Choose 2-3 questions that resonate with you and record your response via voice memos. The more natural & spontaneous the better. The responses will be collected & edited into a soundscape with other voices.
Send the voice message directly to
hchladilova@gmail.com or via swisstransfer.com
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 do you want to tell yourself?
Feel free to address the topic of utopia, healing, and hope with your own reflections!
Utopia of Hope
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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⢀⠀⠂⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠓⠒⠶⠚⠙⠃⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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