Nothing Twice
dal 11/9/2014 al 22/11/2014
Segnalato da
Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor
Pawel Althamer
Grupa Nowolipie
Jaap Blonk
Ulla von Brandenburg
Marvin Gaye Chetwynd
Guy de Cointet
Oskar Dawicki
Jens Hoffmann Mesen
Tadeusz Kantor
Shana Moulton
Paulina Olowska
Teatr Opera Buffa
Quay Brothers
Michael Portnoy
Jim Shaw
Catherine Sullivan
Joanne Tatham
Tom O'Sullivan
Joanna Zielinska
11/9/2014
Nothing Twice
Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor - Cricoteka, Krakow
Nic 2 razy. The collection, consisting of objects by Tadeusz Kantor, open to the public. The exhibition explores the problem of the object as a stage prop and the role it occupies in contemporary performance art. This event is organized to mark the launching of Cricoteka's new building.
Paweł Althamer & Grupa Nowolipie, Jaap Blonk, Ulla von Brandenburg, Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Guy de Cointet, Oskar Dawicki, Jens Hoffmann Mesèn, Tadeusz Kantor, Shana Moulton, Paulina Ołowska, Teatr Opera Buffa, Quay Brothers, Michael Portnoy, Jim Shaw, Catherine Sullivan, Joanne Tatham & Tom O'Sullivan
Curator: Joanna Zielińska
Graphic design: Noviki
Exhibition design: Robert Rumas Studio
Nothing Twice is the first project in Poland to combine an exhibition and performance
action on such a large scale. This event is being organized to mark the launching
of Cricoteka’s new building. The exhibition and the accompanying performance
programme interpret the influence of Tadeusz Kantor’s concepts in the work of
contemporary artists operating at the crossover between theatre, performance and the
visual arts. This project is based on the idea of the readymade, Appropriation art and
the concept of re-performance. It poses questions about the archiving and collecting
of Live Art. Nothing Twice tackles the double nature of the object as both a prop in
performance and an autonomous artwork. In other words: the issue of the materiality
of performance and staging of the exhibition space itself. The exhibition will be the
mise-en-scène where individual works will create a collage-like installation.
Some of the works presented at the exhibition refer directly to the history of the
theatre, such as the curtain made by Ulla von Brandenburg or Jim Shaw’s installation,
which incorporates a theatre backdrop. The exhibition will open with an object by
Tadeusz Kantor—Aneantisising Machine (The Madman and the Nun, 1963)—a link
between the exhibition of the Kantor Collection and the exhibition of contemporary art.
The opening ceremony will include a performance by Oskar Dawicki, concert
by Jaap Blonk, Michael Portnoy’s film, Shana Moulton’s and Nick Hallett’s opera
and Catherine Sullivan’s theatre piece, produced in collaboration with the Warsaw
Opera Buffa theatre.
Project Nic dwa razy / Nothing Twice is co-financed by the European Union under the 2007–2013
Małopolska Regional Operational
Programme Cricoteka Cultural Institution of the Małopolskie Voivodeship
Image: Jim Shaw, Dream Object ('I came back to the studio and Scott...'), 2012. Courtesy of the artist and Simon Lee Gallery.
Artist Oskar Dawicki will count visitors on the occasion of the new Cricoteka's opening on Friday 12 september 2014 h 18.00 – 22.00.
In the evening we invite you to join us for a DJ set by Nick Hallett and B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Beamer) event.
Entrance free.
Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor, Cricoteka
Nadwiślańska 2-4, Kraków Poland