Radical Empathy is an art collective funded in Autumn 2021 by Tomáš Danielis as a reaction to contemporary events. Its main goal is creation and distribution of contemporary art as sociological probes.It focuses primarily on creating performative art (dance and stand-up), original texts (mainly for performing arts), media works and photography. Radical Empathy creates beyond geographical restriction, but with (critical focus) the Eurocentrism and events in mind.
First series of works focues on womens rights and position of women in society (Faidrós, Carry, Mainly Love) and perception of another (human being) as in Custom View and Entelecheia. The first art pieces created by the group had been Custom View - a dance performance performed in Moyzes Hall Bratislava (3rd May 2022), followed by the photographic exhibition Entelechiea in Arteska Detva (11th May 2022).
People, whom participated on this 2 events are Tomáš Danielis, Marek Godovič, Soňa Kúdeľová, Ľubomír Panák, Lenak Sršnová, Anthony Rouchier, Samuel Velebný (as curator of exhibition). In their work together they used, re-used and recycled works of David Bowie, Pat Matheny, Vladimír Godár, and Gioachino Rossini.
They been supported by Zuzana Pacáková - White Nights, Maroš Bauer - Arteska Detva and Veronika Malgot as producers.