10. 4. 2024 seminar of accidental wisdom: Piotr Sikora
seminar of accidental wisdom: Piotr Sikora
10.4.2024
Is it art or is it drugs?
Art that influences and changes your perception like psychoactive substances. Psychonauts and psychonauts, night birds and somnambulists as well as all lovers of breaking the gates of perception are invited to a lecture on art inspired by altered states of consciousness. What do art and drugs have in common? Why do we associate psychoactive substances with artistic bohemia and is it just a cliché? I will try to answer these and many other questions with examples of works by artists from different parts of the world.
Piotr Sikora is a critic and curator of contemporary art. In his curatorial practice, he draws inspiration from sauna culture, fried cheese, mycology, and kitsch. He runs artistic residencies at MeetFactory in Prague, raises two sons, and obsessively rides a bicycle.