13 Jul 2013

Contexts 2013 Sokolovsko Festival featuring Joanna Rajkowksa/David Thomas/Zygmunt Bauman and many others

Contexts 2013
The 3rd International Sokolovsko Festival of Ephemeral Art

28.07-1.08.2013, Sokolovsko, Poland


The third CONTEXTS festival is dedicated to the late Jerzy Bereś, who died in December 2012. Jerzy was an outstanding artist renowned for his extraordinary manifestations (performances) and sculptures. In 2012, CONTEXTS was honoured to host his last performance. This year we present an exhibition of his work, curated by Bettina Bereś and Jerzy Hanusek.

In 2009 'In Situ' Foundation moved to Sokolovsko in order to develop the site into a cultural centre. The festival is offered to the local community as well as visitors, and aspires to serve the inhabitants of the area. Many site specific realizations take place in public spaces, inviting spectators to join in if they would like to. Film/animation workshops, music workshops and performance workshops are designed to involve children, adults, women and men. Every day of the festival will end with a musical event – a soundpark, a celebration of this unique place, to which everybody is invited.

CONTEXTS is preceded by a 4-day workshop for students whose work will be presented on the last day of the festival. The programme of CONTEXTS features performances, work in public space, exhibitions, screenings, sound events, concerts, film/animation, music and performance workshops.

The special events during the Festival will feature:
Joanna Rajkowska installation opening - 28th of July
David Thomas in concert - 28th of July
Jerzy Bereś exhibition opening - 29th of July
Marilyn Arsem peformance - 1st of August

The Festival will feature, among others:
Akademia Ruchu (PL), Robert Alda (PL/NO),InesAmado (PT), Marilyn Arsem (USA), Janusz Bałdyga (PL), Zygmunt Bauman (PL), Adina Bar-On (Il), Ola Bilińska (PL), Bożenna Biskupska (PL), Stuart Brisley (UK), First Movement [Caroline Bagnall, Peter Shelton] (UK), Michał Górczyński (PL), Zuzanna Hadryś (PL), Martin Janíček (CZ), Alicja Jodko (PL), Mariusz Jodko (PL), Sandra Johnston (UK/IR), Anna Kalwajtys (PL), Koji Kamoji (PL/JP), Bartosz Korzeniowski (PL), Jolanta Krukowska (PL), Wojciech Krukowski (PL), Leszek Krutulski (PL), Roman Kubicki (PL), Karolina Kubik (PL), Maciej Kurak (PL), Michał Lasota (PL), DJ Lenar (PL), Alastair MacLennan (UK/IR), Cezary Marczak (PL), Norman Leto (PL), Rita Marhuag (NO), Zbigniew Olkiewicz (PL), Jan Pieniążek (PL), Joanna Rajkowska (PL), Józef Robakowski (PL), Izabela Robakowska (PL), Isabel Rocamora (UK/ES), Eugeniusz Rudnik (PL), Zygmunt Rytka (PL), Maria Lusitano Santos (PT), Yaryna Shumska (UA), Hilde Skevik (NO), Ellen Henriette Suhrke (NO), Andrew Spira (UK), Magdalena Starska (PL), Galeria Stereo (PL), Paweł Szamburski (PL), David Thomas (USA/UK), Wolodymyr Topiy (UA), Mikołaj Trzaska (PL), Zbigniew Warpechowski (PL), Marta Wengorovius (PT), WRO Art Center (PL), Patryk Zakrocki (PL), Ewa Zarzycka (PL), Hubert Zemler (PL), Paulina Zielińska (PL), Jarosław Żwirblis, Krzysztof Żwirblis (PL) i inni.

Curator: Małgorzata Sady
Artist's Monument exhibition curators: Jerzy Hanusek, Bettina Bereś
Young polish artist's section curator: Marta Czyż
Video Section curator: Piotr Krajewski
Coordination: Antoni Burzyński, Zuzanna Fogtt

Detailed programme is available at:
www.thecontexts.pl

www.insitu.pl
www.sokolowsko.org

Grateful acknowledgement is made to Prof. Nigel Rolfe for his inspiring input into the initial stage of programming the festival.

Organisation: In Situ Contemporary Art Foundation | Fundacja Sztuki Współczesnej „In Situ'
Support: Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Dolnośląskiego, Narodowe Centrum Kultury
Partners: WRO Art Center, Instytut Camoesa/Ambasada Portugalii, Czeskie Centrum, Malta Festival
Media Patrons: e-artnow, Format, FUTU, hifly, Magazyn-Sztuki, Notes Na 6 Tygodni, O.pl, Obieg, TVP Kultura, Umelec, Wp.pl

Project financed by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
Project financed by the Lower Silesia Province.
Project financed by the National Centre for Culture within the framework of the 'Culture - Interventions' programme.