EP. 56 - in conversation about Secondary Archive (Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation).

Speaking with foundation's president Katarzyna Kozyra and foundation's director Iga Maria Szczepańska.

Katarzyna Kozyra is one of Poland's most famous conceptual artists, working internationally since the 90s. In 2012, she founded the Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation to help women artists and cultural workers from Central and Eastern Europe promote their work.

Secondary Archive tells the history of non-Western — primarily Central and Eastern European — art through the lens of gender, covering the period after WWII through the present. This archive is composed of artistic statements and unknown pages of the biographies and practices of female artists, where one can see the names of those who have been marginalized, neglected, forgotten, or remain little known to the general public alongside artifacts from key female figures of non-Western art.

References:

Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation http://katarzynakozyrafoundation.pl/en/

Pyramid of Animals http://katarzynakozyra.pl/en/projekty/the-pyramid-of-animals/

Secondary Archive

Women Artists in War, Galeria

Iga's favourite home food: Meatballs in Dill Sauce, Thai Roti with Banana, Condensed Milk and Egg

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EP. 55 - in conversation with visual artist representing Romania at the 60th La Biennale di Venezia, Șerban Savu.

The exhibition in the Romanian Pavilion, What Work Is, revisits the iconography of labour, drawing inspiration from historical realism and the propaganda art of the Eastern Bloc. Instead of challenging these discourses directly, Șerban challenges them by rearranging their tropes. His aim is to capture and portray moments of pause and inactivity, of indistinction between work and leisure, as reflections of broader societal changes or crises.

The Romanian Pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2024 is curated by Ciprian Mureșan. The exhibition will take place in both the Giardini della Biennale and at The New Gallery of the Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research in Venice from April 20 till November 24, 2024.

Favourite home food: Ciorba de loboda, Stinging Nettle Salad

References:

Biennale Arte 2024 | Romania

Dawid Radziszewski Gallery

Galeria Plan B

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Podcast thumbnail: Șerban Savu by Paul Stoie / courtesy of Galeria Plan B

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EP. 54 - about an exhibition, Franciszka Themerson: Walking Backwards in Tate Britain.

In conversations with:

Dr Hilary Floe, Senior Curator, Modern and Contemporary British Art, Tate Britain

Saskia Flower, Assistant Curator, Modern and Contemporary British Art, Tate Britain

Weronika Gertig - Burgess, Themerson Estate London

Franciszka Themerson (1907-1988) was a Polish, later British, painter, illustrator, filmmaker and set designer. Together with her husband Stefan Themerson, she was one of the most important experimental filmmakers in interwar Poland. Her film work, as well as her paintings and drawings, challenged social conformity and revealed her belief in individual freedom. During and after the Second World War, Francziszka Themerson created humorous works that dealt profoundly with the complex themes of trauma and loss.

The one-room display at Tate Britain is free and open to all till the 30th of March 2025.

References:

The Themerson Archive Catalogue

Unposted Letters publication

The Barbican exhibition

Jasia Reichardt curator

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This episode was created for Contemporary LYNX and with support of Polish Cultural Institute London

Podcast thumbnail:

Copyrights Themerson Estate

Franciszka Themerson (1907 – 1988)

Comme la vie est lente et comme l'espérance est violente

Painted in 1959

Oil paint on canvas

101.5 x 151 cm

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Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 53 - in conversation with Krystyna Kacpura - President of the Polish women's rights foundation FEDERA.

The Foundation for Women and Family Planning FEDERA is a non-governmental organization fighting for reproductive health and rights, established in Poland in 1991.

On the podcast, you will learn about the history of the Foundation and its current projects and actions in light of Poland's regressive politics over the past decade. Krystyna Kacupra describes in detail the changes in Polish abortion law from communist times to 1993, 2022, and today.

Favourite home food: Polish sweets

References:

FEDERA website

FEDERA Insta

ARTE Tracks East - Alles neu? Polen nach dem Regierungswechsel

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EP. 52 - in conversations with Belarusian film director and screenwriter, Aliaksei Paluyan.

Aliaksei's debut documentary film COURAGE, about the mass protests in Belarus in 2020/2021, had its world premiere at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival, has been screened at major documentary film festivals and has been longlisted for the 2022 Oscars.

In the podcast, Aliaksei talks about his experiences making COURAGE and how it feels to look back on the Belarusian uprising 3 years later. Listeners will also get a glimpse of Aliaksei's current screenplay and his new film about the polarisation of Belarusian society.

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Films:

Courage (trailer)

Lake of Happiness (trailer)

Country of Woman (trailer)

Sofia

Other references:

Instagram: @aliaksei_paluyan

Website: www.paluyan.com

Kunsthochschule Kassel

The Double Life of Véronique (1991) by Krzysztof Kieslowski

Favourite home food: Mashed potatoes and Cold Beet Soup with Kefir

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EP. 51 - in conversations with Czech photographer and educator, Libuše Jarcovjáková.

Her distinctive work was first shown to a wide audience at Les Rencontres d'Arles in 2019, when Libuše was already in her 60s. Since then, her black and white analogue photographs depicting islands of freedom in a grey, communist Czechoslovakia have attracted much international attention.

As a tribute to Libuše's work, Czech filmmaker Klára Tasovská has created a film based on her photographs and diary entries entitled 'I'm Not Everything I Want to Be', which has just premiered at this 74th Berlinale Film Festival.

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References:

I'm Not Everything I Want to Be by Klára Tasovská

Artist website

Les Rencontres d'Arles 2019

T-Club book

Favourite home food: Traditional Japanese Ramen

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This interview was made possible with the help of Kai Hermann/ NOISE Film&TV

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EP. 50 - in conversations with the host of Kitchen Conversations, Patrycja Rozwora.

For the anniversary episode, Patrycja invited her good friend and Georgian artist Sophia Tabatadze to interview her. Among other things, listeners will hear how Patrycja's Western art training inspired a podcast about Eastern art, how she deals with hearing her own voice when editing the podcast, and who her dream guest would be...

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References:

www.patrycjarozwora.com

365 Days by Patrycja Rozwora

Teatr GO

Design Academy Eindhoven

Gerrit Rietveld Academie

Sandberg Instituut

Małgorzata Mirga-Tas

Biennale Arte 2022 | Poland

Favourite home food: Meat - potato - salad dish (vegan version)

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EP. 49 - in conversation with researcher and writer from Kazakhstan, Aizada Arystanbek

Aizada's research centers on gender, culture, nationalism and decoloniality. She received her Master of Arts degree in Gender Studies from Central European University and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the Department of Sociology at Rutgers University. Aizada sees her work as an intersection of research and activism and is dedicated to contributing to the non-violent production of knowledge on Central Asia.

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References:

Aizada's Instagram

Decolonial Disruptions in Central Asia: Understanding Reactions to Russian Migrants in the Wake of Putin’s Mobilization by Aizada Arystanbek

Rutgers University

Bloody January 2022

Favourite home food: Baursak - Kazakh bread, Uzbek Samsas

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Music: Úide, Darkhan Juzz