Biennale Opening Ceremony – Tusculum Garden

The third part of the opening of the Biennale Matter of Art will take the audience to the Tusculum studio and residency center, which the cultural and artistic platform Petrohradská kolektiv has been developing since 2023 on the grounds of the historic Chittussi Hospital. As part of the program on Saturday, May 13, there will be a participatory event by the Ukrainian collective GALAS, inviting registered participants to play games and cook together starting at 1 p.m.

At 4 p.m., there will be a public grand opening of the StonyTellers collective’s project “In the Garden”—a newly emerging vegetable garden that is part of Tusculum’s outdoor grounds. Visitors will be able to purchase refreshments prepared collectively. The proceeds will go to aid Ukraine. The afternoon will continue with a poetry reading by Taras Gembik, accompanied by music from Zoi Michailová. A parallel workshop with the StonyTellers collective encourages observation, listening, and sensitive exploration of various plants, places, objects, and scents throughout the expansive Tuscula grounds. The afternoon will conclude with a DJ set by Zoi Michailova.