year: 2025
place: Prague
concept and intervention: Savka Marenić
photos: Nika Datiashvili
sound design: Jonáš Balcar
collaboration: UMPRUM, Adina Voldrábová, Aneta Bočková, Tereza Melková, Milena Raičević, Jasmína Lustigová
What if a public parking lot became a place for celebration, imagination, and care?
For one day, a parking lot hidden under Nusle Bridge, at the corner of Oldřichova and Svatoplukova streets, was transformed into a space for collective dreaming.
This participatory, performative installation is part of an ongoing doctoral research project exploring how fiction can help reimagine and heal urban public spaces, while strengthening their communal potential. It follows the artistic project Whisper in the Valley, an interactive audio walk that used the fiction of a fairy cloak to uncover hidden stories of the Nusle Valley.
The fairy cloak has its own magic – through its voice and song, it transforms forgotten places into vibrant communal spaces.
he installation is also part of the development of an upcoming illustrated book, The Fairy Cloak, which tells fictional stories about specific places and buildings in the valley. The book embraces a community-based approach, inviting local residents to co-create its narratives.
he installation is also part of the development of an upcoming illustrated book, The Fairy Cloak, which tells fictional stories about specific places and buildings in the valley. The book embraces a community-based approach, inviting local residents to co-create its narratives.
