H2OMANAUS PERFORMANCE AND WORKSHOPS ON THE RIVER VÁH

TRENČÍN 2025
PERFORMANCES 19th and 20th of AUGUST
AND WORKSHOPS 26th - 31st of AUGUST

Join us to listen to Sainkho Namtchylak, Tuomas Rounakari, and Eva Šuškova sing to the river Váh with Akka, the Acoustic Sculpture, in Trenčín, Slovakia! Performances 19th and 20th of August, at 18:00, 2025 at the Water Sports Center in Trenčín.

Pia Lindman, a multidisciplinary Finnish artist known for her deep engagement with environmental and healing practices, presents H2OMANAUS an Underwater Manaus for the River Váh a project that creates a dialogue between human experience and water as a fundamental planetary element.

H2OMANAUS by PIA LINDMAN
curated by LÝDIA PRIBIŠOVÁ
In the frame of the program AQUA VITAE, Trencin2026

Sainkho Namtchylak by Bert Noglik in Jazzpodium:
"A woman, a writer, a singer, an artist, a person with the deepest desire and need to express her
innermost voice, her soul, her deepest thoughts, and her true feelings. Sainkho Namtchylak invites us to accompany her on her endless journey into new territories, exploring the unknown
and the wonders of life. She is driven by a force greater than herself, and she knows that her
expression lies on a long continuum. She touches us with painful cries, gentle sounds, naked
truth, and the balm of tender gestures. She is generous to us, opens her heart, and shows us her
vulnerability. What she says is very precious. We should be careful with the gift she gives us. Just
read, just listen, just follow the narrative..." Sainkho Namtchylak Biography

Tuomas Rounakari is an internationally acclaimed violinist, composer and ethnomusicologist from Finland. He is a one-man-band blending violin, vocals and stomping with ankle-bells. In his performance he enters various trance-states.

Tuomas draws inspiration from different forms of dialogue, such as dialogue between man and nature, the seen and unseen worlds, the ancient and future. His 2009 debut solo album, Shamanviolin, emerged from his ethnomusicological study of early 20th-century phonograph recordings from Siberia. His subsequent journeys to Siberia allowed him to perform his interpretations of these ancient songs alongside the indigenous communities from which they originated. These journeys sparked further collaborations with artists from Khanty, Mansi, Sámi, and Greenlandic cultures. Tuomas Rounakari Biography More: Tuomas Rounakari

Eva Šušková as an opera singer performed in Slovakia and abroad (Czech Republic, France, Austria, Poland). She performed roles as Tatiana (Eugene Onegin), Desdemona (Otello), Rusalka, Suzel (L'amico Fritz), Fiordiligi. She also scenically realized the melodrama Pierrot Lunaire by Schoenberg and chamber opera Into the Little Hill by Benjamin. At the Slovak Nationa Theatre Opera Stage she performed roles: Mercedes (Carmen), Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Gertrúda (The Players), as well as Claudine in concert adaptation of the opera Mathilde de Guise by Johann Nepomuk Hummel (in cooperation with Solamente Naturali ensemble with conductor Didier Talpain, 2010). Eva Šuškova Biography

Pia Lindman, based in Inkoo in Finland, is a Finnish artist known for her interdisciplinary approach that seamlessly blends art, science, and social commentary. Her work often explores themes of human experience, perception, and the intricate relationships between individuals and their environments. Lindman employs various mediums, including video, installation, sound and performance art, to engage audiences and provoke thought. Through immersive installations and public interventions, Lindman encourages viewers to reconsider their interactions with nature and the implications of water scarcity and climate change. Her work challenges the boundaries between art and activism, prompting urgent conversations about ecological sustainability and our collective responsibility toward the environment.
Lindman’s artistic practice is characterized by a strong emphasis on participation and collaboration. She often invites communities to engage in the artistic process, fostering a sense of connection and shared experience. Pia Lindman Biography

Curator Lýdia Pribišová is based in Bratislava. In 2013 she obtained her PhD degree at the University of La Sapienza in Rome. As a curator, she is interested in the boundaries of art, participatory projects, ecological themes and art in public space; she curated the A Plant programme at Kunsthalle Bratislava from 2022 – 2023, which included a programme in Bratislava's public space responding to the issue of green space in the city. Since 2024 she is curator at Ján Koniarek Gallery in Trnava, Slovakia and curator at European Capital of Culture Trenčín 2026. Since 2006 she has been working as an editor of Flash Art Czech & Slovak Edition magazine, since 2015 she has been its editor-in-chief. From 2020 to 2024 she was the President of the Slovak section of AICA, since 2020 she has worked as a curator at Kunsthalle Bratislava. In 2019 she was one of the curators of Kaunas Biennale in Lithuania. In 2013 – 2015 she was a project coordinator at tranzit.sk, where she also realized several curatorial projects. In 2012 she founded the civic association PILOT https://pilot-projects.info/. 2010 – 2023 she co-curated exhibition series She Devil at Studio Stefania Miscetti in Rome, Italy. Since 2022 she is part of the curatorial board of The Others art fair in Turin. In 2024 she was curator of The Slovak Participation at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia Czech and Slovak Pavilion with the project by Oto Hudec Floating Arboretum.

Lýdia Pribišová Biography

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