tereza silon (ona, they) is an interdisciplinary artist working in the area or performance and performance research, as a social-critical bodyworker and energy worker, poet, writer and experimental herbalist with a foundation in clinical naturopathy. they try to facilitate spaces for sharing awe and curiosity, self- & collective- responsibility and for rubbing against discomfort in a way that either teaches us stuff or allows us to find new ways to get off on it while preserving awareness of the connections. silon´s way of thinking about oppressive structures is thinking about what needs to go so we can (all) play together and make expansive (but not pompous) choices eventually. since 2023 they have been thinking through a ´solo´ performance making that was presented in multiple iterations called GOOD GARDENS weaving together physical and sound performance, self-suspension and climbing rope, exploring the lore of Atropa Belladonna not only as a European ´ witch´ plant, but also as a force beyond binary and its multifaceted lore, where the deadly nightshade has been vilified and also used to beautify and in folkloric love magic. tropane alkaloids have been feared but also used in modern pharmacology as well as a chemical for countering effects of certain types of chemical weapons used by genocidal nation-states (destroying ecologies and human nervous systems non-metaphorically). between forests and gardens, beyond the sanctimonious binary of good and evil or gendering of seduction, the queer exists. GG is a fairy tale and expands earlier works such as ESOPHAGUS:EVERYBODY ECSTATIC that counters the narrative of body as a vessel and (gendered) experiences of shame and the somatics derived from the act of swallowing. they have also created installations as temporary clinics, first APOTHECA (2021) and then RAJSKÁ ZAHRADA (´Paradise Garden´, 2024) as a part of a social housing project. Earlier they have worked explicitly with the topics of intimacy, touch, the erotic and grief and performed at (queer) club and burlesque events.