movement-based workshop led by Orkun Türkmen & Barbora Türkmen

Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem

5. 11. 2025 6 pm–8pm

We invite you to a movement-based workshop that develops in dialogue with the exhibition. The workshop offers a series of embodied invitations shaped by the notion of collective memories.

Throughout the workshop, participants are invited to enter into a dialogue with the exhibition works through body and movement —shifting from passive viewing to active encounter. Guided movement improvisations, connected with the form or content of each work, bring us closer to the exhibition and deepen our understanding of collective memory. The workshop creates space to sense, reflect, and share; while asking new questions about how memories are experienced, carried, and transformed through movement and within the collective.

The workshop is open for everyone. No prior dance or theatre experience is needed – just a willingness to explore new ways of thinking and moving!

The workshop will be in Czech & English and is a part of the public program of the Double Truth: Reveal exhibition.

Orkun Türkmen is a performer and facilitator based in Brno, Czech Republic. Studied Acting (BA) at Anadolu University in Turkey and continued training in Physical Theatre in Spain (ESAD-G) and the Czech Republic (JAMU). Completed an MFA at Anadolu University with a focus on devised theatre, both practical and theoretical. His artistic practice is rooted in collective creation, play, and audience participation, often developing projects from scratch at the intersection of movement and audience engagement. Alongside performance, Orkun is dedicated to community-based practices.Focuses on inclusive and accessible practices for shared experiences where the artistic and social aspects are balancing; where people can meet beyond borders, discrimination, and under kinesthetic empathy.

Barbora Türkmen is a performer, facilitator and clown based in Brno, Czech republic. Studied Puppetry (MFA) at VŠMU in Bratislava and Physical theater (MFA) at JAMU in Brno. In her artistic practice she is focused on devising and authorial theater which connects various theatre forms such as physical theater, puppetry, dance, clowning and music. She is particularly interested in the social aspect of theatre and uses her experience in artistic work with various social groups.

Barbora & Orkun are founders of the collective Yolda (2025), focusing on movement-based creation, audience engagement, and socially engaged performances.