I had the pleasure of being selected as one of the artist-mentors for the Access Residency Programme, dedicated to experimental, improvised, and interdisciplinary art, taking place in Prague from 9–16 June 2026.

The selected participants will work with a group of teenagers in a secondary school environment. Together, they will prepare a site-specific performance that moves through the school, allowing visitors to experience not only the results of the school expedition (see below) in an unusual way but also the architecture of the school and its environment from new perspectives.

The preparation and work together with the students will take part during the school expedition to Karlovy Vary region and partly in the school itself, where the final presentation will happen. The topic/location of the school expedition will play main role in shaping the content of the work created together. Selected artists with approx. 20 students of Gymnasium Přírodní škola will gather material from the historically and environmentally very interesting mining area of Jáchymov, educationally well presented within the so called Jachymov hell trail.

Public presentations:

Thursday 11th of June | 18:00
Kemp Lesík, Lesík (CZ)

Tuesday 16th of June | 8:30 & 17:30
Gymnasium Přírodní škola, Prague (CZ)

Artistic team:

Prague (CZ) | June 9-16 2026 | Unijazz

David Bausseron
Guitar, objects – France

Vaclav Kalivoda
Trombone – Czech Republic

Pasi Mäkelä
Performance, music – Finland

Andria Nicodemou
Vibraphone, electronics – Cyprus

Marija Rašić
Guitar – Italy (Serbian)

Marta Zapparoli
Tape recorders, electronics – Germany (Italian)

*Supported by Matěj Kotouček and *Marie Ctverackova
Lecturers – Czech Republic

Research Action 2 / Prague – Access