European Alliance of Academies
Polish Perspectives
On the occasion of the Polish EU Council Presidency, the European Alliance of Academies is organising a diverse programme to focus on the newly emerging artistic and cultural landscape in Poland. Artistic and discursive contributions are dedicated to the questions of what traces the PiS government's years of interference in artistic freedom have left behind and how the Polish art and culture scene is dealing with the political changes. The role of women, who have been instrumental in driving political change, will also be discussed.
The programme will be held mainly in English. Translations in German will be provided.
In co-operation with the Polish Institute Berlin. Funded by the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation. Supported by the Daniel Chodowiecki Foundation, the Goethe-Institut Warsaw, Villa Decius Kraków and the European Film Academy.
Programme
2 – 2:15 pm, Studio Lobby
Welcome
Manos Tsangaris, President of the Akademie der Künste
Katarzyna Sitko, Acting Director of the Polish Institute Berlin
2:15 – 3 pm, Studio Lobby
Reading and Conversation
Reading of Der Butt (excerpt) by Günter Grass
With Linus Hüsam, Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch
Conversation with Akademie President Manos Tsangaris and Kathrin Röggla, former Akademie Vice-President and writer
3 – 4 pm, Studio Lobby
Debate “The role of women in political change”
Weronika Adamowska, Film consultant, festival programmer
Nele Hertling, Director of the Performing Arts Section of the Akademie der Künste
Anna Krenz, Artist, architect, editor and activist
Anna Smolar, Theatre director
Moderation: Dr. Karolina Golimowska, Polish Institute Berlin
4 – 4:30 pm
Break
4:30 – 5:30 pm, Studio
Sound Performance Rebirth
Performance: Phoebe Bognár
Direction: Anna Sowa
4:30 – 5:30 pm, Clubroom
Theatre performance JaWa
By Turkowski & Nowacka
5:30 – 6 pm
Break
6 – 7 pm, Studio Lobby
Reading and Conversation
Joanna Bator, Writer
Lisa Palmes, Translator
7 – 8 pm, Studio Lobby
Debate “Turning point – what's next? Current developments in Polish cultural policy”
Olga Brzezińska, Deputy Director Adam-Mickiewicz-Institute
Jacek Dehnel, Poet, prose writer, translator and painter
Dr. Dominika Kasprowicz, Director of Villa Decius Kraków
Robert Piaskowski, Director National Centre for Culture in Warsaw
Moderation: Julia Hanske, Director of Goethe-Institut Warsaw
8 – 9 pm, Studio Lobby
Conversation
Agnieszka Holland, Film director, screenwriter
Volker Schlöndorff, Film director, screenwriter
9 pm, Studio
Film: Green Border (Zielona granica)
PL CZ FR BE, 2023, 147 min
Direction: Agnieszka Holland
9 – 10 pm, Clubroom
Theatre performance JaWa
By Turkowski & Nowacka