Keczupowo (PL for Ketchuptown)
by Natalia Majchrzak
This project can be seen this year at Circulation(s), which takes place from March 21 to May 17 in Paris, France. The full program is available here. Keczupowo (or “Ketchup Town” in English) is the nickname of Włocławek, Natalia Majchrzak’s town of birth, which she has regularly visited since childhood, as she lives in Belgium. The […]
Sacre
by Uta Genilke
“The title refers to Stravinsky’s ballet Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), the first I ever saw performed on stage as a young girl. As ballet students, we received free tickets to the opera; until recently, our teacher had danced here herself as a soloist. The ballet tells the story of the sacrifice of a […]
Ánima
by Ruth Montiel Arias
Ánima is a visual project that proposes an analogy between the tradition of pig slaughter and its parallel with the mythological belief of the Santa Compaña. Through this work, Ruth Montiel Arias (Palmeira, A Coruña, 1977) sets up an encounter between Galician superstition and local customs to construct a new imaginary, one in which folklore […]