01.01.2025
2024: A year of trains, zines, cables, and resistance

Sandra Pasławska on the editing floor, gluing together the latest copy of KROTCH Magazine

  2024 began 8hrs east of Prague in cozy overheated bunkbeds on the overnight train to Košice. We drank store-bought haiku, wrote knock-off božkov, and waved our shared flag at Tabačka Kulturfabrik in the January haze. Greeted by our dear friends at Slam Poetry SK, we premiered our collective project: Performance, Deformance, Reformance along with on-site readings, actions, and sounds.

    And in a city where, just outside of its borders, culture & expression is monitored, we felt your honest and passionate desire to create, sustain, and preserve community through diversity and resilience. We thank you for welcoming us into your circle.

Mojmir Pukl carried his flags from Prague to Košice on the evening connection to wave them at Tabačka Kulturfabrik and when he read we waved them for him. Photo by Katka Rybárová


Reading w/ live projection of the Prague Tapes at Tabačka Kulturfabrik (January 2024) Photo by Katka Rybárová
Jaromír Lelek reading w/ live projection of the Prague Tapes at Tabačka Kulturfabrik (January 2024) Photo by Katka Rybárová
Tyko Say reading w/ live projection of the Prague Tapes at Tabačka Kulturfabrik (January 2024) Photo by Katka Rybárová

We drank store-bought haiku, wrote knock-off božkov, and waved our shared flag at Tabačka Kulturfabrik in the January haze.
Tomáš Straka, Adela Hrdličkovà, Mojmir Pukl, Zsolt Miklósvölgyi, Sandra Pasławska, and Tyko Say at the O:P IV Krakow screening




    In February, we ventured back to Krakow, ground zero of Performance, Deformance, Reformance, for the final chapter of our first international language happening. It was the Kazimierz last standoff at the Artefakt Cafe where we played and displayed our propaganda notions in the nook book room with friendly familiars who witnessed it all unleashed August previous.
    And after that year and a half of scheming, teething, and happening, we clapped our softened hands & took them on the final train back home to Prague where we would later find each moment engraved. Thank you for letting us get to know you, Krakow, Budapest, and Košice. See you at a potraviny in Žižkov soon.
From February thru December we sat in chairs to let our hair dangle and tangle still in ecstasy. We hosted several zine workshops at Místečko and Kampus Hybernská where we snipped, sipped, glued, and smoothed 56 pages of works from 24 different creators for five new issues of KROTCH Mag.
OBJECT:PARADISE KROTCH Magazine workshop at Místečko gallery


   
    Thank you for helping us push the O:P Manifesto thru foldable Žižkov monoliths in opposition to the Vinohrady monarch. Your voices are carried in the back pockets of many. 


Thank you for helping us push the O:P Manifesto thru foldable Žižkov monoliths in opposition to the Vinohrady monarch.

    In April, we brought a 100m video cable to the Art Brut Gallery and invited our community to watch a one-time film premiere. One-time because it would never happen again; never happen again because what was projected was being filmed in that moment (100m outside the venue).



    The project was titled “Anti-Climax” and nothing happened out of script, because there was no script–only improvised movement & direction. And when we entered the venue with the camera, the method of capture became the subject, the shared moment between the performers & the audience the object.



   In June, we launched OBJECT:PARODY, a monthly variety show in partnership with Shella Radio at Planeta za, Ankali. The radioshow exposes the (in)deciences of the artworld that Prague (mis)represents by featuring creative works & reports from KROTCH Mag along with interviews from our OBJECT:VAULT series, critical discussions, and music from the Prague scene.

    Thanks again to our KROTCH contributors and those who came out to our live listening sessions in the Planeta za summer garden. We look forward to the next season of this project in 2025!

...exposing the (in)deciences of the artworld that Prague (mis)represents

   Later that month, we traveled to Ukraine to meet with local organizations, collectives, and artists to learn about their methods of resistance in Ukraine’s westernmost metropolis: Lviv. What resulted was a 30-minute documentary and full-length book that captures these voices & happenings titled “Existence is Resistance.”



    From the Naked Forms festival at Dzyga Gallery, to the punk show at the Kotelyna squat, to the intimate moments in Ed’s Miniatures painting workshop, we learned that, no matter the form or medium, the very act of creating can be a form of resistance.

Tyko Say and Sandra Pasławska interviewing Semenchuk for Existence is Resistance. Photo by Louis Armand

    Our hearts are with our Ukrainian neighbors and the many voices we encountered during our five days in Lviv. In 2025, we will return to premiere the film and book born of your resilience. Sláva Ukrajině!

   In August, we were invited to Inverze Literární Festival in Ostrava to share the OBJECT:PARADISE Manifesto with a screening of O:P III. And when people came up to us after the film and asked, “Is this really happening in Prague?” we responded, “it was then, and when you come it will be as well–only differently.”

   We made many new friends and would like to thank you all for sharing the nice evening and early morning with us. We fell asleep under a tree near the river, and it was nice there even under the blistering August.

Tyko Say presenting the O:P Manifesto at Inverse Literari festival
O:P : III : The Manifesto screening at Inverze Literární festival

And when people came up to us after the film and asked, “Is this really happening in Prague?” we responded, “it was then, and when you come it will be as well–only differently.”

   In October, we brought O:P to the Prague Microfestival, complementing its 3-week interdisciplinary literary and arts festival with a showcase of works from this year and past with installations, films, and works from our community. Thanks to those of you who came to a workshop, attended a happening, or joined at the Czech premiere of Existence is Resistance. We are forever grateful to be given the opportunity to continue to create, share, and explore with you.

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   And so, 2024—our year of trains, zines, cables, and resistance—closes with hands softened & spirits sharpened. From the smoky haze of Košice to the backrooms of Krakow, the streets of Lviv to the gardens of Žižkov, we found ourselves tangled in the ecstasy of creation and defiance.

   We’ll carry yr voices in our back pockets, your stories folded into our manifesto, and yr resilience tattooed on the insides of our eyelobes. 2025—come at us sideways. We’ll meet you at the potraviny to fly flags and make noise.






01.01.2025
26.11.2024
What does it mean to be underground today?


    There's on-going discussions, which I may agree or disagree with, that it is not possible to do something 'new' today because everything has already been 'done'. But it's at this very notion 'done' where people tend not to look further. This fixation on the past is a fixation on a text, action, song, or any artefact that happened in the past. Yet, we know, that a text relies on context for it to achieve meaning--and these meanings change, always, and constantly--they happen (and will continue to). 

    I believe that every action, event, language exchange, etc., is subjected to be received in a new way (because it has never happened in this time & space before). So, this notion of a happening, I believe is precisely what is 'underground' today i.e. any action that relies on the notion that the action won't happen again, and that if it does, it will never be the same. 

    We see an uprising in this approach towards cultural happenings--and in commerce as well. I mean, just to note the later, this is why companies have found it profitable to have 'pop-ups' i.e. a commercial 'happening' that appropriates the idea that this one-time experience will never be replicated. And as for culture, I have personally seen a shift in popularity from seeing a rehearsed concert that has a rehearsed sound that has a rehearsed set list that has a rehearsed speech that has a rehearsed soundcheck that has a prescribed sound. We already have Spotifiy at home--why do I need to experience it live? 

    We are, I think, seeking experience--something tangible and temporary to shake us back into reality--a reality that's honest, fragile, and human. These unrehearsed, pragmatic, and, frankly, bad, performances are perhaps the only thing left that is honest in our perfect, glistening, world.





03.11.2024
Performance, Context, and the Underground: Reflections on the Prague Microfestival: Exploring the Evolution of Underground Art and Performance in Prague

Leap Lembo's Toilet Paper performance, 20.10.24. Photo by Louis Armand

The 16th annual Prague Microfestival (PMF), themed "Samizdat," took place on the last weekend of October 2024, following a three-week program of 'microlabs'—community-based workshops, performances, and film screenings—held in the basement of Kampus Hybernská in Prague, Czech Republic. OBJECT:PARADISE was invited back this year to design the scenography of the space and to conduct KROTCH Magazine workshops. Additionally, the festival featured the launch of "Existence is Resistance," an experimental documentary film & book co-produced by The Prague Microfestival & OBJECT:PARADISE. However, beyond O:P’s role in the program of this year’s PMF, I’d like to note some of my insights on the festival regarding the space itself and how scenography, itself, can become just as important as the performances themselves.


Our objective was to create an immersive, multi-media space that vistors were invited to get lost in, allowing the saturation of media to pull them into each corner. of the basement--and, eventually, to the performances & happenings in the main space. However, I quickly realized that the festival's success was not just about the curated happenings. The space itself—and the context in which the festival unfolded—was just as vital to the experience. In fact, it might be even more important than the events themselves.

A "blueprint" design of the space & O:P's curation


While the happenings were carefully chosen, we couldn't curate the way people would experience them. A reading might resonate deeply with one person and leave another cold, and that's perfectly okay. Art isn’t an object; it's a subjective experience that happens within a specific moment in time and space. That shared moment—where everything comes together—is something we can influence, and that was our goal.

We wanted this immersive, multi-media environment to encourage the visitors to make the experience their own. To do this, we placed elements throughout the space that invited interaction and exploration. For instance, we set up a microphone in the hallway that transcribed (poorly) the voices it picked up, creating an abstract, living record of the festival. We kept the sounds and visuals running throughout the venue during performances, and we installed a camera at the entrance that labeled every visitor as a poet because, in that moment, they were.

The festival challenged my understanding of performance, especially through one memorable act: Leap Lembo’s piece during the Thursday evening MicroLabs. It involved 24 rolls of toilet paper and a microphone. Lembo began by slowly creating a hole through one roll with his finger. Once through, he held the roll above his head and began unrolling it, the small hole on every ply aligning perfectly with the microphone’s feed. What followed was a series of sounds as he blew air through the roll.

He handed the remaining toilet paper to the audience and encouraged them to do whatever they wanted. What followed was a spontaneous, chaotic, and beautiful moment: people hummed, chanted, and strung toilet paper around the room, connecting with each other and the moment in a visceral, unscripted way. It was messy, loud, and—at times—dark. It was sexual and unrefined, but it was in the moment, and that made it honest. If someone were to watch a recording of it or attempt to 're-enact' the performance, it would likely fall flat. That’s because the magic was in the live, fleeting moment—the unique context that made it feel raw and genuine.

Throughout the entire festival, there were moments that felt like 'happenings'—raw, real, and ephemeral—and moments that felt more like 'featured performances.' It’s the difference between something that takes place within the moment and something that’s carefully staged for an audience. For me, the most powerful moments were the ones that truly 'happened,' where performance and context converged, reminding us of the subjective and transient nature of art and experience.





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2024


2024 - a year of trains, zines, cables, and resistance. Read the full report about OBJECT:PARADISE’s 2024 here ︎

  • Tyko presents KROTCH Mag and OBJECT:PARADISE at the Prague International Bookfair (December 2024).
  • Existence is Resistance is screened at the Lviv Cultural Center and the House of Sound in Ukraine (November 2024).
  • Existence is Resistance is screened at Exposition: Retours d'Ukraine in Perpignan, France (November 2024).
  • The Seattle Stranger writes about Jealous Yellow’s album Czech Vampires in which Tyko is featured (October 2024).
  • Existence is Resistance premieres at the 16th annual Prague Microfestival (October 2024).
  • Tyko is featured in The Outsiders showcase at the Prague Microfrestival (October 2024).
  • Tyko co-curates the scenography of the Prague Microfestival, featuring works from over 100 Prague-based creators (October 2024).
  • Tyko is featured in the tenth issue of the Red Ogre Review. (October 2024).
  • David’s Sister is featured in Praha Ožralá: Hospody undergroundu, Česka Televize (September 2024)
  • Tyko presents the OBJECT:PARADISE Manifesto at Gathering of the Clans Vol. 2 in Prague (September 2024).
  • A selection of media documenting OBJECT:PARADISE happenings is exhibited in The Scaffolding Palace, a public display of works from The Outsiders (September 2024).
  • KROTCH Magazine is featured in minor li[s]t by minor literature[s] (September 2024).
  • Tyko presents and discusses OBJECT:PRAHA III (The Manifesto) at Inverse Literary Festival in Ostrava, Czechia (August 2024).
  •  Ondřej Hrabal discusses OBJECT:PARADISE with Tyko in Host Magazine (August 2024).
  • Ningen Paper Press recommends Come over We Can, and We Will (August 2024).
  • Tyko presents OBJECT:PARADISE and OBJECT:PRAHA IV as part of the Existence as Resistence project at the Lviv Art Center in Ukraine (June 2024).
  • This Happened, Yet is Happening is nominated for an award in ‘Re-Thinking The Media’ and premieres in Venice, Italy as part of CIFRA’s Venice Sleepless Video Art Night  (June 2024).
  • Tyko and OBJECT:PARADISE launch OBJECT:PARODY, a radioshow in partnership with Shella Radio & Planeta Za at Ankali, Prague (June 2024).
  • Tyko presents OBJECT:PARADISE & KROTCH Magazine at Prague’s Anarchist Bookfair (May 2024).
  • OBJECT:PARADISE hosts a zine workshop at Místečko Art Gallery as part of KROTCH Magazine (May 2024).
  • Tyko and Sandra Pasławska’s live film project Anti-Climax premieres at Art Brut Praha (April 2024).
  • Tyko co-curates a telvision installation at Alternburg 1964 (April 2024).
  • Tyko curates a teleivison installation for the music video of Marley Wildthing’s “Enough” (February 2024).
  • David’s Sister plays at Žižkovská Noc Festival (March 2024).
  • Tyko presents OBJECT:PRAHA IV  in Krakow, Poland (February 2024).
  • Tyko presents OBJECT:PRAHA IV  in Košice, Slovakia (January 2024).


2023


  • David’s Sister plays with Forbidden Wizards, Chlapošrot, NOIX, WHYYES, Cold Venus Revisited, Levag, Slav, Lessle, and Grunt at Underdogs’ for New Year’s (December 2023).
  • Tyko presents OBJECT:PRAHA IV at Art Quarter in Budapest, Hungary (December 2023).
  • Tyko co-hosts the November AWW MAN radioshow with Rory Hinchey (November 2023). 
  • OBJECT:PRAHA IV premieres at BEJÁ VU (The Mark Divo Institute) in Beja, Portugal (November 2023).
  • Tyko presents OBJECT:PRAHA IV at Hopscotch Reading room in Berlin (November 2023).
  • Tyko discusses contextual poetics and OBJECT:PARADISE with Vít Bohal in Slovakia-based 3/4 Magazine (November 2023).
  • Select works from Tyko and OBJECT:PARADISE are presented in the online curation The Outsiders as part of TheWrongBiennale (November 2023).
  • David’s Sister plays at Kampus Hybernská as part of Prague Microfestival (October 2023).
  • Tyko Premieres his film OBJECT:PRAHA IV Performance, Deformance, Reformance at Prague Microfestival (October 2023).
  • Tyko co-curates the scenography of Prague Microfestival MicroLabs with Sandra Pasławska (September 2023).
  • Tyko reads at Riot Over River Festival 8 with Literary Lavatory at Cross Club (September 2023).
  • David’s Sister plays at Cross Club with Alpha Strategy and Kolyma (September 2023).
  • OBJECT:PARADISE hosts a three-day festival--Performance, Deformance, Reformance--across Czechia and Poland, featuring a curation of over fifty performances (August 2023).
  • Tyko and Sandra Pasławska discuss their upcoming EP with David’s Sister and OBJECT:PARADISE’s upcoming festival on AWWMAN Radio (August 2023).
  • OBJECT:PRAHA III The Manifesto is screened at Hardcœur Festival in Soucy, France (August 2023).
  • Excerpts of KROTCH Magazine are exhibited at Vangaurdia Network Party, curated by Jo Blin and Lucie Alalu (August 2023).
  • KROTCH Magazine celebrates 1-year of print with a special issue on OBJECT:PARADISE’s upcoming event: Performance, Deformance, Reformance (June 2023).
  • David’s Sister plays at Underdogs’ with Glaas and Skincare (June 2023).
  • Reading with Tyko and Bob Holman is mentioned in “Ten Best Things to do This Weekend in Prague” by Expats.cz (June 2023).
  • European Literary Network writes about OBJECT:PARADISE video poetry (May 2023).
  • David’s Sister and Warm Braník play a concert at U Habásků, Prague (May 2023).
  • A selection of Tyko’s VHS videos are played at the Czech Centre London (May 2023).
  • David’s Sister plays at Bike Jesus (CZ) with Atol Atol Atol, Patole, and Kolyma (April 2023).
  • The OBJECT:PARADISE collective is awarded a grant for their upcoming festival, Performance, Deformance, Reformance from the VisegradFund (April 2023).
  • Tyko is interviewed by City Life Magazine (iDnes) about the Prague creative community and difficulties immigrating to Czechia (April 2023).
  • David’s Sister plays at Žižkovska Noc Festival (March 2023).
  • Tyko reads at Žižkovska Noc: Literary Lavatory (March 2023).
  • Tyko’s piece BYE BYE AMERICAN POETRY is featured in Assignment Literary Magazine (March 2023).
  • Tyko’s film The Dark Side of Žižkov plays at Žižkovšiška for the fiftith year anniversary of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon (March 2023).
  • Tyko performs in FUSHIONISMO in Prague (March 2023).
  • Tyko holds a zine workshop with visiting samizdat researcher and writer Alice Guéricolas-Gagné (March 2023).
  • Tyko reads on the Charles Bridge as part of the visiting FUSHIONISM Unbearable reading event (January 2023).


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2018


  • OBJECT:PARADISE’s first event, Poetry of Sound, is held at the Czech Inn (November 2018).
  • Tyko’s piece Smichov is featured in Charles University’s literary magazine, Casopis Ink (November 2018).
  • Tyko forms the performance and poetics collective OBJECT:PARADISE with Jeff Milton (October 2018).
  • Tyko’s piece Kacerov is featured on the Icelandic blog, MENNINGARSMYGL (August 2018).
  • Tyko moves to Prague, Czech Republic (February 2018).


2017




2016


  • Tyko is accepted into the English Language Teaching Master’s program at Sussex University (July 2016).
  • Tyko graduates with honors from the undergraduate Professional and Creative Writing program (June 2016).
  • Tyko’s first chapbook The Sound of Mouths is published with dPress (June 2016).
  • Tyko is a contributing poetry editor for Central Washington University Manastash Literary Magazine Mass Incarceration and Racial Justice: Brown and Black Lives Matter (February 2016).
  • Tyko becomes a reportage photographer for the CWU Observer (January 2016). 


2014


  • Tyko enrolls in the Professional and Creative Writing undergraduate program at Central Washington University (September 2014).


2013


  • ERRR Magazine publishes a selection of Tyko’s photoset Absent Hyper Chaotic Face (April 2013).
  • DIET COLA Zine features selected photos in their fourth issue (February 2013).

2012


  • Tyko receives an Associates in Arts degree from Green River Community College (January 2012).