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 Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
EP. 15 - in conversation with head of Research Center at Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Poland, Agnieszka Pindera.
The Museum’s unique connection with the avant-garde dates back to the turn of the 1920s and 1930s, when a group of radical artists from the “a.r.” group began gathering works of the most important artists of that time for the Museum. Patrycja spoke with Agnieszka about a series of exhibitions prepared for the celebratory 90 years of the Museum's existence.
References:
The Avant-Garde Museum (publication)
The Polish Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale
Favourite home food: Leczo
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
EP. 14 - in conversation with painter and muralist from Ukraine, Tatyana Ostapenko.
Her paintings record the daily lives of people who usually don’t make it into official historical records and attempts to heal trans-generational trauma and question traditions. On the podcast Tatyana reveals: What stands behind the symbol of a Babushka or a Barbie?, How does it feel to bring a meticulous studio work out onto a facade of a building? and What is the smell of wild strawberries?
References:
Favourite home food: Wild strawberries
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
EP. 13 - in conversation with two inspiring women, creators of the X3 podcast, Julia Boxler (Kazakhstan) and Ani Menua (Armenia).
During the conversations Julia and Ani spoke about their German speaking podcast, discussing different aspects of the German-Russian+ identity. What's more they also touched upon the migration history of German people to the regions of the former Soviet Union, about the famous term "Ostalgie" as well as mama's soul food!
References:
Favourite home food: Shashlik, Okroshka & Golubtsi
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
EP. 12 - in conversation with multidisciplinary designer and visual artist from Poland, Ola Korbańska.
Using various media such as design, written text and illustration, Ola inquires about the nature of objects in the context of temporality and perception. During Kitchen Conversations she spoke about cleaning, feminism and different ways of protesting, through three of her recent art projects.
References:
Gentle Protest (performance video)
Textiles at Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków (article)
Black protests in Poland (article)
'The Finger' in KAJET Digital (article)
Recipes: Roasted Meat and Cheesecake (without raisins)
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
EP. 11 - in conversation with music artist and aspiring academic of Russian culture, Valerija Kravale.
Through her impressionistic vocal lines, guitar soundscapes and electronic dark wave, Valerija wants to reconnect with her past and explore the post-soviet nostalgia, calling her music Post-Soviet-Pop. During the conversation she talks about her concert set 'Constant Flux' and a recently released EP 'We are betrayed' (Мы обмануты).
References:
Recipes: Abkhazian Eggplant, Georgian Khinkali & Russian Pancakes
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
EP. 10 - in conversation with Amsterdam-based filmmaker from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Stefan Pavlović.
Stefan’s documentary film practice questions the role of intimacy in cinema and investigates the uncontrolled realms of language. During the conversations he spoke about his feature-length documentary 'Looking for Horses'. The film tells a story of a unique bond between the filmmaker Stefan and the fisherman Zdravko, who lost his hearing during the Bosnian war and retreated to a lake to live in solitude.
References:
Favourite home food: Balkan Goulash
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
EP. 9 - in conversation with visual artist, researcher, writer and educator from Bulgaria, Krasimira Butseva.
Since many years Krasimira's body of work deals with notions of Eastern European trauma, history and memory through photography, moving image and writing. During the conversation she speaks about her extensive research on the history of gulag across the socialist Bulgaria and the three visual works that came out of it.
References:
Favourite home food: Bulgarian Cold Cucumber Soup - Tarator
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
EP. 8 - in conversation with writer and researcher from Romania, Ștefan Ionescu-Ambrosie.
The conversations was devoted to two cultural trends in contemporary Romania: The New Wave and manele subculture, both discussed in relation to mental health and intergenerational trauma. The work of Stefan was published among others in KAJET Journal, Hinterlands Magazine, [Inter]Sections Journal and Norient.
References:
Manele – Memeified Music (article)
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (film)
Florin Salam - Saint Tropez (song)
How manele are being used by more progressive millennial voices in Romania (dance)
Favourite home food: Romanian Bean Soup
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Saturday Jan 09, 2021
EP. 7 - in conversation with visual artist from Moldovan, Marina Sulima.
Patrycja visited Marina in her home studio in Groningen (The Netherlands) to speak about her short fiction film titled ‘Parcelpaedia’. The film responds to a phenomenon called Italy Syndrome - a socio-medical term used to describe a type of depression experienced by Eastern European women who work as caregivers in Italy.
References:
Moldova: Pro-EU Maia Sandu wins presidency (article)
Favourite home food: Traditional Moldovan Vegetable Stew
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
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Friday Dec 11, 2020
Friday Dec 11, 2020
EP. 6 (part 2) - in conversation with dramaturg, theatre maker and performance maker from Poland, Szymon Adamczak.
Patrycja spoke with Szymon about his artistic practice preoccupied within HIV/AIDS field and its cultural artistic and social-political legacy of the past decades. During the conversation, Szymon shared the process of working on his performance piece ‘An Ongoing song’ and on his artistic research platform: Polskie EIDS.
References:
An Ongoing Song (performace video)
Kreatyne Stany Chorobowe (exhibition)
HIVstorie: Żywe polityki (exhibition)
Favourite home food: Rosół jak u babci, Pyry z gzikiem
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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper