Kitchen Conversations

Looking for Horses - with Stefan Pavlović

#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:

Artist website

Looking for Horses (trailer) 

Visions de Réel (festival)

Favourite home food: Balkan Goulash 

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History of gulag across socialist Bulgaria - with Krasimira Butseva

#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:

Artist website

EEP Berlin 

Revolv Collective 

Balkan mine (full work)

Favourite home food: Bulgarian Cold Cucumber Soup - Tarator 

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Romanian New Wave and manele subculture - with Ștefan Ionescu-Ambrosie

#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: 

Romanian Revolution (video) 

Manele – Memeified Music (article)

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (film) 

Aferim! (trailer) 

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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Care packages from Moldovan caregivers - with Marina Sulima

#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:

Parcelpaedia (trailer)

Italy Syndrom

Moldova: Pro-EU Maia Sandu wins presidency (article)

Favourite home food: Traditional Moldovan Vegetable Stew

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HIV-related culture through theatre and performance - with Szymon Adamczak [part 2]

#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:

Sugar for the pill (art work)

An Ongoing Song (performace video)

Polskie EIDS 

Kreatyne Stany Chorobowe (exhibition)

HIVstorie: Żywe polityki (exhibition)

50/50 by Krzysztof Nowinski

Karol Radziszewski (artist)

Favourite home food: Rosół jak u babci, Pyry z gzikiem 

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HIV-related culture through theatre and performance - with Szymon Adamczak [part 1]

#6 (part 1) - 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:

Sugar for the pill (art work)

An Ongoing Song (performace video)

Polskie EIDS 

Kreatyne Stany Chorobowe (exhibition)

HIVstorie: Żywe polityki (exhibition)

50/50 by Krzysztof Nowinski

Karol Radziszewski (artist)

Favourite home food: Rosół jak u babci, Pyry z gzikiem 

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About Srebrenica genocide - with Julia Elyas, Tasha Arlova and Eva Mahhov

#5 - in a live conversation with three visual artists, Julia Elyas (Ukraine), Tasha Arlova (Belarus) and Eva Mahhov (Estonia).

The starting point of the discussion was an exhibition organised by Framer Framed in Amsterdam titled 'From what will we reassemble ourselves' - conducted in the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide (1995).

References:

From what will we reassemble ourselves (exhibition)

Contemporary LYNX (article)

Srebrenica is Dutch History (petition)

The Fog of Srebrenica by Samir Mehanovic (trailer)

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Second Thoughts - A collective exploration on Eastern Europeanness

Kitchen Conversations shares a recording from a panel discussion: 'Second Thoughts - A collective exploration on Eastern Europeanness', that Patrycja had the pleasure to moderate together with Julia Elyas, Tasha Arlova and Eva Mahhov. The event took place on the 6th of October 2020 and was hosted by The Rietveld/Sandberg Library and Radio Rietveld.

Discussed books:

1. 'Archives and Disobedience, Changing Tactics of Visual Culture in Eastern Europe', Margaret Tali & Tanel Rander
2. 'The Light That Failed', Ivan Krastev & Stephen Holmes
3. 'Secondhand Time- The Last of the Soviets', Svetlana Alexievich
4. 'Twilight of Democracy-The seductive power of authoritarianism', Anne Applebaum
5. 'Postcolonialism & Postsocialism in fiction and art', Madina Tlostanova
6. 'What does it mean to be post-soviet',  Madina Tlostanova
7. 'Red Hangover: Legacies of Twentith-Century Communism' Kristen Ghodsee
8. 'Comradeship: Curating, Art, and Politics in Post-socialist Europe', Zdenka Badovinac
9. 'KAJET. A Journal of Eastern European Encounters'

The Balkan Playground - with Michał Korta

#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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Art as a voice for migrants in Poland - with Marta Romankiv [overdubbed]

#3 (overdubbed) - 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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