threeiscompany & Jaro Viňarský (Slovakia)
A4 – space for contemporary culture, Bratislava
Price: 8 – 12 €
IHOPEIWILL What kind of future do you wish for your grandchildren?
Movement improvisation, limited by an intricate construction, as an artistic reflection of the current development of society. The performance raises the question of our responsibility towards future generations. It addresses serious issues such as the climate crisis and the increasing tension and aggression in society.
This interdisciplinary work connects physical performance, sound design, and visual installation. The creators’ final message expresses a sense of anticipation and hope based on the belief that people have the ability to realize their individual responsibility for the shape of the world we live in.
Practical Information
Tickets: 12 € full price, 8 € students and seniors
Venue: Bratislava, A4 – space for contemporary culture
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More about the piece
IHOPEIWILL explores our shared future amidst ongoing political tensions and escalating
climate challenges. It conveys a sense of expectation and hope despite the prevailing global
atmosphere of fear and great uncertainty.
IHOPEIWILL is an event that connects physical performance, sound design, and visual
installation. Each of these media works independently one next to the other and
simultaneously in synergy, which together create an organic whole.
The inspiration for the piece came from conversations with people in which we were
interested in the optics of personal family environment and relationships across generations.
What do we envision for the future, not only for ourselves but for the generations after us?
What kind of world do we wish for them and what can we do to fulfill those wishes?
IHOPEIWILL thus becomes an artistic reflection of the current trajectory of society and our
responsibility towards future generations.
Credits
Created by: threeiscompany in collaboration with Jaro Viňarský
Set design: threeiscompany
Performed by: Soňa Ferienčíková
Sound: Never Sol, Alexandra Timpau
Visual content creator: Maria Júdová Tichá
Light design and technical support: Ints Plavnieks
Videography for installation: Richard Chomo
Produced by: BOD.Y ngo (Soňa Ferienčíková, Zuzana Frištiková, Romana Packová)
Executive production, PR: Romana Packová
Creative producer: Dirk Förster
Partners:
main financial partner: Slovak Arts Council
financial partners: ZSE foundation, EFFEA
co-producers: KoresponDance, NuDanceFest, Tanec Praha / PONEC – dance venue,
Theaterfestival Schwindelfrei, Záhrada CNK
partners: Telocvicna – Dance Residency Center / PlaST – Slovak Contemporary Dance
Platform, Cinetica
The IHOPEIWILL residency is supported by the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists
– EFFEA, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), co-funded by the European
Union.
Supported using public funding by Slovak Arts Council.
Interview respondents:
Agi Ferienčíková, Andrea la Rose, Anna Biháryová, David Tišer, Gabriela Šallayová, Hale
Doganci, Marek Keveš, Markus Hubr, Ronny Zangenberg, Samuel Černý, Václav Šíma, Yara
Abu Aataya
Special thanks:
Antónia Tomalová, Christophe Henri Laurent, Gabriela Tomášková, Giseli Polávka Borduchi,
Marcela Záchenská, Kubo Horničák, Lukáš Bobalík, Lukáš Kubičina, Mária Kačeriaková, Maťo
Urban, Milan Sláma, Michal Šimečka, Norbert Čabala, Peter Tichý
About the authors
SOŇA FERIENČÍKOVÁ
Soňa Ferienčíková is a dancer, choreographer and founder of production company BOD.Y
(www.bodyngo.com). She collaborated with many national and international artists and
performed all over Europe, in Israel, Mexico and China. She was nominated for the DOSKY
award in the category Extraordinary achievement in the field of dance theater.
MÁRIA JÚDOVA TICHÁ
Mária Júdová Tichá (https://www.mariajudova.net/) is a visual artist who focuses on the
intersection of performative and digital art. She collaborated with Choreographic Coding Lab
(DE), Rambert Contemporary Dance Company (UK) and YCAM (JP). Her works have been
presented around the world and won awards from the Japan Media Arts Festival (JP), B3
Biennale (DE), Nexon Computer Museum (Korea) and Zealous (UK).
ALEXANDRA TIMPAU
Alexandra Timpau (https://soundcloud.com/alotofkittens) is a Romanian musician, architect
and photographer. She studied architecture and urban planning in Romania, but after
graduating and moving to Prague, she was mesmerized by music and the practice of live
sound coding.
JARO VIŇARSKÝ
Jaro Viňarský is a dancer, choreographer and performer. He studied ballet and dance
choreography at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU) and the Academy of
Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU). He is the recipient of many awards, including the SAZKA
AWARD for „discovery in dance", the Audience Award at the Czech Dance Platform and the
prestigious THE BESSIES NEW YORK DANCE AND PERFORMING ARTS AWARD in the „outstanding performer” category. In 2011, he founded the nongovernmental organization SKOK! in Slovakia.
