On this podcast, Polish artist Patrycja Rozwora, speaks to fellow artists, curators and activists about their visual or socially engaged work related to the diverse region of so-called ‘Eastern Europe’. Easy going conversations, conducted in various accents about art, politics and food. Episodes are published every four weeks, on Monday.
Episodes
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
EP. 37 - about art and culture from Ukraine.
Kitchen Conversations for Ukraine was created to highlight the culture of Ukraine and spread information on how to help the country and its artists. Episode 5 was curated by Patrycja Rozwora and is devoted to film.
Films:
1. The Fall of Lenin 11' (2017) by Svitlana Shymko, Viktor Onysko (editor)
WATCH: https://dafilms.com/film/14299-the-fall-of-lenin
2. The Hamlet Syndrome 86' (2022) by Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski
WATCH: https://kino-krokodil.de/film/das-hamlet-syndrom/ (Berlin)
3. Infinity according to Florian 70’ (2022) by Oleksiy Radynski
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Other references:
Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art, Berlin
Citadele Berlin: Unveiled Berlin & its Monuments
Decommunisation Laws in Ukraine
Power Life in Ukraine - DONATE
Podcast with Oleksiy Radynski for Pawilon
'Flying Saucer' building in Kyiv
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Podcast thumbnail credits: Patrycja Rozwora
Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Friday Feb 03, 2023
EP. 36 - in conversation with painter and visual artist from Estonia, Kennet Lekko.
On a gray December day Patrycja met Kennet in his Weißensee studio - North-East Berlin, to chat about the development of his painting style, art education and the "big art world" as well as the rich history of Estonia and the Baltic region.
References:
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn
Universität der Künste, Berlin
Favourite home food: Memm's Oat Caramel Cake
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Support the podcast by:
Buying the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Friday Feb 03, 2023
EP. 35 - in conversation with curator of ‘Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope’ exhibition at Tate Modern in London, Mary Jane Jacob.
Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017) was an extraordinary Polish artist known among others for her large fiber sculptures called the Abakans. Her use of organic materials broke new ground for art in the 1960s and 70s. Bringing together 26 of these radical works for the first time in the UK, the exhibition at Tate Modern presents a forest of towering sculptures, enabling visitors to explore their ambiguous forms and earthy scents.
References:
Exhibition Curators: Ann Coxon, Mary Jane Jacob, Dina Akhmadeeva
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation
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This episode was created for Contemporary LYNX and with support of Polish Cultural Institute London
Podcast thumbnail credits: Abakan Orange 1968, Baroque Dress, Orange Garment, Sisal 360 x 360 x 45, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, p.69
Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
EP. 34 - in conversation with artist and photographer from Ukraine, Pavlo Borshchenko.
The conversations revolved around Pavlo’s long-term photographic series 'Sumy, Sorrow of my days', featured among others on the cover of KAJET Journal 05 On Easternfuturism. On the podcast and through his work, Pavlo shares insides into the history of his hometown Sumy and his childhood, at the same time contemplating the gap between the generation of his grandparents, living under the Soviet regime and those born after 1989 into a different Ukraine.
References:
Favourite food from home: Ukrainian Borscht and Steamed Wareniki
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Buying the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Ep 19 - in conversation with visual artist, filmmaker, public speaker and activist from Belarus, Tasha Arlova. (This conversation was recorded in October 2021, and due to political reasons taken down from the platform for a while.)
In her recent work, Tasha looks back at her homeland, Belarus, exploring different ways in which the country is represented in the “West”. Her art practice as well as curatorial and activists engagements all attempt to subvert the "Western gaze" showing the East in a fresh and informed way.
References:
Dries Blueberries in My Pocket (thesis)
Belarus // Art of Resistance (exhibition)
Belarus - Screams of the Silenced (exhibition)
Favourite home food: Draniki
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Buying the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
EP. 33 - in conversation with visual and performance artist from Buryatia (Eastern Siberia), Natalia Papaeva.
Informed by her Buryat-Mongolian background Natalia creates performances, in which she combines singing, spoken word and storytelling. On the podcast she speaks about the disappearing Buryat language, Russia's imperialistic cravings and the nomadic ways of living in relation to nature and the environment.
References:
Favourite food from home: Mongolian Tea with Milk
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Buying the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
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Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
EP. 32 (ENG version) - in conversation with artist and activist from Ukraine, Yulia Krivich.
Patrycja and Yulia take a critical look at documenta 15 in the context of the war in Ukraine. What's more Yulia sheds light onto her socially engaged art projects that among others tackle the problem of 'Westspaining' and Russia's colonial and imperialist structures.
References:
Citizenship UKRAINE - documenta 15
Kultura Medialna (Dnipro) - documenta 15 (full panel)
Favourite food from home: Kvass
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Support the podcast by:
Buying the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
EP. 32 (PL version) - in conversation with artist and activist from Ukraine, Yulia Krivich.
Patrycja and Yulia take a critical look at documenta 15 in the context of the war in Ukraine. What's more Yulia sheds light onto her socially engaged art projects that among others tackle the problem of 'Westspaining' and Russia's colonial and imperialist structures.
References:
Citizenship UKRAINE - documenta 15
Kultura Medialna (Dnipro) - documenta 15 (full panel)
Favourite food from home: Kvass
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
EP. 31 - in conversation with documentary filmmaker and director from Georgia, Mariam Agladze.
During the podcast conversations Mariam shares the making-off her three short films - all touching upon important but little discussed topics; ageing and death, domestic violence and life with a disability.
References:
“Nanuli and Gogi” 2017 (trailer)
“One in Seven” 2019 (full film)
"Trapped Inside" 2021 (full film)
Favourite food from home: Pkhali
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Support the podcast by:
Buying the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
EP. 30 - in conversation with multidisciplinary artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina and of Romani origin, Selma Selman.
In this episode Selma shares stories of her past and sheds light onto her artistic and activist practice that aim to protect and enable female bodies and enact a cross-scalar approach to collective self-emancipation of oppressed women and ethnic minorities.
At the time of the conversations she was a resident of the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam and her work was on view at Dokumenta 15 in Kassel.
References:
History of Romani people (video)
Coffee and Cigarettes by Jim Jarmusch (excerpt)
Favourite food from home: Bosnian Coffee with Sweets, Čimbur and Burek
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Support the podcast by:
Buying the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper