What can we say as curators? Above all, we’re really happy that we managed to create space for artistic processes and encounters around them. The residencies of the team of Mikołaj Karczewski, Konrad Kurowski and Piotr Stanek as well as Magdalena Górnikiewicz were the first ones we organized in this format — focused not on a finished product but on the process itself. These were the residencies selected through our open call.
As we mentioned before, the idea of the research residency is still evolving for us. We continue to ask ourselves what exactly this format should be for us as organizers and curators. One thing we know for sure: this way of working is very close to the values behind the activities of the Krakow Choreographic Centre. We want to share the infrastructure we have, support artists in focusing on process rather than production, build non-hierarchical relationships, and create space for reflection, rest, and slowing down — in opposition to the constant pressure of overproductivity.
We’re happy that this year’s edition unfolded in that spirit, and we hope to continue the program in the coming years.
The Kurowski × Karczewski × Stanek team took the notion of discordia as their starting point, exploring it through the lens of post-patriarchal, queer, and non-hierarchical masculinity, testing different ways of being together in movement and action. During the meeting on January 21, we were able to see a fragment of the movement material that emerged during the residency. The artists also invited participants to take part in automatic writing and a hugging practice.
During her residency, Magda Górnikiewicz continued developing her INVISIBLE CHAOS PRACTICE, combining phenomenology with movement and transferring bodily experience onto paper — and back again, allowing written thought to return to the body. A glimpse of her movement research and drawing works could be seen during the event held on February 12, which combined performative and installation elements.
Although Research Residencies usually take place once a year, we also continuously run the project DANCE IN PROCESS — a residency format that provides space for movement research, starting new work, or continuing ongoing dance projects.
We encourage you to follow our social media channels, where we regularly share information about upcoming events, meetings, and future open calls.
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Co-financed by funds from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund — a state special-purpose fund — within the framework of the “Dance” programme implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance.
