And We Break Down Ourselves BY Joanna Roszak Music Coetzee’s libretto doesn’t span the entirety of the book; together with composer Nicolas Lens, the author shifts his focus to three characters, whom director Maja Kleczewska describes as ‘suspended in lasting’ – Joanna Roszak on Coetzee and Lens’ ‘Slow Man’
Everything in Opera Leaves a Mark Talk with Krzysztof Warlikowski Music Premiering a drama production leaves me wondering what it is that I want to talk about in my next piece. I don’t really know anything about the next subject or work that I’d like to or could direct. Unlike the opera, which opens up a world of opportunities
A Nature Lesson on Wspólna Street BY Karol Sienkiewicz Art The greatest attraction of Warsaw’s first Gallery Weekend was the opening of the Raster Gallery location, inaugurated with an exhibition by young Czech artist Eva Koťátková
WHO’S WHO AND WHY:Joanna Rajkowska BY Agnieszka Le Nart Art In this section we introduce Polish artists, places, and new phenomena. Time for Joanna Rajkowska
BEFORE THE EUROPEAN CULTURE CONGRESS:Man is a Beautiful Animal DOROTA SEMENOWICZ AND KATARZYNA TÓRZ TALK TO JAN FABRE Art ‘The body is like an incredible paint box, a laboratory, a battlefield’
Karol Radziszewski, Backstage BY Marta Lisok Art This isn’t the first time Radziszewski has provoked reflection on erotic conventions
THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN REVISITED:C as in Corporeal BY Małgorzata Łukasiewicz Literature The body’s needs, appetites and rebellions need no words in The Magic Mountain. They manifest themselves in other ways – through coughing, gasping, blushing, accelerated heartbeat
NOTES FROM UNDER THE TABLE:Dampfbad Europa BY James Hopkin Media Dampfbad Europa: a few barely-dressed thoughts from the steam-room
