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During Pride Week, the Shella Radio collective invites you to Planeta Za garden for discussions and poetry readings. The program begins in the garden with two discussions focused on open queer topics. The first discussion will address building safe spaces for the queer community. Curator and founder of the SVĚTOVA 1 Artspace Zai Xu and Jana Myšáková, cofounder of the local SafeSpace Bookstore will share their experiences in creating such spaces. This will be followed by a debate titled Queer Art as a Form of Resistance, featuring local artist Jan Durina, Elja Plíhal, a lecturer from kroužek intersekce, and Jaroslava Tomanová, cocurator of the Biennale Matter of Art 2026, to discuss the significance of queer art and its diverse forms, as well as creating space in the art world where art, through its creation, identity, political stance, and self-expression, can resist the system. The program will conclude with a reading and a sound performance by Adriana Buss and Sopho Sheitnishvili.

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The word “shella” comes from Egyptian Arabic slang and means “a group of friends who do things together.” Shella Radio is a Prague-based community radio rooted in the fertile club scene but expanding into public discourse through political talk shows, panel discussions, and more. The audience is invited to join one of the live events with DJ sets or relax in Shella’s listening station at the National Gallery.