Kitchen Conversations

Kitchen Conversations with Michał Korta

EP. 4 - in conversation with photographer and managing director of Kowalsky Gallery from Poland, Michał Korta.

Patrycja speaks to Michal about his ongoing fascination with the post-Soviet regions. Since 2006, he undertook several long-term journeys to Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Balkans that resulted in two unique photo books: 'The Balkan Playground' and 'Beautiful Monsters'. 

References:

Imagining the Balkans by Maria Todorova (book)

Wojciech Wilczyk (photographer) 

Niewinne oko nie istnieje by Wojciech Wilczyk (art project)

Post-Soviet Vision (exhibition)

Favourite home food: Pierogi with sheep fat

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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
 

[ENG] Kitchen Conversations with Marta Romankiv

EP. 3 (ENG version) - in conversation with multidisciplinary artist from Ukraine, Marta Romankiv.

Patrycja speaks to Marta about her socially engaged project 'Immigrant, take a vote’ organised on the occasion of Polish presidential elections 2020. Thanks to the artistic intervention, immigrants living in Poland where able to ‘vote’ for the president and finally start a discussion about the rights of migrants living in the country.

References:

Mock Election in Poland Highlights Rights Denied to Migrants (article)

Inne wspólne życie jest możliwe (panel)

Favourite home food: Ukrainian pierogi and Pierogi with cherries

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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora

Voice-over: Amy Pekal

Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
 

[PL] Kitchen Conversations with Marta Romankiv

EP. 3 (PL version) - in conversation with multidisciplinary artist from Ukraine, Marta Romankiv.

Patrycja speaks to Marta about her socially engaged project 'Immigrant, take a vote’ organised on the occasion of Polish presidential elections 2020. Thanks to the artistic intervention, immigrants living in Poland where able to ‘vote’ for the president and finally start a discussion about the rights of migrants living in the country.  

References:

Mock Election in Poland Highlights Rights Denied to Migrants (article)

Inne wspólne życie jest możliwe (panel)

Favourite home food: Ukrainian pierogi and Pierogi with cherries

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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora

Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
 

[Part 2] Kitchen Conversations with Hristina Tasheva

EP. 2 (part 2) - in conversation with artist and photographer from Bulgaria, Hristina Tasheva.

Upon meeting at her lovely home in Bodegraven (The Netherlands) host Patrycja speaks to Hristina about the concept of "soviet idealism", domestic labour and black markets in addition to her three latest photo books that deal with the mental in-between space, the constructed image of a migrant, the fear of foreigners and the Bulgarian identity. 

References:
The houses of Hristina' by Suzanne Raes 
Artist website
Favourite home food: Chicken with Rice - Bulgarian Style 

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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
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[Part 1] Kitchen Conversations with Hristina Tasheva

EP. 2 (part 1) - in conversation with artist and photographer from Bulgaria, Hristina Tasheva.

Upon meeting at her lovely home in Bodegraven (The Netherlands) host Patrycja speaks to Hristina about the concept of "soviet idealism", domestic labour and black markets in addition to her three latest photo books that deal with the mental in-between space, the constructed image of a migrant, the fear of foreigners and the Bulgarian identity. 

References:
The houses of Hristina' by Suzanne Raes 
Artist website
Favourite home food: Chicken with Rice - Bulgarian Style 

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Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora
Mix & master: Jonas Kröper
 

Kitchen Conversations with Misho Antadze

EP. 1 - in conversation with filmmaker and artistic researcher from Georgia, Misho Antadze.

For the very first episode, host Patrycja meets Misho at his Amsterdam apartment to speak about his documentary film ‘The Harvest’ (2018) that sets in Kakheti, eastern Georgia. Twenty years ago people of Georgia suffered daily power outages. Today their country engages in a highly technological form of Capitalism. 

References: 
The Harvest (trailer)
Slow Writing by Thom Anderson (book)
Salomé Jashi (film director)

Favourite home food: Chicken/Cauliflower Bazhe 

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Welcome

Welcome to Kitchen Conversations - a podcast where in an easy going manner, without big words, and in various accents - artists, curators and activists are invited to speak about their works in relation to the diverse region of so-called ‘Eastern Europe’, with all its complexities, histories, cultures, traumas, and their inevitable contemporary consequences.

Reading: Svetlana Alexievich, Secondhand Time, The last of the Soviets (New York: Random House, 2016), 17-19.

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