Audiovisual performance, 30 min, 28.01. 2023, Kunsthalle Bratislava, Slovakia. The performance took place in the space of the exhibition You & I by Paul Maheke. Concept, dramaturgy, costumes, music: Jan Durina Performed by: Jan Durina, Pauline Canavesio, Ondřej Kubeš Texts: W. H. Auden, Pauline Canavesio, Jan Durina, Edward Field, KatieJane Garside

In Conversations tells a story about interpersonal relationships, the desire for intimacy, the pain of breakup, internalized shame, and the feeling of exclusion from society. The performance speaks of the feeling of incapacity to be fully oneself and the challenging process of forming relationships. The performance highlights concepts of “chosen family” and queer kinship and friendship. In Conversations aims to create and stimulate a space for improvisation, internal experience, and self-expression by the performers themselves.