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Jo Vávra
jovavra@gamil.com | +49 17670297226 | Flatowallee 16/410 Berlin, Germany
1991, curator, artist, cultural ecologist born in Kraków, Poland. Her practice, rooted in the concept of collaborative survival is centred around community building, movement and ecology. She uses somatic bodymind practices and multi-sensory experiences as pedagogical tools to bring people closer to the sense of unity within themselves and with the animate world. Jo is a community organizer working at the intersection of arts and social science, she is an activator and facilitator of transformative processes, workshops and gatherings.
Founder & artistic director of LIOS labs (s. 2019)
Co-founder & artistic director of onEarth foundation (s. 2019)
Co-founder & board member of neue Häute e.V - Project Space (s. 2019)
Co-founder & designer of ACaU - artist-run food lab (s. 2019)
Food therapist & event manager Cosmic.Cooking (s. 2016)
Co-founder and designer CECI Foundation (s. 2015)
Ceramist in Raj Sukamoto (s.2015)
Selected projects
2022
Spatial Festival - performance - Monom, Berlin, Germany
CulureCOP/Art Hub - curation - COP 27, Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt
Festival of Future Deserts - concept, curation - H2O Turmpark, Magdeburg, Germany
OASIS-2027: research residency programme - concept, curation - Spain/Poland/Germany
Sharing of the Fruits Festival - artistic direction, sustainability concept - Bledowska Desert, Poland
LIOS labs: Arts of Ecology Residency Programme - concept, facilitation - Bledowska Desert, Poland
2021
Commemorate the Past, Envision the Future: Club Commission 20th Anniversary - performance curation - Alte Münze, Berlin, Germany
Beyond the Sand: a group exhibition of the LIOS labs collective - curation - Tête, Berlin, Germany
LIOS labs: arts and ecology residency programme - concept, creative strategy, facilitation - Bledowska Desert, Poland
Urcylium - community theatre - a part of GLOBAL VILLAGE program fostered by Daku Fonds - dramaturgy and art direction - Grosser Garten, Gerswalde, Germany
Solidiualogues - Solidarity instead of Populism - design & moderation of the panel “Building Inclusive Practices” - digital, together with Newkinco and Goethe Institute London
dialogues.one - 5-d arts vertical - design & coordination of 5 panels related to the future art practices, moderation of a panel “Allies with Earth” - digital
2020
ACAU - All Cute Aliens United - Immersive Theatre in the Impossible Forest - concept and art direction - Uferstudios, Berlin, Germany
Blueberry Meditation - LIOS labs creative residency and research program - concept and facilitation - Błędów Desert, Poland
2019
Terrapolis I & II - Terrapolis Collective - immersive dining experiences - concept & production - BOA Lab, Lisbon, Portugal
Journey to Happy Dantian - performative dining experience - Artemis Fontana, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2018
Desperate Attempt - performance - Macao Center for Arts and Culture, Milan, Italy
2017
Lucky Larry’s Cosmic Commune - set design, production, project coordination - Design Biennale Saint Etienne, France
Non-national Reserve - ceramic exhibition & clay studio design - Design Biennale Saint Etienne, France
Raj Sukamoto “Paradise” - ceramic exhibition - New Day Gallery - Berlin, Germany
Selected residencies
2021 - Landscape - Posto Segreto, Alcamo, Italy
2020 - Notafe - Viljandi, Estonia
2020 - The Palace Collective - Gorzanów, Poland
2018 - Mingling for Chimera - Alcamo, Italy
2014 - Villa Lena - Toscany, Italy
Publications
2022 - To see the World in a grain of Sand - Arts of the Working Class
2021 - Arts of the Working Class' 16th issue, FOOD EATS THE SOUL - Laetiporus Sulphureus
2021 - In, From & With: Exploring Collaborative Survival, Circadian
Education
2012 - Retail Design - TEKO Design University, Denmark
