Ice hockey, as the Czech national sport, has proven to be an essential social lubricant for years, bringing many of us together for a while and bringing joy to our lives in these dismal times. This is also one of the reasons why we decided to make these multimedia performances, so that this joy-bringing and people-connecting experience can take place publicly, together and with an overlap.

In various cities, during the broadcast of the Czech national team matches, whether during the Olympics, the World Championship or the World Cup, we do live hockey commentary and cheer with the constant presence of live music. During the breaks, we have prepared our own audiovisual materials, guests, interviews, the musical form of the famous electronic pencil and other performative elements. Everything is conducted with the exaggeration, relaxation and humor natural for public interventions and performances. However, the element of cheering for hockey remains a fundamental element. In other words, in short and civil terms: we screen and cheer, we make music, we comment on the match and we do small performative happenings in between.

I believe that the choice of medium is intended to further connect a society that sometimes spontaneously divides itself into different poles, for example into artists and athletes, and thus indicates that these groups do not intersect sufficiently. Allow yourself to relax...