Contexts
Bojana Kunst“Artist at work”
The Uneasiness of Active Art We could be easily frozen in this kind of pose, but no, we immediately […]
AN INTERVIEW WITH GRZEGORZ NIZIOŁEK ALWAYS AT A BAD TIME: POLISH THEATRE AND THE HOLOCAUST
Grzegorz Niziołek talks about how theatre plays that deal with the theme of the Holocaust have historically been marginalised in […]
Imre KertészLanguage in Exile / Modernity and the Holocaust
Imre Kertész, Language in Exile, A speech given at the Renaissance-Theatre in Berlin, 2000 After all, Auschwitz did not happen […]
Ben WaltersPenny Arcade: New York ‘doesn’t see the value of culture, only of status’
The former Warhol Superstar’s current show, Longing Lasts Longer, lambasts the gentrification of her beloved city, which she rechristens ‘the […]
Kyoko IwakiFrom Lost Decade to Lost Land: The Theatrical Trajectory of chelfitsch
At the outset, Toshiki Okada (b. 1973) and his theatre company chelfitsch (a coined word implying a child attempting to […]
Janusz Opryński, Grzegorz ReskeIntroduction to the 16th edition
We live in the times of uncertainty, unstable economy, crisis of values. In these difficult years we turn to art […]
Agata Wittchen-BarełkowskaTHOMAS BERNHARD – GOD, HONOUR, NATION
Austrianness – I always ask myself: what is that? it is absurdity to the power of1 I would most like […]
Anka HerbutTHE END IS THE POINT
Everything on Krystian Lupa’s Heroes’ Square died out long ago: dreams, utopias, any sort of belief in the possibility […]
Michał Kozłowski, Jan Sowa, Kuba SzrederCONCLUSION: DISCUSSION OF ORIGINAL HYPOTHESES IN LIGHT OF RESEARCH RESULTS HABITUS, MOTIVATION AND EGALITARIANISM OF ART WORKERS
Hypothesis: Art workers are highly qualified and highly motivated (the work is seen as a calling), which explains their willingness […]
Agnieszka JakimiakNOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF
Discussions about poverty in the creative sector fail to include the theatre and performative arts, where it is not “immaterial […]
Krystian LupaTalking to our mystery other half
What can citizens do when their democracy is under threat? What do you intend to do yourself? What should […]
Ahmet ÖğütTHINGS BASED ON REAL-LIFE EVENTS
A sunny day in Berlin. In his apartment on Karl-Marx-Straße, Ahmed is searching for his phone to call Ahmed. […]
Franco „Bifo” BerardiThe factory of unhappiness
Happiness is not a matter of science, but of ideology. This is how it should be addressed. Even if […]
Joanna KrakowskaAuto-theatre in Times of Post-truth
In the final scene of the 1979 film Camera Buff (Polish: Amator, meaning “amateur”) by Krzysztof Kieślowski, the main […]
Marta KeilAutonomy/Institution/Democracy
Autonomy/Institution/Democracy The spectacles of Polish artists included in the programme of this year’s Confrontations under the theme “Autonomy/Institution/Democracy” create a […]
Gob SquadShared Experience
The freedom to choose what we gave our audiences from the start made us quickly realise that the behaviour of […]