Author: Milena Buza

Photo: Dominika Góralska

Krzysztof Leon Dziemaszkiewicz will present an action with the title “Paradise Lost”. He dedicates this work to his Partner, Friend and his great Love – Manfred Thierry Mugler, who passed away in 2022. The entire performance is a tribute to disagreement with the generally prevailing social restrictions and attempts to categorize every human being into…

OHP (Only Hand Production), is a reactive act, here and now, not dismissing one’s own plans or dreams for “impossible” deadlines. It’s also an example of how many things we complicate and simple activities become unattainable, by crippling modern diseases, i.e. procrastination, classic psychophysical disorders, FOMO (fear of missing out), imposter syndrome, or ADT or…

Jagna Nawrocki’s performance is a continuation of her research around queer kinship practices and the desire to extend oneself with other bodies, which she calls “longing to be long.” The author will explore voice as a part of the body and eating as a practice of mutation and transformation from the belly of the world.…

The artist will present an activity with the title „Pre sent,” which refers to presence in the present time, but here it is treated in two parts. The “pre” part indicates preceding activities. Rogulski refers to the activities involved in organizing the event, the matter of performing on the backstage. “Send” as the latter part…

A couple in life and art. Although their connection dates back to something thousands of years ago, it was only in 2011 that they revealed themselves as the performance duo Monster Hurricane Wihajster. In their joint activities, they practice ephemeral art, sound-art, body-art, self-portraiture, public space activities and social, feminist, environmental activism.They have performed and…

In their performance, Barbara Gryka and Maciej Kryński, the artists embody victorious knights or warriors returning from battle, dressed in pure white. Weary but dignified, they reflect on the concepts of strength, resilience, and victory. Each step speaks of survival, as they carry with them not only their physical armor but also the inner tools…

Cycle started in 2022, as a continuation of the projects: TIMEMIT (2011-2022), TABLEABLE, (1999-1012), orient-action / occident-action (1991-2001) – these projects focus on the observation and interpretation of human behavior in areas affected by civilization processes. Tuesday / Oct 1, 2024 / 4.15 pm / GAFU — Artur Tajber  Intermedia artist. Born in Katowice in…

Anna Steller describes her performative action “Divergence” as a dance of a mother, a person and one that reveals different faces. There, a single gesture evokes the memory of the body, which does not belong only to her, but is an ever-changing ecosystem that absorbs living and nonliving matter. The artist mentions a network of…

Performative lyrical-physical duet Magdalena Mellin, Monika Wińczyk. The main area of the artists’ search is the body and various representations of this body through its fleshiness, memory, gaze, or love. Monika Wińczyk specializes in transcending physical performance and sound. Magdalena Mellin’s space, on the other hand, is images and words, treated comprehensively: meaningfully and rhythmically.…

photo: Wojciech Chrubasik

We are pleased to announce that the film from the “(Non-)Presence” Performance Festival, which took place on June 20-21, 2024, at RABRYKA / Second Attempt e.V. in Görlitz, is now available. This unique event brought together leading performance artists from Poland and Germany and attracted significant public interest. Curated by Agnieszka Chodysz-Foryś and coordinated on…

The next annex of the Festival will feature presentations by students from the Academy of Fine Arts in Szczecin: Natalia Sara Skorupa, Amelia Pelc-Gonera, and Kacper Janowski. We will showcase the documentation of recent performative actions by these young creative individuals. Natalia Sara Skorupa (she/her) – born on January 18, 1999, in Szczecin. Daughter of…

Friday / June 21, 2024 / 8:00 PM / RABRYKA — Paweł “Paide” Dunajko, a promoter of footwork culture in Poland and worldwide, is a publisher and event organizer. He is the owner of the cassette labels Outlines and Guides. Founded in 2016, the Outlines label explores the most interesting trends in club music, with…

A performance with a Ukrainian theme. The event will take the form of action painting.The performance will be accompanied by the screening of the camera performance “We Don’t Give a Damn About Putin’s Gas”. Created by the artist together with Tomasz Opania. Friday / June 21, 2024 / 7:30 PM / RABRYKA — Jerzy Kosałka…

A performance involving inviting willing passersby into a space defined by a metal fence.The artist will attempt to bring participants to a state of slumber, lethargy, in the city center, on Marienplatz in Görlitz.Entering this space would symbolize crossing a border, finding oneself in a different mental space, although geographically in the same location—crossing the…

A movement-based performance, largely focused on the body and its components.“I need to fill every part of myself, absent, undefined, not absorbed by events or even by imagination. I am an asymmetrical pawn in a society of symmetry, hypocrisy, an attempt to lose you in every possible corner. I want to be half-full, fully even,…