This year, the festival will focus on sustainable nudity. The fundamental way to safeguard work involving nudity – and artistic freedom in general – is through education and building resilience. At this year’s Festival of Naked Forms, we are focusing precisely on education. The festival has become a unique convergence of several activities that involve sharing experiences of working with the body and nudity.

We will kick off the festival with a five-day session of the Normies Study Group, led by artists Matilde Flor Ubinger and Rúben R., on the theme of Objectification. The highlight will be a three-hour group performance to close the festival on Sunday 6 September.

FNAF will also host the Summer School of Critical Work with Nudity, organised by the Faculty of Fine Arts at Brno University of Technology for students from overseas institutions. Among the performing artists, we will also see performances by emerging artists from Poland, Slovakia and Spain.

A group of Ukrainian and Czech artists, who are exploring how performance can build resilience, will contribute two workshops. These artist-led workshops will be the result of their collaborative work during a residency at Nová Perla in Kyjov near Krásná Lípa.

The programme of artist-led performances will be complemented by regular discussion circles.

FNAF 12 programme outline:

Saturday 5 September 2026
11:00 – workshop: Performance in Times of Crisis
14:00–22:00 – a series of original performances and discussions

Sunday 6 September 2026
11:00 – workshop: Performance in Times of Crisis
14:00–22:00 – a series of original performances and discussions

The detailed programme will be published in the week leading up to the event.

Admission to the events is by voluntary contribution. Refreshments will be available for purchase on site. The events are also suitable for children. The venue is accessible to people with disabilities with assistance.

Performing artists:
Anna Chudzik-Pawlik (PL), Adam Tuna (PL), 'Ndrame (Annarita Gaudiomonte) (FR), Delphine Richer (FR), Jatun Risba (SLO), Nataliia Shevchenko (UA), Mykhaylo Barabash (UA), Kasha Potrohosh (UA), Marta Bosowska (PL), Martin Zetová, Vladimír Havlík, Kača Olivová, Darina Alster, Viktor Fuček (SK), Normies Study Group and others.

The Festival of Nude Forms is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Culture Fund and the Faculty of Fine Arts at Brno University of Technology.
The ‘Performance in times of crisis’ project is being carried out with financial support from the ZMINA: Resilience programme, co-funded by the European Union.