MY FIRST IMMORTALITY. SEANS. Studio Wachowicz/Fret. Premere

March 27-29, 7:00 PM

Studio Scena Robocza, ul. Wroniecka 6, Poznań

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DURATION: 80 minutes without intermission

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Our Seance was born out of fascination and inspiration with Milan Kundera’s book IMMORTALITY and the works of Francesca Woodman, a brilliant photographer and performer who made the knowledge of the Being, transparent as a photographic film, the meaning of both her short life and her sudden, self-chosen death.

 

Please arrive on time. Latecomers may not be admitted to the performance. WARNING! This performance contains scenes of nudity. Flash photography may be present during the performance.

 

Texts: Monika Wachowicz and Jarosław Fret

Dramaturgy of space: Jarosław Fret

Performance: Monika Wachowicz with the participation of Katarzyna Fiedukiewicz (soprano) and Marcin Cozer Markiewicz (trumpet)

Video production: Jarosław Siejkowski, Przemysław Chojnacki, Adrian Jackowski

Participation in the video recordings: Kamila Wiklińska, Dariusz Maj, Jan Skopowski

Scenography/Installation: Piotr Jacyk, Daniel Dyniszuk, Maciej Mądry, Jacek Siczek, Andrzej Walada

Sketches/graphics: Lena Czerniawska

Music production: Tomasz Bojarski

Photographic documentation: Joanna Nowicka

Lighting technique: Piotr Jacyk, Maciej Mądry

 

Communication and promotion: Aleksandra Puk, Michalina Cendrowska

Poster and graphic identity: Kornelia Nowak

 

Production: Scena Robocza, Instytut im. Jerzy Grotowski, Studio Wachowicz/Fret and Monika Wachowicz Body and Emotion Studio

 

 

Partners: Brodziak Gallery, Rodriguez Foundation, Czas Kultury, Radio Afera

The screening featured the song „Lament” (based on Dido’s Lament from H. Purcell’s opera „Dido and Aeneas”) performed by the Tiger Lillies (music by Martyn Jacques, lyrics by Monika Wachowicz), the song „Forever Together” by the Tiger Lillies, as well as Santa Maria by Mireille Mathieu and the Introit Missa Vultum Tuum by the Corsican band Tempus Fugit.

 

Furthermore, original audio recordings were used: „End of God’s Judgment” by Antonin Artaud and „Psalm” by Paul Celan (read by the author), as well as Cesare Pavese’s poem „Death Will Come and Have Your Eyes” translated by Jarosław Mikołajewski, and excerpts from Milan Kundera’s novel „Immortality.” The set design/installation was created by the team of the Jerzy Grotowski Institute: Piotr Jacyk, Daniel Dyniszuk, Maciej Mądry, Jacek Siczek, and Andrzej Walada.

 

Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund – a state special-purpose fund.

Co-financed by the City of Poznań budget: #poznanwspiera