MUSIC
Solidarity of Arts on Stage
Gdańsk, August 18 - September 8, 2010
This year's edition of the festival is dedicated to two major events: the 30th anniversary of the Solidarity movement and the Frederic Chopin Year. This major collaborative undertaking that references the traditions of political and social freedom through art and music wraps with stagings of "Macbeth" (photo: K. Mystkowski) and "The White Blouse"...
VISUAL ARTS
"Project Próżna 2010"
Warsaw, ul. Próżna 7/9, August 29 - September 5, 2010
The exhibition centres around the topic of mankind's entanglement in historical processes, both global and personal, and the problem of the manipulation of historical record and memory. This year artists, historians, critics and authors are taking part in the event, creating installations along Próżna...
MUSIC
Zeitkratzer Weekend
Wigry, White Synagogue in Sejny, September 3 - 4, 2010
Zeitkratzer's innovative style draws from the likes of Iannis Xenakis and Morton Feldman and combines it with folk, rock, conceptual eletronica and "noise" to create a remarkably defiant contemporary genre. The group performs instrumental versions of electronic compositions in Sejny this weekend...
VISUAL ARTS
Kids Follow the White Rabbit to Kraków's Art Bunker
Kraków, Bunkier Sztuki, September 9 - October 24, 2010
The title for the "Follow the White Rabbit" event comes from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland". The workshop and performance series aims to draw audiences of all ages into the rabbit's burrow. Children are invited to travel into a different dimension through the medium of art, exploring a world of unfettered imagination...
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VISUAL ARTS
Wollny and Kowalski at "Postmonument" in Carrara
Italy, 14th International Sculpture Biennale, September 4 - October 31, 2010
The exhibition at the latest edition of the Sculpture Biennale in Carrara explores the process of de-monumentalisation, a movement that aims to release sculpture from its typically commemorative, panegyric functions, through the works of four artists: Vanessa Beecroft, Nevin Aladag, Grzegorz Kowalski and Zorka Wollny. These diverse works take monuments down from their pedestals and expand the extemporary dimension of sculpture within its environment and scope of expression outside of the boundaries of time...
FILM
Polish Films at the Montreal World Film Festival
Montreal, Canada, August 26 - September 6, 2010
Jan Kakub Kolski's "Venice" and Jan Kidawa-Błoński's "Little Rose" are in the line-up at the Montreal World Film Festival. "Venice" makes its global debut as part of the festival's international competition on September 1, while Jan Kidawa-Błoński's award-winning "Little Rose" is screened as part of the Hors Concours section...
VISUAL ARTS
Ceramics by Leszek and Hanna Nowosielski in Italy
Faenza, Italy, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, September 2 - October 3, 2010
Hanna and Leszek Nowosielski were artists of their own avant-garde who made use of the static and conservative materials of ceramics and porcelain to create unexpected forms and themes across such genres as frescos, reliefs, figures and vases. Their unexpected and original craft was a common passion and they first displayed their handiwork in their home-cum-gallery.The couple's broad legacy of fine works makes its first stop in Faenza...
FESTIVAL
"Hungry" for Polish Arts
Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom, September 9 - 12, 2010
This year's festival is going to be bigger and better than its first 2009 edition, boasting an ever expanding programme of events, including the very first performance in England of Polish folk band St Nicholas Orchestra in Priory Park, a live football match featuring 'Iran versus Poland' and screenings of Polish films. Plus puppet shows for kids..
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