Noctum Creatures: Tereza Silon
Tereza Silon holds a special place in the heart of Noctum. They are a performer, bodyworker critical of social strutures that make us less loved and more sick and an art researcher. Our paths crossed a long time ago during an iconic collaboratiton with the artistic duo HYENAZ. Since that moment Tereza has become an integral part of our journey, embodying creativity and versatility in every endeavour.
We are truly grateful to have Tereza join us for our performance at Prague Fetish Weekend alongside Antigona and other extraordinary performers. Their presence elevates our collective artistry, weaving a tapestry of bold expression and non-conformity that resonates deeply with our values.
1. How do you identify yourself?
´I´m a fountain of blood in a shape of a girl*´ (Björk). Dancing molecules. *laughter* Born to be a prince*ss, forced to be a resilient single parent to my inner child. In terms of gender I am fluid. In terms of desires I am expansive. I am pretty cosmic, very human, but also have a bit of an annoying unfounded intellectual streak. It can also be heplful and grounding though, I hope? I am a loverboy and a poet deep inside my heart and bones. And this world asks me to fight too much.
2. What are you doing?
I consider myself an art researcher, a curious playful minx, a performer, an experimental herbalist (yes I also have a foundation of clinical naturopathy) and socio-critical bodyworker. The roots of my performance work are not only in a somatic and perception work, but also in drag and burlesque. I consider myself a critical sensualist. I believe it is my relaxed and lasting interest in the erotic, specifically fetish, kink and BDSM that I first encountered as an early teenager and that later led me to questioning societal herarchical and non-consensual power constructs and structures. (Why are not all kinksters automatically aspiring abolitionists?) I do all I have to and can do to survive and experience some magic along the way. I often alchemize gold out of shit. I try to see if I can help to win fair conditions for us all to play. I am saddened by the state of the world but I know no other better or more beautiful place to be right now.
“I am saddened by the state of the world but I know no other better or more beautiful place to be right now.”
3. What are your passions?
PLANTS. TOUCH. DANCE. WATER. SEEING PEOPLE GETTING JUSTICE. POETRY.
4. What does Noctum means to you?
A project of my talented friend that I see bridges their passions and is an attempt to use fashion in order to empower people erotically as well as to embrace some deeper desires and work against the grain of societal shaming. It is a manufacture of products, but I am always interested in the knowledges art production or other productions birth.
5. Where or how do you recharge?
Amid the trees. By a body of water, big bodies of water, small ones too. In the arms of beloveds who hold me but never hold me back. In places where I can be right-sized unapologetically or where I can ugly laugh and ugly cry. Quietly reading or having my little nerdy sessions. Dancing, always. And listening to music.
Photos: Ryon
Thank you Tereza for sharing your thoughts.
Follow their journey on instagram @te_silon.
photo Nika Krasnika, Prague Fetish Weekend 2024 by Hell Events
What did Silon wear for the performance?
They chose a latex top in a natural color (size was M) and we combined it with long stripes of the same color, which they tied themselves to add their own character. We completed the look with high waisted underwear. Their piece was custom made with a centre seam, but we usually make it without one.
