In this podcast, Polish artist Patrycja Rozwora engages in insightful conversations with fellow artists, curators, and researchers about their visual and socially engaged work, all connected to the vibrant and diverse region known as 'Eastern Europe.' Each episode offers an easy-going yet thought-provoking dialogue, exploring topics like art, politics, and food, all through a rich tapestry of accents and perspectives. New episodes are released every four weeks, on Monday.
Episodes
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
EP. 41 - in conversation with chief curator of Wende Museum in Los Angeles, Joes Segal.
Upon visiting California (U. S.) Patrycja speaks to historian and curator Joes Segal about the history and programming of the Wende Museum. The Wende is an art museum, cultural center, and archive of the Cold War that explores social, political, and cultural change.
The conversation revolves around the value of Soviet artifacts, the power of art in understanding the complexities of history, as well as contemporary ways of speaking about the broadly defined - socialist art.
References:
Books by Joes Segal:
Paul Lerner and Joes Segal, eds., Alternative Realities: Utopian Thought in Times of Political Rupture, Bulletin of the German Historical Institute Supplement 14 (Washington, DC: German Historical Institute, 2019)
Joes Segal, ed., Art and Politics: Between Purity and Propaganda, (Amsterdam: AUP 2016)
Joes Segal, ed., Socialist Culture and Modernity, special issue of the International Journal for History, Culture and Modernity vol. 2 no. 2 (2014).
Peter Romijn, Giles Scott-Smith and Joes Segal, eds., Divided Dreamworlds? The Cultural Cold War in East and West (Amsterdam: AUP 2012).
Uta Balbier, Cristina Cuevas Wolf and Joes Segal, eds., East German Material Culture and the Power of Memory (Washington, DC: German Historical Institute, 2011).
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Favourite home food: Dutch Pea Soup
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
EP. 40 - in conversation with visual artist and activist from Poland, Karolina Grzywnowicz.
Karolina's artistic work deals with plants in social and political context, often of a violent nature. Her methodology involves working with specialists across various disciplines, to allow for a space of interaction and exchange of knowledge.
During the conversations she speaks about her newest project 'Distillates'. Through three case studies conducted in Poland and Palestine, Karolina researches an active change of a landscape as an instrument of power used either to oppress people or to rewrite history.
References:
Jednostka Gallery (exhibition)
W związku z naturą: „Uziemienie” Doroty Buczkowskiej i Karoliny Grzywnowicz (article PL)
Favourite home food: Pierogi with Blueberries & Żurek
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
EP. 39 - in conversation with manager and artistic director of goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, Heleen Gerritsen.
Prior to their 23rd edition, Patrycja speaks to Heleen about the history of an Eastern film festival in Western Germany, about the selection and curatorial processes, as well as the program of the upcoming spring edition in the light of current geo-political situation in Ukraine and Eastern Europe at large.
References:
Andrzej Wajda (Polish film director)
'Klondike' by Maryna Er Gorbach (2022)
Lana Gogoberidze (Georgian film director)
Boycotting Russian Cinema - goEast panel discussion
'Nuuccha' by Vladimir Munkuev (2021)
Jasmila Zbanic (Bosnian film director)
'The Hamlet Syndrome' by Elwira Niewiara and Piotr Rosołowski (2022)
Favourite home food: Grandmother's simple vegetable soup made out of scratch ('real broth')
Frankfurt Green Sauce
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
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Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
EP. 38 - in conversation with filmmaker and director from Ukraine, Alisa Kovalenko.
One week before the world premiere of her newest film - 'We Will Not Fade Away' at the Berlinale, Alisa joined Patrycja for an online interview about the making of her touching documentary - that speaks about the power of dreams and youth, even in times of misery and an ongoing war.
References:
We Will Not Fade Away (trailer)
We Will Not Fade Away (Instagram)
Favourite home food: Ukrainian Borscht - Mama's Special
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This interview was made possible with the help of Kai Hermann/ NOISE Film&TV
Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
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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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
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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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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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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
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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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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper