Café Chalupecký: Daniel Neugebauer and Kate Brehme

Friday 22 May 2026 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

CSU Praha, ACID coffee, Dukelských hrdinů 25A, Praha 7

Lecturers: Daniel Neugebauer, Kate Brehme

Co-organised by: Center for Contemporary Arts Prague

The body is not an object but a site of knowledge. However, most contemporary institutions continue to be built on normative principles that, at best, tolerate the body and, at worst, discipline it, failing to take into account the wide range of needs of different individuals. The presentation by the two curators from Berlin draws on the experiences of marginalized groups and presents queer and crip theories as a starting point for change.

Daniel Neugebauer is a lecturer and curator. Since 2023, he has been working as a curator for cultural education and strategic partnerships at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin.

Kate Brehme is an independent curator, researcher, and arts educator with a disability. In 2017, she co-founded Berlinkluzion, where she advised organizations such as the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, The Bauhaus Archive, and Documenta, and initiated the UNBOUND project, the first accessible transdisciplinary residency program in Germany.

Following the lecture, a workshop Bodies in Relation: Collective Practices for Temporary Community with Daniel Neugebauer and Kate Brehme will take place -  workshop invites attendees to move from reflection into embodied practice, collectively exploring what “safe space” can become when shaped through sensory experience and shared presence.

The talk and the workshop are held on the occasion of the exhibition The Soft After(Studio Prám, 5.5 - 31.5. 2026)) and forms part of the extended program line Café Chalupecký: In-Between-Dialogues, dramaturgically developed for the Jindřich Chalupecký Society by invited curator simona markel dvorák. The series unfolds in the spirit of Jindřich Chalupecký’s legacy, approaching art not only as a reflection of society, but also as a space for intervention and responsibility. In-Between Dialogues thus create a resonance between the historical dimensions of his era and the fragmented reality of the present.

Co-organised by Center for Contemporary Arts Prague. Under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the City of Prague and Goethe-Institut Prague.