https://ziemilski.com Wojtek Ziemilski Thu, 07 Jan 2021 13:18:15 +0000 https://ziemilski.com en https://ziemilski.com/Main Wed, 17 Oct 2018 20:47:03 +0000 Wojtek Ziemilski https://ziemilski.com/Main WOJTEK ZIEMILSKI NEAREST DATES DZIKIE HARCE28.03-1.04&nbsp; Teatr Guliwer, Warsaw (PL) MONOLOG WEWNĘTRZNY15.05 Komuna Warszawa (PL) ︎&nbsp;︎ https://ziemilski.com/ONE-GESTURE Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:10:02 +0000 Wojtek Ziemilski https://ziemilski.com/ONE-GESTURE ONE GESTURE THEATRE TOURING MEDIUM SIZE<img width="1280" height="720" width_o="1280" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b192d1be0e5e0b3147a0b8a691bf4bee14fef68b768cc011902e27b79f9b0e8/622942754_1280x720.jpg" data-mid="26573971" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b192d1be0e5e0b3147a0b8a691bf4bee14fef68b768cc011902e27b79f9b0e8/622942754_1280x720.jpg" /><img width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1db5430df3e120aa5663d0a5e771dd57ebccea55da0fb86ed7d1d3e979b17daf/013422be66.jpg" data-mid="27077844" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/1db5430df3e120aa5663d0a5e771dd57ebccea55da0fb86ed7d1d3e979b17daf/013422be66.jpg" /><img width="1240" height="825" width_o="1240" height_o="825" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d60fdc70b763accd4a645451ef49fa425b2179e5385561e5f998f801ac0518a4/jeden_gest_fot._maurycy_stankiewicz_02.jpg" data-mid="27077855" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d60fdc70b763accd4a645451ef49fa425b2179e5385561e5f998f801ac0518a4/jeden_gest_fot._maurycy_stankiewicz_02.jpg" /><img width="275" height="183" width_o="275" height_o="183" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35f140b6581d675668244cf55779955ca616f5088a7a46dca05d07190e102220/pobrane.jpeg" data-mid="27077861" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/275/i/35f140b6581d675668244cf55779955ca616f5088a7a46dca05d07190e102220/pobrane.jpeg" /> One Gesture is a show about sign languages. It is a show about communicating with the world - with the world of the hearing and with the world of the other Deaf. How does communication work? What can we learn about the world from the languages of the Deaf? What is universal about their experience of communicating, and what is unique?&nbsp; “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.“ With this sentence in the back of his head director and artist Wojtek Ziemilski started working on a piece for four performers with hearing impairments. And he realised how true this sentence actually is. His own language appeared to him increasingly inadequate. When people talk to each other in sign language, they look into the other’s eyes and not at their hands. Their language is more than a sequence of mechanical hand signs – they speak with their entire body. Consequently sign language became the perfect dramatic medium for Ziemilski, as a sort of performance quite similar to dance. In “Jeden gest“ four women and men tell their personal stories. They convey how their hearing impairment affects their lives and how they deal with their situation. All of them found it difficult in their childhood to adapt to the world of those who could hear and who perceived not hearing only as a deficit. But “Jeden gest“ is more than just an interesting lesson about the reality of a minority. This performance takes the audience on a journey of a fascinating, unknown world of language. A world in which communication is an event of gesture, facial expressions, rhythm and movement – something that has to be seen to be understood. Main Award&nbsp; 38. Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Switzerland Main Award Fast Forward Festival, Dresden, GermanySpecial Award and the Dani Press Award&nbsp; MESS Festival Sarajevo, Serbia Honorable mention 7th International Festival Theatre Caroussel, Łódź, Poland.&nbsp; Director: Wojtek ZiemilskiSet design, associate director: Wojciech PustołaLighting design: Artur SienickiMusic: Aleksander ŻurowskiCostumes: Krystian Jarnuszkiewicz Cast: Marta Abramczyk, Jolanta Sadłowska, Pavel Sosinski, Adam StoyanovTranslation: Joanna Ciesielska, Katarzyna Glozak Executive producer: Maria Wilska Stage manager: Marta Śmierzchalska Assistant director: Joanna Niemirska A production of Nowy Teatr Premiere: 24.09.2016 Duration: 60 minutes Shown among others at : 3-5.11.2018 Dirty Deal Teatro, Riga, Latvia28-29.11.2018 Kanuti Gildi Saal, Tallinn, Estonia 26-28.10.2018 Wuzen International Theatre Festival, Wuzen, China14-17.03.2019 Nowy Teatr, Warsaw 15-16.05.2019 AUAWIRLEBEN, Bern, Switzerland24.05.2019 Modern Art Days, Białystok, Poland 20-21.06.2019 Conde Duque Teatro, Madrid, Spain 21.09.2019 Teatr Śląski, Katowice, Poland 9.10.2019 Urbang Festival, Cologne, Germany30.10.2019 Klaipėdos dramos teatras, Klaipėda, Lithuania ...Words are definitely not enough to describe what makes One Gesture&nbsp;an amazing experience. ...Ziemilski leaves his audience with tears in their eyes resulting not from a cheap melodramatic thrill but from the pure experience of learning more about another human being.&nbsp;...The performance crushes conventional boundaries and grips its audience by the guts without the use of elaborate gimmicks. Without following prescribed patterns, and relying on simple communication, it shows that sometimes words are hardly needed–a gesture is enough to create a bridge of understanding.-Agata Tumiłowicz-Mazur, The Theatre Times.We can learn a lot from Wojtek Ziemilski’s Jeden gest. ... A theatre that wants to be close to life. Piotr Morawski, dwutygodnik.com An aesthetically refined and dramatically coherent form... What emerges as a result is a rather fascinating set of gestures which become not only a means of communication but also a fascinating choreography. Stanisław Godlewski, Gazeta Wyborcza Poznań https://ziemilski.com/ESSENCE-OF-POLAND Fri, 16 Aug 2019 20:39:19 +0000 Wojtek Ziemilski https://ziemilski.com/ESSENCE-OF-POLAND ESSENCE OF POLAND INSTALLATION THEATRE TOURING&nbsp; SMALL SCALE &nbsp;<img width="1300" height="916" width_o="1300" height_o="916" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/919bb796136a0a7edfc4be6b48f0d766d3c35adc5ed3315d3916b3ca98962b6f/EoP-wizual.jpg" data-mid="52111331" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/919bb796136a0a7edfc4be6b48f0d766d3c35adc5ed3315d3916b3ca98962b6f/EoP-wizual.jpg" /> <img width="5520" height="3680" width_o="5520" height_o="3680" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3cbda7f3e6ae3ce5e6f1cef22324d571118685c7ca3b315c3e37289bb83f7c19/190920BSY_059.jpg" data-mid="52112677" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3cbda7f3e6ae3ce5e6f1cef22324d571118685c7ca3b315c3e37289bb83f7c19/190920BSY_059.jpg" /><img width="4032" height="2268" width_o="4032" height_o="2268" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1505941c08aa9fa0603049798b0ce86a05835d06ffc70b92b08645c2085a3ba3/20191005_155841.jpg" data-mid="52112701" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1505941c08aa9fa0603049798b0ce86a05835d06ffc70b92b08645c2085a3ba3/20191005_155841.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5931c4d827c46d99f847213bb4a00a51c736b8d0096be8a7d0815aa42539dee8/IMG_20191005_172704_264.jpg" data-mid="52112702" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5931c4d827c46d99f847213bb4a00a51c736b8d0096be8a7d0815aa42539dee8/IMG_20191005_172704_264.jpg" /> &nbsp; Wojtek Ziemilski invited renowned Swiss perfumer Andreas Wilhelm to create a unique scent - the scent of Poland. The project is a perfume accompanied by a lecture performance. A sensual treatise about "the essence" of things, about the contemporary return of the great narratives, paradoxical in a world of such variety and change. The volatile, yet concretely present, work is something difficult to escape, it imposes its apparent essence. Sharing national identity is tricky. How to share something which is intuitive and personal, yet objective, or at least, collective? In a time when politics is mainly about dividing and antagonism, how to find a sense of cohesion and commonness? One possible solution is to think of politics as concretely as possible. Jacques Rancière famously asserted that politics are the division of the sensible. The smell can be a powerful weapon, building an unavoidable politics. We become the other - we dive in it, nose first. We discover a new, foreign feeling in the perfume that became us. &nbsp; The perfume is available in a signed limited edition of 101 bottles. For details contact Culturescapes - jcooiman@culturescapes.ch “Essence of Poland” opened the Culturscapes 2019 Festival in Basel, Switzerland. A project by Wojtek Ziemilski Essence Creation: Andreas Wilhelm Dramaturg: Sodja Zupanc Lotker Product Design: Podpunkt Production: Culturescapes Executive Producer: Wojtek Ziemilski5.10.2019 Culturescapes, Basel, Switzerland7.10.2019 Collegium Nobilium, Warsaw, Poland20.02.2020 Nine Lives, Olomouc, Czech Republic 3.09.202&nbsp;Generation After, Nowy Teatr, Warsaw (EN)15.10.2021&nbsp;Teatre Lliure, Barcelona (EN) https://ziemilski.com/ENTER-FULL-SCREEN Thu, 07 Jan 2021 13:18:15 +0000 Wojtek Ziemilski https://ziemilski.com/ENTER-FULL-SCREEN ENTER FULL SCREEN INSTALLATION THEATRE TOURING&nbsp; SMALL SCALE &nbsp; <img width="2880" height="1800" width_o="2880" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/658eaa37ccc993231bfea4d4968d67caffccd54b2741b27441fd3c57cba3c23e/Zrzut-ekranu-2021-01-7-o-14.53.37.png" data-mid="94268847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/658eaa37ccc993231bfea4d4968d67caffccd54b2741b27441fd3c57cba3c23e/Zrzut-ekranu-2021-01-7-o-14.53.37.png" /><img width="2880" height="1800" width_o="2880" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/054918b16173e87a3ec1663aa3daa95053ce290a2f648966d7efedc0bb190389/Zrzut-ekranu-2021-01-7-o-14.54.02.png" data-mid="94268849" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/054918b16173e87a3ec1663aa3daa95053ce290a2f648966d7efedc0bb190389/Zrzut-ekranu-2021-01-7-o-14.54.02.png" /><img width="2880" height="1800" width_o="2880" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25368017a178e93198931cd9ac9b33887af8bbd0bc08ee2b30cdf291c20259aa/Zrzut-ekranu-2021-01-7-o-14.55.10.png" data-mid="94268852" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25368017a178e93198931cd9ac9b33887af8bbd0bc08ee2b30cdf291c20259aa/Zrzut-ekranu-2021-01-7-o-14.55.10.png" /><img width="1200" height="627" width_o="1200" height_o="627" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be0a91c3caa91170792fd2f513434fdf1f710d7454c08a466217682461351458/iu.png" data-mid="94268867" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/be0a91c3caa91170792fd2f513434fdf1f710d7454c08a466217682461351458/iu.png" /><img width="1279" height="800" width_o="1279" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e970fba1378f5d057905482e2354e067c921fb145c75ce23291032df9837e90f/enter-full-screen-1.jpg" data-mid="94269045" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e970fba1378f5d057905482e2354e067c921fb145c75ce23291032df9837e90f/enter-full-screen-1.jpg" /> &nbsp; Once upon a time of zoom meetings, selfie broadcasting and snap-chat masks there was a&nbsp;country that had LGBTQ+ free zones: ‘zones free of queer ideology’ they called them in the&nbsp;country, but meant: zones free of queer people. The&nbsp;country was part of the&nbsp;EU. The&nbsp;zones were completely mundane and full of strange creatures. We went there. The&nbsp;rest is history. Zoom seems like a bad thing. (Close but far, human but square, normal but exhausting....) So we start from Zoom. And we feel awkward. Like it’s a substitute that we’re trying to make ours, to believe this is not just a&nbsp;sex doll. (Because it’s not) We want to make it bearable. Not just bearable. Cozy. And nice. Now, stay with us: maybe it’s a metaphor of Europe. Or the&nbsp;EU. The&nbsp;universal language of Europe has this awkward quality, like it’s a&nbsp;substitute. Focus on it not being virtual. The&nbsp;opposite of Matrix - there is a&nbsp;spoon. There is a&nbsp;spoon. Dramaturgy: Sodja Zupanc LotkerSet design and video: Wojciech PustołaAssistant director: Vera PopovaCo-devising: Sodja Lotker &amp; Wojciech PustołaSoundtrack: Jan Sigsworth&nbsp; &nbsp;Polish thanslation: Mateusz Rulski-Bożek Consultation: Sean Palmer Cast: Tenzin Kolsch, Claudia Korneev, Ewelina Pankowska, Adrian Pezdirc,&nbsp;Andjela Ramljak, Jan Sobolewski (European Ensemble) Thanks to Hubert Centkowski, Serhiij Chupryn, Daniel Galosow, Linus&nbsp; &nbsp;Lewandowski, Jacek Szawioła i Przemysław&nbsp;Witkowski for permission to share their image and photos in performance. Thanks to Bart Staszewski&nbsp;for sharing graphics „Poland. Map of LGBT-free zones”. Premiere: 29.09.2020 online ENG / polish subtitles Play duration: 1 hour European Ensemble A coproduction of Schauspiel Stuttgart, the Nowy Teatr, Warsaw, and Zagreb Youth Theatre (zagrebačko kazalište mladih).Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation A definite highlight of 2020. - Kateryna Botanova &amp; Jurriaan Coolman for BLOK Magazine https://ziemilski.com/THE-POLAKS-EXPLAIN-THE-FUTURE Wed, 17 Oct 2018 20:47:05 +0000 Wojtek Ziemilski https://ziemilski.com/THE-POLAKS-EXPLAIN-THE-FUTURE THE POLAKS EXPLAIN THE FUTURE THEATRE TOURING MEDIUM SIZE <img width="960" height="720" width_o="960" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/903b95dcad8ab64d8a5ea532f7b6e0f202767e78927a1e732acb909ce6536b2a/41801837_1912600445467436_4748225588567736320_n.jpg" data-mid="26779295" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/903b95dcad8ab64d8a5ea532f7b6e0f202767e78927a1e732acb909ce6536b2a/41801837_1912600445467436_4748225588567736320_n.jpg" /><img width="960" height="638" width_o="960" height_o="638" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a810f6ab8e906abc5e1fc9353ce4028c58786e0993a07d064791db1e5f36af9a/41735539_1912600615467419_586596647488716800_n.jpg" data-mid="26779293" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/a810f6ab8e906abc5e1fc9353ce4028c58786e0993a07d064791db1e5f36af9a/41735539_1912600615467419_586596647488716800_n.jpg" /><img width="960" height="639" width_o="960" height_o="639" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5326db0156c4f76f0a85b2dddb719f234feef419a4abbc4de89457c8b2c24a16/z23942238V-Jasmina-Polak-i-Piotr-Polak-w-spektaklu--Polacy-wy.jpg" data-mid="26501811" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/5326db0156c4f76f0a85b2dddb719f234feef419a4abbc4de89457c8b2c24a16/z23942238V-Jasmina-Polak-i-Piotr-Polak-w-spektaklu--Polacy-wy.jpg" /><img width="3402" height="5102" width_o="3402" height_o="5102" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bdc1265db79dba5610c046d2f2fb23eb940d491f6ebb468dd994309c50fcaadf/nowyteatr_polacywyjasniajaprzyszlosc_plakat3_050918_2-1.jpg" data-mid="26778912" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bdc1265db79dba5610c046d2f2fb23eb940d491f6ebb468dd994309c50fcaadf/nowyteatr_polacywyjasniajaprzyszlosc_plakat3_050918_2-1.jpg" /> A crazy combination of a DJ set, an inquiry into the future, and above all, an intimate story of trying to deal with Mother. “In 100 years there will be no trains, no body hair, no protruding veins, no eggs, no baseball caps, unfortunately no socks, no fireworks, no theatre, no. There will be no theatre. Theatre will turn out to be completely ununiversal. And will end. Contrary to what had been predicted. But if anything will still be there, it is the Mothers. Also the worrying ones.” The Polaks are no better explaining the future than the rest of the world. And still, they enthusiastically jump into the amateurish futurology. Through sampling remixing the heritage of whining, the siblings Jasmina and Piotr Polak build a subversive force. The Polaks’ DJ set is a witty fight against a pessimistic version of the future. Can they save themselves from the negativity of their own mother?Written and directed by Wojtek Ziemilski Set design:&nbsp; &nbsp;Paweł PaciorekDramaturg:&nbsp; &nbsp; Sodja LotkerArtistic Collaborator:&nbsp; &nbsp;Braňo MazúchMusical Consultant:&nbsp; &nbsp;Bruno JasieńskiCast:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Jaśmina Polak, Piotr PolakCurator of the Teatr 2118 project: Tomasz PlataProducer:&nbsp; &nbsp;Nowy Teatr, Warszawa, Poland Duration: 50 minutesPremiere 20.09.2018 Shown at:3-6.01.2019Nowy Teatr, Warsaw16-17.02.2019 Münchener Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany (English version premiere)29.03.2019 Nowy Teatr, Warsaw (Showcase of the best Polish productions of 2018)25.04.2019 Teatr na Plaży, Sopot, Poland &nbsp;I adored it. It’s incredibly intelligent, funny, and at the same time - touching.&nbsp; Maja Ostaszewska https://ziemilski.com/A-SHOW-FOR-TOURISTS Wed, 17 Oct 2018 20:47:06 +0000 Wojtek Ziemilski https://ziemilski.com/A-SHOW-FOR-TOURISTS A SHOW FOR TOURISTS THEATRE TOURING MEDIUM SIZE <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/57b00b8f30facc637f6b9aaa17756b4e2fbbc2a5f23fd3e479cc4de80ecd795a/MG_3501.jpg" data-mid="26781429" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/57b00b8f30facc637f6b9aaa17756b4e2fbbc2a5f23fd3e479cc4de80ecd795a/MG_3501.jpg" /><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a5a4af80f3aa9c7a59dedd16605a30b1b18ebf3cfe7da3b1fe2ccaab726833e/20180528_133724-b8.jpg" data-mid="26502513" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a5a4af80f3aa9c7a59dedd16605a30b1b18ebf3cfe7da3b1fe2ccaab726833e/20180528_133724-b8.jpg" /><img width="765" height="500" width_o="765" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a0140f0f14639fffa03a56923cf3830be27957fc18b4ff6545574903d6551b2/babac7786de23cfcdde7b110019c58f0.jpg" data-mid="26781428" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/765/i/6a0140f0f14639fffa03a56923cf3830be27957fc18b4ff6545574903d6551b2/babac7786de23cfcdde7b110019c58f0.jpg" /><img width="765" height="500" width_o="765" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8efb0e6f6985498b4473330db8b149d03e79d53385c920d4a01182adfb738720/15eacea9ab44881c7de2d5671fa235a2.jpg" data-mid="26781427" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/765/i/8efb0e6f6985498b4473330db8b149d03e79d53385c920d4a01182adfb738720/15eacea9ab44881c7de2d5671fa235a2.jpg" /><img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a541262c9db4163422ad8ff377482cda4cdba9a9d6c3b36f495cca3c8dec5d1/MG_3652.jpg" data-mid="26781430" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a541262c9db4163422ad8ff377482cda4cdba9a9d6c3b36f495cca3c8dec5d1/MG_3652.jpg" /> &nbsp; Based on an original choreography by Maria Stokłosa, made anew every time, this show tries the impossible - to guide the audience through everything that the movements of the body consist of - the person, the biography, the philosophy, the history. The unknown will become familiar, dance will be spoken, traditions unbroken. A dance and theatre project based on a personal story in the context of great political and systemic changes. Direction, text and lighting design: Wojtek Ziemilski Performers:&nbsp;Maria Stokłosa Damjana Černe Primož Bezjak Dramaturgy: Sodja Zupanc Lotker Assistant director: Alicja Balcerak Costume design: Slavica Janošević Lighting design: Marijan Sajovic Make-up artist: Nathalie Horvat Translation (Polish, English): Aleksander Nowacki Translation (Slovene): Barbara Skubic Language consultant (Slovene): Mateja Dermelj Language consultant (English): Aleksandra Žerjav Surtitles: Tina Malič Production management: Katarzyna Sztarbała Stage manager: Liam HledeDuration: 50 minutes Performed in English Shown at:6. 6. 2018 Slovensko Mladinsko Gledalisce,&nbsp;Ljubljana, Slovenia 21. 6. 2018 Komuna//Warszawa 29-30.10.2018 Slovensko Mladinsko Gledalisce, Ljubljana, Slovenia 9.12.2018 Divine Comedy Festival, Kraków, Poland 5.04.2019 Slovensko Mladinsko Gledalisce, Ljubljana, Slovenia Boldly, brilliantly witty, fresh and surprising.&nbsp; Witold Mrozek, Dwutygodnik I left the theatre&nbsp; totally enthousiastic... It’s a show that’s funnny, wise and honest. - Rafał Turowski, Exumag An effective and telling performance. Anja Radaljac, Delo, June 11, 2018 https://ziemilski.com/SMALL-NARRATION Tue, 23 Oct 2018 07:49:32 +0000 Wojtek Ziemilski https://ziemilski.com/SMALL-NARRATION SMALL NARRATION THEATRE TOURING&nbsp; SMALL SCALE &nbsp;<img width="5616" height="3744" width_o="5616" height_o="3744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed8cc2f32f5e71daa69dacbcf6bbf4cdc417e9b9c7fc23147dc1f66670d582b0/Maa-narracja-3--fot.K.Bielinski.JPG" data-mid="26860193" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed8cc2f32f5e71daa69dacbcf6bbf4cdc417e9b9c7fc23147dc1f66670d582b0/Maa-narracja-3--fot.K.Bielinski.JPG" /><img width="5616" height="3744" width_o="5616" height_o="3744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/758fe987a92ab59ad40d275efe6f74fdbf2f3132585099fb1091e32cbf99acb6/Maa-narracja-6--fot.-K.-Bielinski.JPG" data-mid="26860195" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/758fe987a92ab59ad40d275efe6f74fdbf2f3132585099fb1091e32cbf99acb6/Maa-narracja-6--fot.-K.-Bielinski.JPG" /><img width="3744" height="5616" width_o="3744" height_o="5616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f6ed71c2152631854d1d961977d68b620d19d54f48f7420db9c511403b5818c/Maa-Narracja-1--fot.K.Bielinski.JPG" data-mid="26860192" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f6ed71c2152631854d1d961977d68b620d19d54f48f7420db9c511403b5818c/Maa-Narracja-1--fot.K.Bielinski.JPG" /><img width="5616" height="3744" width_o="5616" height_o="3744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0302db932384cedc637aa04a56e535e3edf862b5c7c7ead0e4f67d101b9cd45/Maa-narracja-5--fot.-K.-Bielinski.JPG" data-mid="26860194" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0302db932384cedc637aa04a56e535e3edf862b5c7c7ead0e4f67d101b9cd45/Maa-narracja-5--fot.-K.-Bielinski.JPG" /> In the autumn of 2006 it was found out that Wojtek Ziemilski's grandfather, Wojciech Dzieduszycki, a notable citizen of the city of Wroclaw, was for many years a collaborator of the communist secret police. The family has not recovered from the shock, and tries to arrive at the true story. Wojtek's answer to this situation was a performance in the form of a lecture, combining personal narration, historical facts, contemporary choreography, and small and great narratives. It is an attempt to confront his artistic choices with the history on which he had no influence. This lecture-performance is a combination of various forms of public address and artistic expression. One can find in it elements of personal confession, academic lecture, video art, and contemporary choreography. Theater intermingles with reality, private narration with historical commentary - all this in order to cope with the painful problem of memory and the manipulations it undergoes. "When I decided to write Small Narration I asked myself "What have I got that's powerful for me?" And I felt I had two things, one - that I'm a grandson, and the other - the universe of contemporary performing and visual art I identify with. After all, what is special about this sort of approach is a direct link with reality - with document, autobiography, with what surrounds us. Small Narration is for me, among other things, a piece about memory. Memory is a space where the pain of absence is felt most acutely. Especially when we think about people, we remember a body, contact, its physicality, and at the same time our whole memory is connected to their absence. It's based on the body not being here anymore". Wojtek ZiemilskiPresented among others in:Warsaw, Poland (Studio Theatre) Wrocław, Poland (Grotowski Institute) New York, USA (New York Theatre Workshop) Troy, USA (EMPAC) Kraków, Poland (Kontrapunkt) Lublin, Poland (Konfrontacje)Munich, Germany (Spielart) Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Paris, France Moscow, Russia (Golden Mask) Edinburgh, Scotland (Polish showcase at the Edinburgh Fringe) Madrid, Spain Vilnius, Lithuania Athens, Greece (Onassis Cultural Centre) Nitra, Slovakia (Nitra Festival) Cluj, Romania (Temps d’Images) Dresden, Germany (Hellerau)Katowice, Poland (Teatr Śląski) “The best show I’ve ever seen in Edinburgh.” Chris Thorpe for Guardian “A quietly devastating account of the forces that have compelled a generation to abandon grand narratives. ****” Joyce Macmillian, Scotsman “Simple, stark, fiercely intelligent and moving.” Andrew Haydon, Postcards from The Gods https://ziemilski.com/SMALL-NARRATION-installation Fri, 26 Oct 2018 18:25:25 +0000 Wojtek Ziemilski https://ziemilski.com/SMALL-NARRATION-installation SMALL NARRATION INSTALLATION TOURING <img width="1200" height="1800" width_o="1200" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7a1a220a8fca0521718241032ed8a3f5635a4d982c4760ced6fb757e6a38fdf/097-poznapolskosc-3000px-1200x1800.jpg" data-mid="27162956" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7a1a220a8fca0521718241032ed8a3f5635a4d982c4760ced6fb757e6a38fdf/097-poznapolskosc-3000px-1200x1800.jpg" /><img width="1280" height="800" width_o="1280" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6604e82bcf23234de93cf65634739fb399960f5ee71a56ac4924bf17d0b47b13/Zrzut-ekranu-2018-10-27-o-04.43.19.png" data-mid="27162963" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6604e82bcf23234de93cf65634739fb399960f5ee71a56ac4924bf17d0b47b13/Zrzut-ekranu-2018-10-27-o-04.43.19.png" /><img width="1043" height="304" width_o="1043" height_o="304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d89a7837396fff58a7783a7dfd47035a7b43a2d8a5248bbc113b6be00ab5cb60/Zrzut-ekranu-2018-10-27-o-04.38.17.png" data-mid="27162960" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d89a7837396fff58a7783a7dfd47035a7b43a2d8a5248bbc113b6be00ab5cb60/Zrzut-ekranu-2018-10-27-o-04.38.17.png" /><img width="1049" height="305" width_o="1049" height_o="305" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c88a63a9147b69a4e0eb7c012bbec90fb5a781c001f7d67f6f1f9f67fe30031/Zrzut-ekranu-2018-10-27-o-04.37.34.png" data-mid="27162959" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c88a63a9147b69a4e0eb7c012bbec90fb5a781c001f7d67f6f1f9f67fe30031/Zrzut-ekranu-2018-10-27-o-04.37.34.png" /><img width="992" height="306" width_o="992" height_o="306" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c4307899605f523ee366a741bacaa729f2953a396e75784dcee0cb815df2ee0/Zrzut-ekranu-2018-10-27-o-04.39.14.png" data-mid="27162961" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/992/i/1c4307899605f523ee366a741bacaa729f2953a396e75784dcee0cb815df2ee0/Zrzut-ekranu-2018-10-27-o-04.39.14.png" /><img width="1067" height="301" width_o="1067" height_o="301" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a8168400164ce438f669099b50b4fb60b09b21122f182311df3ed2ecb79c2a5/Zrzut-ekranu-2018-10-27-o-04.40.26.png" data-mid="27162962" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a8168400164ce438f669099b50b4fb60b09b21122f182311df3ed2ecb79c2a5/Zrzut-ekranu-2018-10-27-o-04.40.26.png" /> &nbsp; This two-channel video is a rethought and redesigned installation version of the performance by the same title. In the autumn of 2006 it was found out that Wojtek Ziemilski's grandfather, Wojciech Dzieduszycki, a notable citizen of the city of Wroclaw, was for many years a collaborator of the communist secret police. The family has not recovered from the shock, and tries to arrive at the true story. This installation is a combination of various forms of public address and artistic expression. One can find in it elements of personal confession, academic lecture, video art, and contemporary choreography.&nbsp; "When I decided to write Small Narration I asked myself "What have I got that's powerful for me?" And I felt I had two things, one - that I'm a grandson, and the other - the universe of contemporary performing and visual art I identify with. After all, what is special about this sort of approach is a direct link with reality - with document, autobiography, with what surrounds us. Small Narration is for me, among other things, a piece about memory. Memory is a space where the pain of absence is felt most acutely. Especially when we think about people, we remember a body, contact, its physicality, and at the same time our whole memory is connected to their absence. It's based on the body not being here anymore". Wojtek Ziemilski 1.04 – 6.08.2017 Contemporary Art Centre Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland 29.09.2018 - 30.10.2018 Czech National Theatre, Prague, Czech “Ziemilski managed to ask about what it means to inherit in a powerful way, brilliantly avoiding pretensiousness or trying to ‘set the debate’” Małgorzata Dziewulska, Didaskalia “A quietly devastating account of the forces that have compelled a generation to abandon grand narratives. ****” Joyce Macmillian, Scotsman “Simple, stark, fiercely intelligent and moving.” Andrew Haydon, Postcards from The Gods https://ziemilski.com/REPRESENTATION Sat, 27 Oct 2018 02:49:22 +0000 Wojtek Ziemilski https://ziemilski.com/REPRESENTATION REPRESENTATION THEATRE TOURING&nbsp; SMALL SCALE &nbsp; <img width="1100" height="734" width_o="1100" height_o="734" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/94f32400abf14fcc0a029fb2658827c90fd3a0be802e17da59a05e7ab3599333/MikroTeatr4_12.jpg" data-mid="27163074" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/94f32400abf14fcc0a029fb2658827c90fd3a0be802e17da59a05e7ab3599333/MikroTeatr4_12.jpg" /><img width="1100" height="734" width_o="1100" height_o="734" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9865cf854e35f7de8c3e01cf3d0fb059020b79e06467cf2d7698dca4bde4be0/MikroTeatr4_14.jpg" data-mid="27163178" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9865cf854e35f7de8c3e01cf3d0fb059020b79e06467cf2d7698dca4bde4be0/MikroTeatr4_14.jpg" /> &nbsp; A 16-minute performance for four performers: 1 human and 3 balloons. A strange form is floating in the air. It’s a large balloon partially filled with helium. It seems to be manipulated by an invisible force. The human performer keeps negotiating his position with this unusual being. Who is leading who? How does one empathize with such a radical other? How does this even work? Is it directed? This is a transhumanist story, or a fairy-tale, or a symbol of alter ego. A formal choreography, an abstract performance, a human negotiation, a floating question. Idea/directed by: Wojtek Ziemilski Devised by: Wojtek Ziemilski and Wojciech Pustoła Cast: Wojciech Pustoła/ Magda Ptasznik A production of Komuna // Warszawa Duration: 16 minutes Part of the “Mikroteatr” series curated by Tomasz Plata Shown at: 12-13.11.2016, Komuna Warszawa, 6.12.2017 Nowy Teatr 23.11.2018 Hellerau, Dresden, Germany An unpredictible, incredibly focused meditation and treatise on relationships. Zofia Cielątkowska https://ziemilski.com/COME-TOGETHER Thu, 25 Oct 2018 06:42:35 +0000 Wojtek Ziemilski https://ziemilski.com/COME-TOGETHER COME TOGETHER THEATRE TOURING MEDIUM SIZE <img width="599" height="400" width_o="599" height_o="400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da3d38da4ad3a6399a5f9edf1ff733c65f7baa0e335b11944a6d1a6c00ea9891/5a1ecaa3ebc76566928323-bcb5d60b295d7ab2a5cff89e356d5859.jpg" data-mid="27031328" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/599/i/da3d38da4ad3a6399a5f9edf1ff733c65f7baa0e335b11944a6d1a6c00ea9891/5a1ecaa3ebc76566928323-bcb5d60b295d7ab2a5cff89e356d5859.jpg" /><img width="599" height="400" width_o="599" height_o="400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc36059ba530999c33e4afd343f9b5a3dd4cf04da7774eda3adc67af255125ba/5a1ecaa45e388941002321-bcb5d60b295d7ab2a5cff89e356d5859.jpg" data-mid="27031329" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/599/i/fc36059ba530999c33e4afd343f9b5a3dd4cf04da7774eda3adc67af255125ba/5a1ecaa45e388941002321-bcb5d60b295d7ab2a5cff89e356d5859.jpg" /> <img width="1619" height="1080" width_o="1619" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53cd8705eeadf399d1f5aa7dbb896469bbe422c998aef97dd6844d663fd7e567/5a08ba6e805bc405910699.jpg" data-mid="27030436" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53cd8705eeadf399d1f5aa7dbb896469bbe422c998aef97dd6844d663fd7e567/5a08ba6e805bc405910699.jpg" /><img width="1619" height="1080" width_o="1619" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7579f0baf2c86bc6f500abf15b32a685b5148e60b8e5fa6b44322fe38c5e3dbe/5a08ba795ddc8181386236.jpg" data-mid="27030438" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7579f0baf2c86bc6f500abf15b32a685b5148e60b8e5fa6b44322fe38c5e3dbe/5a08ba795ddc8181386236.jpg" /><img width="1619" height="1080" width_o="1619" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b0c53fe12be71b22c040924364cdd87873d4332358c35a48416072fee939469/5a08ba76bc547584933271.jpg" data-mid="27030437" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b0c53fe12be71b22c040924364cdd87873d4332358c35a48416072fee939469/5a08ba76bc547584933271.jpg" /><img width="1619" height="1080" width_o="1619" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a52f7de2e2a2f9f5240bb6b0e50b478fa195b8074009566d90b9d3eeff19ccec/5a08baa2d942f159135421.jpg" data-mid="27030439" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a52f7de2e2a2f9f5240bb6b0e50b478fa195b8074009566d90b9d3eeff19ccec/5a08baa2d942f159135421.jpg" /> A witty and playful test of the limits of participatory theatre.Theatre is&nbsp; a symbol, or an excuse - for the nightmare of participation we experience everywhere. “Come Together” plays that game well, asking us constantly to join, while simultaneously showing how participation is impossible. Five performers create a perfect illusion of communication. They are with us, they talk to us, they see us and acknowledge us. Nothing seems to stop us from joining them and getting even more out of theatre. So what’s stopping us? Can this be real? Can we really come together?Text/Directed by Wojtek Ziemilski Performed and co-devised by Lena Frankiewicz, Maria Stokłosa, Sean Palmer, Wojciech Pustoła, Krzysztof Strużycki Scenography and costumes by Wojciech Pustoła Choreography by Maria Stokłosa Music by Sean Palmer Lighting design by Michał Głaszczka Assistant Director: Urszula Hajdukiewicz Stage Manager: Olga Karoń A production of Teatr Studio, Warsaw, Poland Duration: 70 minutes Supposedly every spectator dreams of entering the stage, while every actor is affraid of the audience invading his space. But is it really true? The extraordinary (anti)participatory project of Wojtek Ziemilski questions such concepts as: actors, audience, interaction, participation, involvement, fiction, reality, freedom of choice, theatrical convention - and it does all this with an anarchic sense of humor and the disarming insolence of a child who still doesn’t know what is allowed in theatre and what isn’t. &nbsp; &nbsp; - Anna Róża Burzyńska, Didaskalia