APOTHECA is derived from Greek apothḗkē as well as Latin apotheca - a name for a storage, warehouse and/or dispensary of (more than) pharmaca. This apotheca stores herbs and energetic essences, sounds and vibrations alongside politicized and holistic discourses about healing and intimacies acting in spite of extractive systems. Through events, the space will become a sanctuary and a space of regeneration, but also a birthing place of new thought patterns and new points of view. A space, where embodied knowledges are not subordinate to the textual ones, but bodies, their health and pleasure are sought and celebrated. A place, where beauty and art/skill are a good medicine and where we are allowed to practice their embodiment in multiple ways.
Tereza Silon works with topics of body and embodiment, sensitizing the public space, queerness, the erotic and an accessibility of pleasure. She questions possibilities of intimacy in extractive structures and explores natural and social ecologies.They work as a performer, dancer, facilitator. She also studies and practices bodywork and herbalisms.
© photo by Nikola Janovská, NiJa photography
19. 11. 5:00 PM APOTHECA - open doors I:
Staying soft in a face of injustice, raging for love.
Heart-centering meditation.
Reading selected texts (Eng, CZ) about healing, love and their relationship to abolition, drinking a delicious adaptogenic* tea blend. (Pls bring your own cup if possible.) Mapping the context of Žižkov. Discussing what futures for us & our extended kin our hearts yearn for. Bring your secular prayers of desiring a better world.
*adaptogens are plants (or mushrooms) that are used to non-specifically support and strengthen our physical and psychological resilience
Tereza Silon works with topics of body and embodiment, sensitizing the public space, queerness, the erotic and an accessibility of pleasure. She questions possibilities of intimacy in extractive structures and explores natural and social ecologies. They work as a performer, dancer, facilitator. She also studies and practices bodywork and herbalisms.
Please do come with a proof of a vaccination and/or a test (antigen <24h, PCR <72h). If it is absolutely inaccessible financially for you and you really want to come, please let us know and we will try to figure out a solution. A full disclosure about precautions taken will be available for the group as a part of building a group trust and consent.
The Project could be implemented thanks to the financial support of the Czech Ministry of Culture, the State Cultural Fund, a grant from the City of Prague.
26. 11., 11 AM - 8 PM, APOTHECA - open doors II: THIS BODY. In multiplicity.
We cordially invite your for the next open studio of Tereza Silon at INI.
>11 AM - 1 PM <
Tea time in the library*. Come and read a selection of literature or ask Tereza any questions about (not just) her practice.
>2 PM - 3:30 PM<
experimental body/work with energy - slot at the studio. 90min communication and body games depending on personal limits. Variation 2 - reiki** healing (also contactless).If you wish to join please contact IG @te_silon or 603 500 426
>6 PM SOOTHSAYING<
performance of Tereza Silon & Zeynab Gueye. SOOTHSAYING is a relationship of two people; of two bodies and their interactions in a public space. It could be any two bodies, but they are not. Service. Wrapping, soothsaying and care.
Tereza Silon (she/they) works with topics of body and embodiment, sensitizing the public space, queerness, the erotic and an accessibility of pleasure. She questions possibilities of intimacy in extractive structures and explores natural and social ecologies.
Zeynab Gueye (they/them) is a DJ, performer and a community organizer. They are inspiring and frustrated.
Entry with completed vaccination or one dose of vaccine and PCR (<72h).
The Project could be implemented thanks to the financial support of the Czech Ministry of Culture, the State Cultural Fund, a grant from the City of Prague.
16th December, from 11 AM to 8 PM
We cordially invite you for the next event by Tereza Silon.
> 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM <
Open APOTHECA library will be happening in the INI space with Tereza Silon. There are books on healing, abolition, plants and relationships that are to be listed through. You can also come to read and share your own books.
> 6:00 PM APOTHECA X LOVEAGE <
There will be an intro followed by a discussion facilitated by Ewelina Vlček Chiu invited by the resident and creator of the APOTHECA and a second half of Loveage Tereza Silon.
To partake please RSVP on loveage.space@gmail.com and come with a proof of your vaccination as well as a PCR test. The capacity is limited to 10 persons.
APOTHECA X LOVEAGE
Yama <<>> Niyama
We invite you to explore the first two limbs, yama (abstinences) and niyama (observances), in an open discussion wherein we not only come to understand what the two limbs are, but also how we can understand them in our own contemporary context.
After all, much has changed over the course of 2000 years and it may be difficult or nearly impossible to adhere to these concepts as they were laid out by Patanjali. But this doesn’t mean that these concepts are outdated or unhelpful in our daily lives, it simply means that we need to examine them carefully and weigh the value they may have for us.
A group meditation will follow the discussion. Herbal tea blend for support mixed by Tereza Silon will be offered.
The discussion will be led by Ewelina Vlcek-Chiu, a certified yoga instructor interested in our bodies capabilities to lead us to a sense of inner balance and quiet in a chaotic world. Her practices tend to be a mixture of moments wherein the body is challenged to be still interspersed with dynamic, energizing flows. She is one half of the duo Loveage with Tereza Silon. Loveage combines plant ritual and connection with yoga practice and meditation to create transient communities for everyone and every body.
Ewelina is also a musician, composer and producer. She is known as half of the witch-wave duo ba:zel (www.bazelmusic.com) as well as a solo performer in the experimental pop project Ai fen (www.ai-fen.com). She also works variously in sound design, having created sonic tapestries for film, podcasts, art installations and performances.
Tereza Silon works with topics of body and embodiment, sensitizing the public space, queerness, the erotic and an accessibility of pleasure. She questions possibilities of intimacy in extractive structures and explores natural and social ecologies.They work as a performer, dancer, facilitator. She also studies and practices bodywork and herbalisms.
The Project could be implemented thanks to the financial support of the Czech Ministry of Culture, the State Cultural Fund, a grant from the City of Prague.