The theme of the third Contexts festival - dedicated to the late Jerzy Beres - is "The Air", both in a literal and metaphorical sense, with its various references and associations. It features performances, work in public space, exhibitions, screenings, sound events, concerts, film/animation, music and performance workshops.
curated by Małgorzata Sady
The third CONTEXTS festival is dedicated to the late Jerzy Bereś, who died in December 2012. Jerzy was an outstanding artist renowned for his extraordinary manifestations (performances) and sculptures. In 2012, CONTEXTS was honoured to host his last performance. This year we present an exhibition of his work, curated by Bettina Bereś and Jerzy Hanusek.
In 2009 'In Situ' Foundation moved to Sokolovsko in order to develop the site into a cultural centre. The festival is offered to the local community as well as visitors, and aspires to serve the inhabitants of the area. Many site specific realizations take place in public spaces, inviting spectators to join in if they would like to. Film/animation workshops, music workshops and performance workshops are designed to involve children, adults, women and men. Every day of the festival will end with a musical event – a soundpark, a celebration of this unique place, to which everybody is invited.
CONTEXTS is preceded by a 4-day workshop for students whose work will be presented on the last day of the festival. The programme of CONTEXTS features performances, work in public space, exhibitions, screenings, sound events, concerts, film/animation, music and performance workshops.
The special events during the Festival will feature:
Joanna Rajkowska installation opening - 28th of July
David Thomas in concert - 28th of July
Jerzy Bereś exhibition opening - 29th of July
Marilyn Arsem peformance - 1st of August
The Festival will feature, among others:
Akademia Ruchu (PL), Robert Alda (PL/NO),InesAmado (PT), Marilyn Arsem (USA), Janusz Bałdyga (PL), Zygmunt Bauman (PL), Adina Bar-On (Il), Ola Bilińska (PL), Bożenna Biskupska (PL), Stuart Brisley (UK), First Movement [Caroline Bagnall, Peter Shelton] (UK), Michał Górczyński (PL), Zuzanna Hadryś (PL), Martin Janíček (CZ), Alicja Jodko (PL), Mariusz Jodko (PL), Sandra Johnston (UK/IR), Anna Kalwajtys (PL), Koji Kamoji (PL/JP), Bartosz Korzeniowski (PL), Jolanta Krukowska (PL), Wojciech Krukowski (PL), Leszek Krutulski (PL), Roman Kubicki (PL), Karolina Kubik (PL), Maciej Kurak (PL), Michał Lasota (PL), DJ Lenar (PL), Alastair MacLennan (UK/IR), Cezary Marczak (PL), Norman Leto (PL), Rita Marhuag (NO), Zbigniew Olkiewicz (PL), Jan Pieniążek (PL), Joanna Rajkowska (PL), Józef Robakowski (PL), Izabela Robakowska (PL), Isabel Rocamora (UK/ES), Eugeniusz Rudnik (PL), Zygmunt Rytka (PL), Maria Lusitano Santos (PT), Yaryna Shumska (UA), Hilde Skevik (NO), Ellen Henriette Suhrke (NO), Andrew Spira (UK), Magdalena Starska (PL), Galeria Stereo (PL), Paweł Szamburski (PL), David Thomas (USA/UK), Wolodymyr Topiy (UA), Mikołaj Trzaska (PL), Zbigniew Warpechowski (PL), Marta Wengorovius (PT), WRO Art Center (PL), Patryk Zakrocki (PL), Ewa Zarzycka (PL), Hubert Zemler (PL), Paulina Zielińska (PL), Jarosław Żwirblis, Krzysztof Żwirblis (PL) i inni.
Curator: Małgorzata Sady
Artist's Monument exhibition curators: Jerzy Hanusek, Bettina Bereś
Young polish artist's section curator: Marta Czyż
Video Section curator: Piotr Krajewski
Coordination: Antoni Burzyński, Zuzanna Fogtt
Grateful acknowledgement is made to Prof. Nigel Rolfe for his inspiring input into the initial stage of programming the festival.
Organisation: In Situ Contemporary Art Foundation | Fundacja Sztuki Współczesnej „In Situ'
Support: Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Dolnośląskiego, Narodowe Centrum Kultury
Partners: WRO Art Center, Instytut Camoesa/Ambasada Portugalii, Czeskie Centrum, Malta Festival
Media Patrons: e-artnow, Format, FUTU, hifly, Magazyn-Sztuki, Notes Na 6 Tygodni, O.pl, Obieg, TVP Kultura, Umelec, Wp.pl
Project financed by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
Project financed by the Lower Silesia Province.
Project financed by the National Centre for Culture within the framework of the 'Culture - Interventions' programme.
CONTEXTS 2013 – The 3rd International Sokolovsko Festival of Ephemeral Art – PROGRAMME Sokołowsko 28/7 – 1/8/2013
Sunday, July 28
17.00 Opening Ceremony / Kinoteatr Zdrowie
17.15 – 17.45 Zbigniew Warpechowski / performance documentation
18.00 Maciej Kurak – „Limited Liability Company” / Ltd. / installation
18.00 Koji Kamoji, Małgorzata Sady / The Air Will Do / installation
18.30 – 19.30 Other Places in This Place / Akademia Ruchu / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
19.45 – 20.45 Dinner
21.00 Joanna Rajkowska / Forcing a Miracle/ installation / in front of the Brehmer Sanatorium
21.20 – 22.50 David Thomas / CONCERT/ KinoTeatr Zdrowie
16.00 – 19.00 Half-portraits / photographic action / Leszek Krutulski
16.00 – 19.00 Mothers and Daughters workshop / Adina Bar-On
16.00 – 19.00 KITES – action performed by children and youth from Mieroszów
Monday, July 29
10.00 Martin Janiček / Breathing Lanscape / installation
10.00 – 11.20 Alicja Jodko / An Introduction to Animation / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
11.30 – 11.50 Marta Wengorovius / Drawing for use (Focus) /performance
12.00 – 12.20 Magda Starska / Mountain up to Mountain / performance
12.30 – 13.00 Rita Marhaug / Elements of Play / performance / the pond near the Villa Rosa
13.10 – 13.50 Robert Alda / Captured Words / performance / public space
14.00 – 14.45 Lunch
15.00 – 16.30 Norman Leto / Sailor / film / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
16.30 – 17.15 Martin Janiček / Breathing piece / performance / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
17.30 – 18.00 Janusz Bałdyga / performance / Balance.pl – b/w photograph / foyer KinoTeatr Zdrowie
18.10 – 19.00 Stuart Brisley / Being and Doing / film / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
19.00 – 19.45 Szamburski / Górczyński / Trzaska / concert for clarinets / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
19.45- 20.30 Dinner
20.40 Bożenna Biskupska / Emma's Curator / installation
21.00 Joanna Rajkowska / Forcing a Miracle / installation / in front of the Brehmer Sanatorium
21.20 – 22.00 Tribute to Jerzy Bereś – An Artist’s Monument curated by Bettina Bereś and Jerzy Hanusek (exhibition with an expanded introduction)
From 22:00 / SoundPark / Improvised music event / participants including: Ola Bilińska, Michał Górczyński, Paweł Szamburski, David Thomas, Partyk Zakrocki, Hubert Zemler and others
16.00 – 19.00 Music workshop for children / Patryk Zakrocki
16.00 – 19.00 Half-portraits / photographic action / Leszek Krutulski
16.00 – 19.00 Mothers and Daughters workshop / Adina Bar-On
16.00 – 19.00 Animation workshop/ Alicja Jodko i Mariusz Jodko
Tuesday, July 30
10.30 – 10.50 Alastair Maclennan and Sandra Johnston / Emergent / outdoor performance
11.00 – 11.30 Hilde Skevik & Ellen Henriette Suhrke / performance /public space
11.40 – 12.00 Isabel Rocamora / Horizon of Exile / film / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
12.10 – 13.00 Ola Bilińska vocal improvisations / in front of Kinoteatr Zdrowie
12.30 – 13.00 Maria Lusitano Santos / Les airs du temps / lecture&screening / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
13.10 – 13.30 Wolodymyr Topiy / performance
13.30 – 13.50 Yaryna Shumska / Visible Invisible Ways / performance
14.00 – 14.45 Lunch
15.00 – 15.20 Ewa Zarzycka / performance
15.30 – 16.30 Other Places in This Place / First Movement (Caroline Bagnall + Peter Shelton) / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
16.45 – 18.15 Panel discussion, Roman Kubicki talks to Zygmunt Bauman and others join in, including Joanna Rajkowska, Józef Robakowski, Andrew Spira.
18.20 – 21.20 Karolina Kubik / performance / in front of the Brehmer Sanatorium
19.00 – 19.30 Anna Kalwajtys / Arificial Enemy / performance
19.45 - 20.30 Dinner
20.40 Bożenna Biskupska / Emma's Curator / installation
21.00 Joanna Rajkowska / Forcing a Miracle / installation/ in front of the Brehmer Sanatorium
21.00 – 21.30 Akademia Ruchu / performance / public space
From 22:00 SoundPark / improvised music event inspired by Eugeniusz Rudnik pieces / participants including: Ola Bilińska, Michał Górczyński, Paweł Szamburski, Partyk Zakrocki, Hubert Zemler and others
16.00 – 19.00 Music workshop for children / Patryk Zakrocki
16.00 – 19.00 Half-portraits / photographic action / Leszek Krutulski
16.00 – 19.00 Mothers and Daughters workshop / Adina Bar-On
16.00 – 19.00 Animation workshop / Alicja Jodko i Mariusz Jodko
Wednesday, July 31
10.30 – 11.00 First Movement (Caroline Bagnall + Peter Shelton) / performance / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
11.15 – 11.45 Paulina Zielińska / Sound Portrait / performance / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
12.00 – 12.40 Alastair MacLennan / Wave by Wave / performance / in front of the Brehmer Sanatorium
12.50 – 13.50 Miejsca w Miejscu / Galeria STEREO / Zuzanna Hadryś and Michał Lasota
14.00 – 14.45 Lunch
15.00 – 15.45 Michał Górczyński / Sources of everyday's life / Lecture /KinoTeatr Zdrowie
15.50 – 16.50 SzaZaZe – SzaZaZe gra Animacje / live music to experimental animation / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
17.00 – 18.00 WRO / WRO 2013 Pioneering Values on Tour / presentation / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
18.00 – 19.30 Art Attack / Józef Robakowski / movies / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
19.45- 20.30 Dinner
20.40 Bożenna Biskupska / Emma's Curator / installation
21.00 – 21.30 Peter Shelton / performance with light / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
21.00 Joanna Rajkowska / Forcing a Miracle / installation /in front of the Brehmer Sanatorium
From 22:00 SoundPark / Improvised music event / participants including: Michał Górczyński, Paweł Szamburski, Partyk Zakrocki, Hubert Zemler and other
16.00 – 19.00 Half-portraits / photographic action / Leszek Krutulski
16.00 – 19.00 Mothers and Daughters workshop / Adina Bar-On
16.00 – 19.00 Animation workshop / Alicja Jodko i Mariusz Jodko
Thursday, August 1
10.30 - Marilyn Arsem / performance / park / all day long
11.30 -12.30 Sandra Johnston / Fissure / performance / KinoTeatr Zdrowie
12.45 – 13.45 Workshop participants presentations / various locations
14.00 – 14.45 Lunch
15.00 – 15.15 Screening of the films produced during animation workshop
15.30 – 16.30 Presentations of workshops’ participants / various locations
16.45 – 17.45 Mothers and Daughters workshop presentation / Adina Bar-On and Sokolovsko inhabitansts / KinoTeatr Zdrowie, ul. Główna 36
18.00 – 19.30 Art Attack / Józef Robakowski / KinoTeatr Zdrowie, ul. Główna 36
19.45- 20.45 Dinner
20.40 Bożenna Biskupska / Emma's Curator / installation
21.00 – 21.45 Hubert Zemler / Moped / concert
16.00 - 19.00 „Half-portraits”– photographic action / Leszek Krutulski
* The SoundPark is a music installation. Its structure consists of two planes of sound enlivening the park in front of the sanatorium in Sokolovsko. The first plane is composed of the pieces by electronic music pioneer Eugeniusz Rudnik, arranged by audio director Marcin Lenarczyk. They will resound in the park through an electroacoustic construction. The second plane is an improvised musical dialogue with the above pieces, performed by acoustic musicians. The resulting structure, combining elements of electronic and live music, is a unique, unlimited by music genres, surprising sound phenomenon.
* Akademia Ruchu – Jolanta Krukowska, Wojciech Krukowski, Jan Pieniążek, Cezary Marczak, Zbigniew Olkiewicz, Jan Pieniążek, Jarosław Żwirblis, Krzysztof Żwirblis, Janusz Bałdyga
* Kinoteatr Zdrowie –address: Główna 36, Sokołowsko
Image: Anna Kalwajtys - Freeing the mind by Ch. Johansson
The main Festival events take place in the Zdrowie [‘Health’] Cinema
36, Główna Street [ul. Główna 36]
Other venues
Villa Rosa, 3 Różana Street [ul. Różana 3]
Grunwald Sanatory
Grunwald Sanatory Park
Admission to the Festival
Admission to all Festival events is free