Date: 08.07.2026 — 17.07.2026
Beginning: 18:00

Exhibition: 9–17 July 2026
Opening and Author Reading: 8 July 2026, 6 PM

“The train stopped between stations. No announcement. First came fear. Then something indistinct, a barely audible hum. Some people began to smile without quite knowing why. When the metro arrived at the station, the passengers stepped out unhurriedly. They started dancing around lampposts, hopping over curbs, peering into bushes, and circling the pillars again and again. Steam rose from the ventilation shaft. Was it a glitch? A brief nap? Or something for which we have no name?”

Savka Marenić’s exhibition is based on her book Whispers of the Valley (Šepoty údolí) and her artistic doctoral research, which explores how situated storytelling can become a spatial intervention, an invitation to participation, and a tool of critical pedagogy. It is inspired by moments when the everyday reality of the city subtly shifts from its ordinary logic, revealing layers of relationships that usually remain hidden. Such “glitches,” which Marenić also deliberately creates in order to draw attention to gaps within urban planning, do not merely disrupt the established order of space but open up new ways of reading and imagining it.

Using the Nusle Valley as a case study, the artist brings together field research, performative situations, and collective experience. Shaped by the monumental infrastructure of the Nusle Bridge and the city highway, the valley is a site of contrasts between planned functionality, everyday use, and layers of local memory. Through speculative fiction rooted in concrete experiences and observations, Marenić creates space for listening to what usually remains at the margins of the city’s image.

The exhibition intervention includes audio walks, readings from Whispers of the Valley, and a suburban day camp for children. Together, these activities form an open narrative about the Nusle Valley — its familiar and overlooked places, the possibilities of experiencing space collectively, and how the city can be narrated anew.

Artistic Collaboration: Pamela
Book Design: Bára Růžičková
Sound Production: Jonáš Balcar
Exhibition Graphics: Nela Klímová
Curatorial Collaboration: Nela Klajbanová, Tereza Vinklárková
Exhibition Architecture: Savka Marenić
Special Thanks: Nika Datiashvili, Dominik Lang, Johana Lomová, Sára Märc