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Theatre Conference JAMU 2025: Shared Time, Shared Being, Shared Creation
Art does not only begin with experience—it also results in experience. It is a never-ending loop, where what we live through transforms into art, and in turn, art shapes how we experience the world. The Theatre Conference JAMU 2025 invites you to step into this cycle—to explore how deeply personal moments find their way onto the stage, how they resonate beyond the individual, and how they weave us into a shared reality. Over two days, we will gather to exchange, compare, reflect, and create.
This gathering isn’t just about theatre in the traditional sense; it’s about performance in all its forms. It’s about how we tell stories, how we see experiences, and how we live through narratives—whether through movement, image, voice, or even silence. What can we really expect from this time together? Will we sit in the dark, watching stories unfold before us, or will we dive into them—feeling their weight, texture, and pulse? In truth, anything is possible. Nothing is certain. So, let’s embrace the flow of conversation and be open to the surprises that reality has in store. Through performances, lectures, and workshops, we will explore the personal and the universal, the intimate and the collective. Together, we’ll ask: How does making art allow us to exist together in time? What does it mean to witness, remember, and transform?
We will begin with an immersive journey into history, uncovering how theatre can revive forgotten voices and draw us into ancient stories. We will listen to the hidden music of language, exploring how words resonate in our bodies—carrying rhythm, melody, and echoes of time. Along the way, we will meet artists who have transformed personal struggles into creative forces: those who refused to let limitations silence them, those who shape identity through masks - not to hide but to reveal. Through the lens of experimental cinema, VR documentaries, Cinéma Vérité, photography, and performance art, we will push the boundaries of storytelling and perception. We will explore how language is rewritten and transformed - how artists reinvent themselves through resilience and struggle, choosing unexpected paths. And in this search we will find what truly matters: the act of creation as a space of belonging, where challenges become art, and personal experience unfolds into something universal.
These deeply personal narratives remind us that art is a way of being, a way of making sense of ourselves and the world. Over the course of two days, we will explore how language moves through our bodies, how immersive theatre revives forgotten histories, and how masks can be tools of visibility rather than concealment. Whether you join as a presenter, a listener, or a fellow traveller, we invite you to become part of this shared exploration. More than just a conference, this is a space where experiences turn into art—and art turns back into experiences.
Let’s step into time together. Let’s create something that persists.
We are looking forward to meeting you.
Lucia Repašská
The Conference Board
