mare/Wed., 2 – Thu., 3 October 2024
Through the Prims of Borders – Polska: Česko | Sound Match
Performative concerts
Where Cieszyn , Poland
We are delighted to present the two performative concerts by the artist Zorka Wollny as part of the curatorial project Through the Prism of Borders.
Through the Prism of Borders is Lungomare’s contribution to B-Shapes, a Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action Project, which seeks to explore the role of borders in shaping the perception of societies, culture, heritage and belonging. In this project, which takes place from 2023 to 2026, Lungomare works in a network of European universities, associations, research organisations, institutions, museums and foundations and explores two border areas in Europe in a participatory and artistic way.
The site-specific artworks created for Through the Prism of Borders examine the complex political realities and troubled histories that shape two border territories: the Czech-Polish border and the southeastern European border between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.
The two performative concerts of Polska : Česko | Sound Match will take place on 2–3 October 2024, at the former synagogue in Český Těšín as part of the city’s 33rd International Theatre Festival Without Borders, and at the Krytyka Polityczna Center in Cieszyn. These performances will become part of a video work by the artist that introduces the participants, provides insights into their production process, and elaborates on issues surrounding bordering practices between Czechia and Poland.
Concept, choreography and composition: Zorka Wollny in collaboration with Martin Dytko.
Curated by Angelika Burtscher and Marion Oberhofer.
The project Through the Prism of Borders is curated by Katia Angeluova, Angelika Burtscher and Marion Oberhofer.
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2nd October 2024
Venue: Dom Polski PZKO (dawna synagoga)
Address: Božkova 154, Český Těšín
Time: 8.30 pm
3rd October 2024
Venue: Krytyka Polityczna Center
Address: ul. Przykopa 20, Cieszyn 43–400
Time: 7 pm
Zorka Wollny, born 1980 in Krakow, Poland, lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Her works are situated at the boundary between music and the visual arts. As a director and composer, she collaborates with musicians, actors and dancers, as well as members of local communities. Social justice and participation, political empowerment and agency as well as the interrelationships between humans and their (built) environment are recurring themes in her artistic practice.
Wollny also works as an associate professor at Stettin Art Academy.
Martin Dytko, born 1989 in Ostrava, Czechia. He composes soundtrack music and cooperates with theatres across the Czech Republic, performing with the bands Sothein, Octopus Field and Šamanovo zboží and hosting loose solo guitar concerts with focus on improvisational ambient jazz. When engaging in noise collages and documents, he seeks to create an intersection between the conception of noise and sound, and the inverted arrangement of their follow-up. He also gives guitar and musical theory lessons, writes poetry and has released a debut collection of poems under the title ‘Epoch of the Lightbulb’ (Epocha žárovky).
