The world premiere screening of a new video artwork by contemporary Czech-born
artist Tereza Bušková as part of Folkestone Fringe’s Flint & Clay programme. This
powerful film is the culmination of an international, folklore-inspired project that
brought together communities across the UK and Czechia – from Folkestone to
Birmingham and Brno – to confront and raise awareness of violence against women
and girls.
Rooted in ritual and collective creativity, the project featured a series of empowering
workshops and participatory processions. In Folkestone, Bušková joined forces with
Take Up Space Festival and Folkestone Women’s Forum for a striking International
Women’s Day procession. Local Czech, Slovak, Roma and British participants –
including three ‘bread women’ clad in mirrored, bread-encrusted armour – took to the
streets, carrying hand-crafted totems charged with symbolism and strength.
The world premiere screening of a new video artwork by contemporary Czech-born
artist Tereza Bušková as part of Folkestone Fringe’s Flint & Clay programme. This
powerful film is the culmination of an international, folklore-inspired project that
brought together communities across the UK and Czechia – from Folkestone to
Birmingham and Brno – to confront and raise awareness of violence against women
and girls.
Rooted in ritual and collective creativity, the project featured a series of empowering
workshops and participatory processions. In Folkestone, Bušková joined forces with
Take Up Space Festival and Folkestone Women’s Forum for a striking International
Women’s Day procession. Local Czech, Slovak, Roma and British participants –
including three ‘bread women’ clad in mirrored, bread-encrusted armour – took to the
streets, carrying hand-crafted totems charged with symbolism and strength.
These surreal, defiant images were born out of community baking and making sessions with women and non-binary people – setting the tone for a project that fuses myth, magic and social action. The screening will be introduced by the artist and followed by a Q&A.
