The 16th Shakespeare Festival BY Agnieszka Kochanowska Theatre This year, the plays staged at the festival spoke about distrust of authority and suspicion of the rules that the world abides by. It’s no accident that, in comparison to previous editions of the festival, Gdańsk saw a disproportionate number of ‘Hamlet’ productions
BEFORE THE EUROPEAN CULTURE CONGRESS: Culture War BY Edwin Bendyk Media ‘Music is the weapon of the future,’ Fela Kuti used to say. Today it could be broadened into: ‘Culture is the weapon of the 21st century’
BEFORE THE EUROPEAN CULTURE CONGRESS:The Artist is Always Alone Talk with Grzegorz Kowalski Art Grzegorz Kowalski, ECC Council member, on opportunism in art and the games artists play with the state and the financial market
PHOTOGRAPHY, STILLS & GNASH: The Power of Photography BY Chris Niedenthal Art Why is it that photographs, even bad ones, can be so vital, so strong, so illustrative, and so wanted by everyone?
