D'epog
D'epog is an art collective working in the field of intermedia based on the practice of performing arts. It operates without a permanent stage and usually presents its projects in non-theatre spaces. The group has been active since 2010 with its base in Brno. It creates staging projects, one-off performances and specific artworks.
Lucia Repašská
She is the director and artistic director of D’epog. She is interested in the phenomenon of actor training, the research of audience perception, and experimental stage work based on site-specific, drama, intermedia, and performance. She regularly presents her work as part of the D'epog ensemble as well as her pedagogical activity (seminars and workshops focusing on the theme of praesentiality, montage, and the problem of dramaturgy of space) at numerous conferences and theater festivals at home and abroad. Lucia Repašská studied theater direction at Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno in the studio of Arnošt Goldflam. In collaboration with the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Brno University of Technology and HumeLAB - Laboratory for Experimental Humanities, she completed her interdisciplinary research on the mechanisms of the autopoietic feedback loop and communication techniques with the publication Umění persvaze.
Jan Matýsek
Visual artist and set designer. He studied scenography at Janáček Academy of Performing Arts. He finished his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in the New Media Studio 2. He completed an internship at the Berlin UdK in the experimental film studio. He mostly works with video installations as experiential environments. He was part of the International Festival PAF Olomouc, and also several group exhibitions in the Czech Republic and abroad (Germany, Poland, Greece, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine). He held solo exhibitions at Kostka Gallery in Prague's MeetFactory or Galerie TIC in Brno. As a curator, he prepared several exhibitions at the Umakart Gallery in Brno and was part of the curatorial team of the Czech student exhibition at the Prague Quadrennial. He is currently working as an assistant in the New Media 2 studio at the Academy of Fine Arts.
Pasi Mäkelä
Finnish performer, musician, director, choreographer, conceptual artist based in Prague. Mäkelä studied at Turku Arts Academy in Finland, where he received a degree as a theatre director and educator. He is a long-time member of the Finnish theatre communities Reality Research Center and Circus Maximus. He is currently involved in the musical projects The Spermbankers, The Mond and Federsel&Mäkelä. His notable original works include solo performances of Tonttu and Walrus Vampire Show, and projects with his own music/performance collective Sabotanic Garden. He regularly appears as a guest actor, performer or musician in a variety of one-off and staging works.