠀⠠⠤⠐⠒⠋⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠙⠲⢤⣤⣀⣹⡴⢙⡟⠋⠁⠀⠈⠑⠍⠊⠲⢤⣀⡼⠛⠉⠀⠙⢊⣱⣖⢶⠶⠶⠶⠒
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⢔⡟⠉⠛⡞⠤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡤⠖⠒⠋⠉⠉⠉⠙⠛⠛⠚⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⣀⢤⣴⣒⣾⣉⣛⢋⠉⠭⠾⠯⢯⢝⣹⣟⠛⢳⠛⣟⣒⢲⣞⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠴⠛⠉⠉⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⣳⣫⡴⠓⠒⠒⠉⠛⠲⢤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣯⢻⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠲⢄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠂⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠦⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣼⡵⠗⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⢀⠀⠂⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠓⠒⠶⠚⠙⠃⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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