Introduction of the exhibition with the artist Maj Horn and curator Lýdia Pribišová
Maj Horn’s work combines socially engaged art with an installation merging costumes, masks, images and organic materials. The installation serves as a workshop and meeting place, where Horn collaborates with local artists, designers, and theatre professionals to create masks. The mask-makers take turns to become hosts, inviting visitors to contribute to the collaborative process. This exhibition emerges from a deep curiosity about the strange and wonderful, and also irritating plants and animals, with whom we share urban habitats and surrounding landscapes. As part of her artistic practice, Maj Horn asks herself the following questions: Which plants and animals do I see and how do I value them? How do plants, animals and humans coexist together in the same environment? How can I expand my awareness and understanding of other species and their ways of being in the world, their superpowers? To explore these questions, Horn has developed a working method: she selects a plant or animal and gathers knowledge and stories about it. She chooses species with whom humans have a deep history and complex relationship with. The exhibition features four figures that she has been working with in performances and workshops over the past few years: the cow, the pigeon, the nettle and the beaver. The beaver is the newest figure and is chosen specific for Trenčín: After being absent from Slovakia for over a century due to human hunting, the beaver has returned and now lives in the centre of Trenčín. As part of her work, Maj Horn creates masks and costumes. She uses used textiles, paper, and organic materials. This approach becomes a method of seeing other species, and working with material transformation as forms of changing perspective. In the exhibition this approach is combined with Slovak folkloric animal mask traditions. A site-responsive process took place prior to the exhibition in Spring and Fall, 2025. Numerous meetings and events were held with ecologists, artists and other local people. Gradually, a community emerged, sharing stories about their connections with, and knowledge of, the plants and animals of Trenčín and the surrounding area. These public events included lectures, performances, workshops, shared meals, and walks. We held discussions with herbalist and plant guide Veronika Repková, and with artist, researcher, and urbanist Isa Klee, focusing on how sustainable interspecies relationships can be built in times of climatic and social change. Together with Sylva Mertanová, director of the Administration of the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area, we visited a site inhabited by beavers. The exhibition will culminate in a walk. On 1 March, a public performance will bring all the masks and costumes to life. Maj Horn (b. 1987, Denmark) lives and works in Copenhagen. Her artistic practice explores nature-culture relations, storytelling and ecological thinking. She works with performance, installation and socially engaged art. She holds a master’s degree from the Funen Art Academy, followed by postgraduate courses in Nature Interpretation in Theory and Practice at the University of Copenhagen. Hosts: Jana Gombiková, Kasha Potrohosh, Paulína Pokryvková, […]
Artist talk: Modernism Revisited TrenAiR
Date and Venue: November 21, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. Bunky near Hviezda (Cultural and Creative Centre Hviezda, Trenčín) Presenting artists: Dea Khizanishvili & Tio Gabunia (Georgia) Anastasiia Bozhenko & Olesya Chagovets (Ukraine) The event will be held in English. The artist residencies TrenAiR Modernism Revisited and their accompanying Artist Talk are part of the project […]
ROOTS: Walk and Workshop
ROOTS: Walk and Workshop with the Artist Maj Horn and Sylva Mertanová Curator: Lýdia Pribišová 23 November 2025 | 14:00 – 17:00 | Fleck 2.0 coworking, Mierové nám. 17 | Trenčiansky luh, Trenčín | workshop / walk Join us for an afternoon walk and workshop dedicated to exploring the connections between humans and animals. […]
ROOTS: Storytelling about Animals and Plants
ROOTS: Storytelling about Animals and Plants with the Artist Maj Horn Curator: Lýdia Pribišová 📅 12 November 2025 | 17:00 – 20:00 📍 Fleck coworking | Mierové nám. 17 | Workshop / Round Table We invite you to an afternoon of storytelling, discussions, and artistic interventions exploring how we perceive the world around us – […]
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Pat Mastelotto, longtime drummer of King Crimson, member of the multiplatinum band Mr. Mister and of The Rembrandts (hits like “Just the Way It Is, Baby” or the Friends theme song), will guide you through his incredible journey from small California bars to world tours with legends like David Sylvian, Robert Fripp or Stick Men. […]
Floating Communities – Picnic and storytelling with Maj Horn
Wednesday 21 May 2025 5PM–7PM Address: Fleck, Mierové námestie 17/17, 911 01 Trenčín Participation is free Due to tomorrow’s weather forecast, the event will take place only indoors at Fleck, located at Mierové námestie 17/17, where you can look forward to the presentation and a special themed refreshment. We’re looking forward to seeing you! You […]
Runway Culture Professionals
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Runway Culture Professionals
Get the ideal mix of skills for the cultural sector. Topics ranging from strategic planning, audience engagement, service design and soft skills development will be guided by experts from different parts of Europe. About the course This is a training course that allows you to improve your individual skills and abilities in cultural management over […]
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Trenčín is gradually becoming open to Europe and the world. That’s why we have prepared a free English course for Trenčín’s citizens who are involved in culture and tourism. Get ready for 2026. Who is the course for? The programme is designed for 50 people working in culture or tourism who want to improve their […]