Cultural Guide - May 2016

CULTURAL GUIDE

MAY

MAY

EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE WROCﾅ、W 2016

Spring in Wrocław, above all, is Wrocław is always full of music about SILESIUS International in May. This year is no exception.

Poetry Festival, which is going Apart from 3rd-of-May Festival to continue the celebrations of and gigs of such starts as Selah UNESCO World book Capital Sue, Brodka, Taco Hemingway, initiated in April. You are welcome Fisz Emade Tworzywo, Dawid to participate in the meetings with Podsiadło, and Maria Peszek, poets, including Marcin Świetlicki who will perform at Pergola, we and Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, also recommend visiting the winner of NIKE Award. In mid-May, National Forum of Music. There, the international exhibition Eco the special 7th edition of TAUExpanded City 2016 is going to be RON Musica Electronica Nova opened. It was prepared especially „Growing”, and, among others, Leo for the celebration of culture and Festival with, for example, the it presents relations between soopera The Ugly Duckling based on ciety, art, nature, and technology. the fairy tale by H. Ch. Andersen.

Feel invited to the special edition Additionally, “The Forgotten City” of the Stage Songs Review! A lot and the backyards of Wrocław is going on this month in Wrocław, tenements, concerts of artists and I hope this schedule will help from Spain and Poland, as well as you choose the most interesting Rosy Zaragoza and Bente Kahan events. See you! in the White Stork Synagogue, and many, many more. Let’s listen Dominika Kawalerowicz, intensly to Wrocław!

Head of ECoC Wrocław 2016 Programme Team Magda Kotowska, ECoC Wrocław 2016 Communication and Promotion Coordinator

Barbara, in a sense, is the heart of the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016. On the following pages, you will find information regarding the attractions we prepared for you this month; I, personally, would like to invite you to the May edition of the Laboratory of ECoC Movement, evenings on 21 and 27 May. For children and their parents we have prepared workshop called “Two Levels”, a photographical project. However, Barbara is not only a place to experience culture and to work.

It is also a cafeteria, bistro, and a meeting place. On hot days we offer Polish ice-cream and cold beverages; for the hungry ones we serve breakfast, lunches, snacks, and deserts. Visit us on a bike or a scooter. Take your dog with you – pets are welcome. Just come. Visit Barbara.

Marek Gluziński, Operation Coordinator at ECC Wrocław 2016 seat – Barbara / Infopoint, Cafeteria, Culture

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MAY / CALENDAR

SPECIAL PROJECTS

LITERATURE

THEATRE

VISUAL ARTS FOR CHILDREN

EVENT

VENUE

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Thanks Jimi Festival and 3rd-of-May Festival

Market Square, Pergola, Centennial Hall

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Silesius International Poetry Festival in Wrocław

Proza Café, White Stork Synagogue, The Spanish Bookshop ELITE, Stary Klasztor

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International Crime and Mystery Festival

Stary Klasztor, New Horizons Cinema, Mediateka, Rynek 25 Tenement

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Festival of Literature for Children

Pan Tadeusz Museum, New Horizons Cinema

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Eco Expanded City

WRO Art Center, White Stork Synagogue, Pokoyhof Passage, Renoma, National Forum of Music, Film Centre of Lower Silesia

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City Coalition for Culture

Barbara, ul. Szajnochy

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The 7 Wonders of Wrocław and Lower Silesia Exhibition

Civil Hall of the Town Hall

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Goethe-Institut Pop Up Pavillon

Nowy Targ Square

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In Between Festivals

Miser Art., ul. Cybulskiego 35A

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Luneta

area in front of the Main Train Station

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Fantasy Days

Centrum Kultury Zamek („The Castle”), 1 Świętojański Square

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Eco Expanded City 2016 Exhibition

WRO Art Center, undergrounds of Pokoyhoff Passage, PP Gallery, NFM, Synagogue, public space, Wrocław forests

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„THE BRIDGE EUROPE” INSTALLATION

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City Coalition. Lublin – City of Inspiration

ul. Szajnochy

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Food stories recollected – multimedia intallation/ performance/meeting

Nikiel Gallery, ul. Łowiecka 9

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Resistance – performance

ul. Szewska – square in front of the St. Mary Magdalene Church

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CROSS – exhibition of works by Svei Duwe and Fabiena Zocco

Kolektyf Gallery, ul. Rydygiera 23

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ARCHITECTURE

FILM

MUSIC

LOWER SILESIA

FREE ADMISSION

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MAY / CALENDAR

SPECIAL PROJECTS

LITERATURE

THEATRE

VISUAL ARTS FOR CHILDREN

EVENT

VENUE

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Międzynarodowy Festiwal Poezji SILESIUS

various locations

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Wroclaw Silesius Poetry Award Gala

The Capitol Music Theatre, Piłsudskiego 67

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Silesius Poetic Workshop

Municipal Public Library

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Words Beyond Borders. The Ryszard Kapuściński Award for Literary Reportage AutoBook No. 34 of Cegła Magazine and a Literary PIT-STOP 13th International Crime and Mystery Festival Wrocław

FILM

MUSIC

LOWER SILESIA

FREE ADMISSION

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National Forum of Music ul. Cieszynskiego (area of Wrocław Arsenal) various locations

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Festival of Literature for Children

various locations

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Beyond Borders: Space for Imagination

The Grotowski Institute, New Horizons Cinema

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Circus Without Violence

circus tent outside Impart Art Centre, ul. Mazowiecka 17

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Na Górze Band Gig

Stary Klasztor Music Club, ul. Purkyniego 1

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Theatre Beyond Theatre. Open University of Research

The Grotowski Institute, Ratusz 27

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37th Stage Song Review

The Capitol Music Theatre, ul. Piłsudskiego 67

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More Than Theatre: A Practical Conference

The Grotowski Institute, Ratusz 27

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Theatre in Backyards

various locations

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The Alternative Theatre Academy, Session 9

The Grotowski Institute, Ratusz 27

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4th Showcase of the New Theatre for Children

Wrocław Puppet Theatre, plac Teatralny 4

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Wrocław Contemporary Theatre, Attic Stage, ul. Rzeźnicza 12

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ARCHITECTURE

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MAY / CALENDAR

SPECIAL PROJECTS

LITERATURE

THEATRE

VISUAL ARTS FOR CHILDREN

EVENT

VENUE

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Wild West. A History of Wrocław’s Avantgarde

Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany

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Persecuted Art. Heinrich Tischler and his Wrocław Milieu

City Museum of Wrocław, Royal Palace, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 35

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Meditation and Expression

ART MAIN STATION by mia, Main Train Station

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INVASION, Ursa Major / Polaris, Kuba Bąkowski

Wrocław Airport – Strachowice

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INVASION, binaryWaves, grupa LAb[au]

Wrocław Airport – Strachowice

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INVASION, Canis Lupus, Jakub Jasiukiewicz

Wrocław Airport – Strachowice

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Workshop at Komuny Paryskiej 45

Komuny Paryskiej 45

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AIM Wrocław 2016

Barbara, ul. Świdnicka 8c

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OSTRALE weht ODER – Artists from Dresden in Wrocław Art Seeks IQ. Artists of Wrocław/Promotion of the Catalogue Towards Modernity. The Werkbund Estates 1927–1932 Big A_Spaces for Beauty: Nature – Community – Architecture/Panel: Communities

FILM

MUSIC

LOWER SILESIA

FREE ADMISSION

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Mieszczański Brewery, ul. Hubska 44 Barbara, ul. Świdnicka 8c Museum of Architecture in Wrocław, ul. Bernardynska 5 Conference room in Wrocław Congress Centre at Centennial Hall in Wrocław, ul. Wystawowa 1

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Czechoslovakian New Wave

New Horizons Cinema, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 19a-21

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New French Cinema

New Horizons Cinema, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 19a-21

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Bike Days Bicycle Film Festival

New Horizons Cinema, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 19a-21

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Thanks Jimi Festival

Market Square, Pergola

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3rd-of-May Festival

Pergola, Centennial Hall

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ARCHITECTURE

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MAY / CALENDAR

SPECIAL PROJECTS

LITERATURE

THEATRE

VISUAL ARTS FOR CHILDREN

EVENT

VENUE

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Yiddish and Ladino

White Stork Synagogue Pawła Włodkowica 7

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Passage

National Forum of Music, plac Wolności 1

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63rd International Rostrum of Composers

National Forum of Music, plac Wolności 1

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7th TAURON Musica Electronica Nova „Growing”

National Forum of Music, plac Wolności 1

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European Forum on Music

National Forum of Music, Książ Castle

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Pearle – Live Performance Europe

National Forum of Music, plac Wolności 1

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Inter>CAMERATA in the European Capital of Culture

Oratorium Marianum of the University of Wrocław

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Bibliotheca Rudolphina 6

Wrocław Town Hall, Market Square

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Great Stars at NFM

National Forum of Music, plac Wolności 1

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1000 Years of Music in Poland

National Forum of Music, plac Wolności 1

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Forgotten City

National Forum of Music, plac Wolności 1

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Leo Festival

National Forum of Music, plac Wolności 1

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PreTEXTY Lower Silesia Literary Festival

Piastowski Castle, Jawor

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Regional Tuesday – SkiBA

Barbara Infopoint, ul. Świdnicka 8c

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Walls of a Room in Wałbrzych

Stara Kopalnia (Old Mine), Wałbrzych

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Pretexty Festival – Legnica

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Sounds of Ecology – Sound Landscape of Forest Space in Oborniki

Community Centre in Legnica, Spiżarnia Club, Satyrykon Gallery, Legnica

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ARCHITECTURE

FILM

MUSIC

LOWER SILESIA

FREE ADMISSION

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Community Centre in Oborniki

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1 MAY 2016 | 3 MAY 2016

PROGRAMME

Thanks Jimi Festival and 3rd-of-May Festival

Thanks Jimi Festival – Guitar Guiness World Record

Yet again we are breaking the Guitar Guiness World Record in the Main Square

1 May 2016

06.00 p.m. / Al Di Meola will give a small concert in a Gothic Hall at Stary Klasztor.

Admission: PLN 120 / PLN 90 / PLN 50

3rd-of-May Festival 2016 On 1 May, we are meeting in Wrocław in order to try and break the Guitar Guiness World Record, as part of the largest celebration of guitar music – Thanks Jimi Festival. Guitarist from around the world will have the opportunity to join the event thanks to online live broadcast. The gigantic guitar orchestra is going to be conducted by one of the most recognizable Polish blues guitarists, the originator of the event, Leszek Cichoński. The artist is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his educational activity. All you need to know in order to take part in the record are five chords: C, G, D, A, and E – a key to play “Hey Joe” by Jimi Hendrix. The event also includes gigs of great artists; this year we will have the chance

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to listen to, among others: Status Quo, Guano Apes, DragonForce, Al Di Meola, and Dżem.

Thanks Jimi Festival is part of the 3rd-of-May Festival which opens the outdoor festivals season in Poland. The event is taking place in the area of the Centennial Hall, placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Artists will be performing on two stages: at Pergola, surrounded by water and green areas, and the Centennial Hall where world-famous stars had their concerts. The following artist confirmed their presence at the 3rd-of-May Festival: Hey, Brodka, Artur Rojek, Mela Koteluk, Taco Hemingway, Jelonek, Gooral, Kortez, Krzysztof Zalewski, Kult, Fisz Emade Tworzywo, Lao Che, Dawid Podsiadło, Luxtorpeda,

Acid Drinkers, Domowe Melodie, Organek, Pidżama Porno, Happysad, Skalpel, Coma, Maria Peszek, Łąki Łan, and Kamp! There is also one guest from abroad – Selah Sue. All the participants from outside of Wrocław will be able to use the Festival Camp Site located in the immediate proximity of the concert venue.

10.00 a.m.–03.45 p.m. / Registration, rehearsals, concerts / Main Square 02.00 p.m. / Rehearsal of “Hey Joe” and connecting on-line with other European cities / Main Square 03.45 p.m. / Final rehearsal / Main Square 04.00 p.m. / Official attempt to break the Guiness World Record / Main Square 05.30 p.m. / CONCERT OF THE STARS /Pergola / Centennial Hall Guano Apes, DragonForce, Within Temptation, Status Quo, Scott Henderson Gang, Dżem Organizer: Association for Supporting Cultural Initiatives, Nasze Miasto Wrocław www.cichonski.art.pl Admission: PLN 80 / PLN 30

2-3 May 2016

2 May 2016 / Pergola / Centennial Hall / ul. Wystawowa 1 03.00 p.m. / Selah Sue, Hey, Brodka, Artur Rojek, Mela Koteluk, Taco Hemingway, Jelonek, Gooral, Kortez, Krzysztof Zalewski, Kult, Fisz Emade Tworzywo, Lao Che 3 May 2016 / Pergola / Centennial Hall / ul. Wystawowa 1 03:00 p.m. / Dawid Podsiadło, Luxtorpeda, Acid Drinkers, Domowe Melodie, Organek, Pidżama Porno, Happysad, Skalpel, Coma, Maria Peszek, Łąki Łan, and Kamp!

Organizer: Association for Supporting Cultural Initiatives “Nasze Miasto Wrocław” www.3-majowka.pl Admission: PLN 32 / PLN 60 / PLN 88 / PLN 120

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8 MAY 2016 | 15 MAY 2016

PROGRAMME

CHOSEN EVENTS

Great and long reading of poems

Marcin Świetlicki accompanied by a jazz quintet

May 9, time: 04.00 p.m.

Silesius International Poetry Festival in Wrocław As part of the literary programme of the European Capital of Culture and UNESCO World Book Capital Wrocław 2016, the Silesius International Poetry Festival will take place in Wrocław between 8 and 15 May 2016. This Festival gathers in one place and at the same time a lexicon of Polish contemporary poetry. It is both unique and pioneering, because it is organised by five different entities – the largest poetry festivals in Poland: Miłosz Festival

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from Kraków, City of Poetry from Lublin, International Festival of European Literature Poet of Freedom from Gdańsk, and Poznań of Poets.

Programme: www.silesius.wroclaw.pl Organizers: ECoC Wrocław 2016, Culture Centre Zamek in Poznań, City of Literature Foundation, Kraków Festival Office, Grodzka Gate Centre Festival Office: Spanish Library ELITE, Karola Szajnochy 5, Open daily from 10.00 a.m. to 08.00 p.m.

Free admission to all events or by presenting free tickets.

Promotion of anthology of texts published in “Helikopter”, the on-line magazine. Among others: Miłosz Biedrzycki, Cezary Domarus, Mirosław Drabczyk, Konrad Góra, Mariusz Grzebalski, Roman Honet, Łukasz Jarosz, Krzysztof Jaworski, Hubert Klimko-Dobrzaniecki, Tomasz Grobelski, Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, Tomasz Majeran, Jacek Podsiadło, Robert Rybicki, Ewa Sonnenberg, Ilona Witkowska, Przemysław Witkowski, Agnieszka Wolny-Hamkało, Filip Zawada, Adam Zdrodowski.

Hosted by: Krzysztof Śliwka and Marek Śnieciński.

Background music: Manfas (Fatty Fatty)

May 11, time: 09.00 p.m.

Reading with Ghosts: Herbert, Miłosz, Szymborska, Różewicz, and others May 12, time: 09.00 p.m.

Post-rock songs of Marcin Świetlicki in post-cool arrangement.

Venue: White Stork Synagogue, ul. Pawła Włodkowica 7 Admission: Free tickets to be collected from the Festival Office from May 8 and on site one hour before the concert.

Evening of memories: poets who have departed, immortal poems. Jacek Dehnel, Marzanna Bogumiła Kielar, Bogusław Kierc, Jerzy Kronhold, Jacek Łukasiewicz, Krzysztof Siwczyk, Piotr Sommer, Stanisław Stabro, Janusz Szuber, Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki.

Hosted by: Wojciech Bonowicz Musical setting: Joachim Mencel Venue: White Stork Synagogue, ul. Pawła Włodkowica 7 Admission: Free tickets to be collected from the Festival Office from May 8 and on site one hour before the event.

Freestyle of Sleepless Poetry

May 13, time: 10.30 p.m.

A night of lyrical and music impressions boosted with two poetical agons and concerts.

Agon No. 1 – The Battle of 7 Words Agon No. 2 – Something New Authors: Aldona Kopkiewicz, Joanna Lech, Piotr Przybyła, Szymon Słomczyński, Maciej Taranek, Ilona Witkowska Musicians: Karolina Głogowska, Zbigniew Kozera, Maciej Kwarciński, Piotr Rachoń, Karol Skrzypiec, Kuba Słoma Concert: Kopyt / Kowalski Venue: Proza, Przejście Garncarskie 2

Great Scrabble Tournament for Words Lovers and Word Professionals May 15, time: 04.00 p.m.

Gig of DEUTER Band May 9, time: 08:00 p.m.

Venue: Stary Klasztor, ul. Jana Ewangelisty Purkyniego 1

Professionals, among others: Wojciech Bonowicz, Jaś Kapela, Edward Pasewicz, Marcin Sendecki, Filip Zawada Venue: Proza, Przejście Garncarskie 2

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30 MAY 2016 | 5 JUNE 2016

31 MAY 2016 | 5 JUNE 2016

International Crime and Mystery Festival During the oldest and the biggest festival promoting crime fiction in Poland, you will have the opportunity to take part in meetings with authors, lectures, concerts, location-based games, scientific sessions, lessons for the young, as well as workshop where the young trainees work with the masters of genre. The Great Calibre Award for the best Polish whodunit is going to be announced. There is also the Great Calibre of Honour Award for lifetime achievement and this year the winner of the award is Tess Gerritsen. The 2016 special edition is going to be dedicated to European crime fiction.

Programme: www.festiwal.portalkryminalny.pl Organizer: EMG Publishing Company Admission: Free admission to all events or by presenting free tickets.

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PROGRAMME / CHOSEN EVENTS Live reading of “And Then There Were None”

by Agatha Christie performed by Wojciech Pszoniak, Olga Bołądź, and Robert Więckiewicz.

May 30, time: 08.00 p.m.

Direction: Barbara Marcinik, Andrzej Brzoska, and Marian Szałkowski Venue: Venue: Stary Klasztor, ul. Jana Ewangelisty Purkyniego 1

Meeting with Charlotte Link

June 2, time: 08.30 p.m.

Venue: New Horizons Cinema, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 19a-21, room No. 1

Meeting with Peter Robinson

June 3, time: 06.00 p.m.

Venue: Mediateka, pl. Teatralny 5

Meeting with Pierre Lemaitre

June 3, time: 08.15 p.m.

Venue: Tenement Rynek 25

Meeting with Tess Gerritsen

Festival of Literature for Children The largest literary festival for children in Europe. 24 days, 4 cities, almost 130 festival events.

The Festival also includes a Gala where the award for the Best Polish Book for Children 2015 is going to be announced. This year’s Festival of Children’s Books welcomes two special guests: Martin Widmark and Brandon Mull.

Programme: www.fldd.pl Organizers: Burza Mózgów Foundation, Czas Dzieci Foundation

SELECTED EVENTS IN WROCŁAW 50 years of the most beautiful illustrations.

Jubilee exhibition of Bolonia Ragazzi Award.

May 31, time: 06:00 p.m.–08:00 p.m.

Venue: Pan Tadeusz Museum, Rynek 6

Following Lasse and Maia – a meeting with Martin Widmark

June 4, time: 04.00 p.m.

June 4, time: 12:30 p.m.–02:00 p.m.

Venue: New Horizons Cinema, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 19a-21, room No. 1

Hosted by: Barbara Gawryluk Veune: New Horizons Cinema (7+)

Fableheaven Live, Brandon Mull himself

June 3, time: 05:00 p.m.–06:30 p.m.

Hosted by: Szymon Kloska Venue: New Horizons Cinema

Widmark, Mull, Robinson – life-long criminal narrations

June 4, time: 02:00 p.m.–03:30 p.m.

Venue: New Horizons Cinema (10+)

In the Best Polish Book For Children contest 2015 / Concert of Jerzy Igor’s band and the end of the festival

June 5

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MAY 13 2016 | JULY 3 2016

Eco Expanded City That is Wrocław as a City of Future Exhibitions, a picnic, workshops – the cycle of international presentations which will last till the end of the year is prepared

by WRO Art Centre as part of the WROCŁAW CITY / LAB OF FUTURE programme. The international Eco Expanded City exhibition investigates imaginary and real, past, already historical and potential relations of society, art, nature, and technology, presented on the basis of artistic and designer actions, manifesting their interpenetration and dependency. Apart from the exhibition presentations, the project also includes a number of workshops, undertakings carried out by community, outdoor group excursions.

We do not present a panorama of technologic solutions for the crisis of the present. What we do

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is placing our project, joining creators, spectators, users, and residents, in an area of negotiating the meaning of development, technology, history of civilization in the post-humanistic perspective, taking into account the context where people are part of a complex structure. In the inspiring exhibitions, concerts, performances, workshop and meetings with artists we present some of the tools and attempts at learning it. The opening weekend: 13-15 May 2016 in Wrocław.

Venues: WRO Art Centre, White Stork Synagogue, Pokoyhof Passage, Renoma, and National Forum of Music Organizer: WRO Art Centre

SELECTED EVENTS

Law, System, and Freedom Debate Challenges of the 21st Century during 13th Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival

Interfaces, Codes, Symbols Conference The Future of Communicating 16-17 May 2016

How are we going to communicate with other people, machines, After the screening of David animals, and supernatural beBernet’s Democracy, describing ings in the future? How will the the changing mechanism of power, technological evolution of media Katarzyna Szymielewicz (president influence other areas of life, startof Panoptykon Foundation, acing with intimate interpersonal tivist for the freedom and human relations to work, to shaping spacrights on-line) and Prof. Leszek es of cities and functioning of the Koczanowicz, Ph.D. (philosopher politics? We will try to find answers of politics and psychologist, SWPS to these questions during the “InUniversity) will discuss the future terfaces, codes, and symbols. The of politics. Edwin Bendyk, curator future of communicating” conferof the WROCŁAW CITY / LAB OF ence which is part of the exhibition FUTURE programme, will moder- “Eco Expanded City” organized as ate the debate. part of the WROCŁAW CITY OF FUTURE / LAB programme. During Venue: Film Centre of Lower Silesia, Piłsudthe meeting we will try to experiskiego 64A Organizer: Against Gravity ence the world that is coming.

May 14, time: 06.00 p.m.

Venue: White Stork Synagogue, ul. Pawła Włodkowica 7 Organizer: ECoC Wrocław 2016

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25 MAY 2016 | 29 MAY 2016

PROGRAMME

City Coalition for Culture

Revival of Culture Conference

First project like this in the history of the European Capitals of Culture Wrocław has invited partners from across Poland to cooperate and create the programme of the European Capital of Culture 2016. Teams preparing application for ECoC in 2010 created the Civil Partnership for Culture 2016 and now we want to carry it out together as the City Coalition.

The following cities were invited to the project: Gdańsk, Katowice, Lublin, Łódź, Poznań and Szczecin.

Wrocław developed three paths of executing the programme: research project working on the so-called “ECoC effect”, meaning the analysis of long-term economic, social, and cultural effects that were initiated by the process of applying for the title of the European Capital of Culture 2016; cultural think tank – area for sharing your thoughts, opinions, best

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practices in culture, oriented at developing cooperation between local authorities; As well as the area of cultural presentation of cities highlighting the most important achievements of the local creators of culture.

We are sure that the Polish and local culture need new ways of development; dialogue and cooperation, searching and experiment constitute the best response to the challenges of the reality.

25 May 2016

Seminar topics: What is the relation between culture and free time? Specificity of the urban culture. New types of participation and not taking part in culture.

Social and urban functions of cultures – how to act and engage?

New/old forms of making culture institutional.

Admission: free of charge Venue: Barbara, ul. Świdnicka 8c

Lublin – City of Inspiration

25-29 May 2016

Lublin has created its programme in an inspiring dialogue between the multi-cultural heritage and challenges of the future. The highlight of the programme is going to be a special performance directed by Janusz Opryński, combining the potential of the artistic environment with the theatrical experience and slack-line art. Air space is going to function as a place to present the history of Lublin – lines, sashes, and showers. Also Leszek Mądzik, Paweł Passini, and Łukasz Witt-Michałowski will bring you their own theatrical world.

We haven’t forgotten about the famous creators of visual arts from Lublin – Robert Kuśmirowski will present Graduation Tower of Art and Mariusz Tarkawian will try and start to create a drawing on a wall of one of the tenements. However, what will draw your attention will be specially prepared stage design created by Jarosław Koziar, which transforms a normal street into a space full of life, light and colour.

A special street orchestra has been established for the purposes of the presentation. More than dozen of musicians from Lublin will dominate the centre of Wrocław in spectacular marches and flash-mobs inviting to celebrate together.

Evenings in Szajnochy street will sound with music performed by bands from Lublin: orchestras of St. Nicholas, Black Tigers from the Suberbs, Tatvamasi, and the Federation of Bards from Lublin. A special street orchestra has been established for the purposes of the presentation – a project unique in Lublin.

Admission: free of charge Venue: Centre of Wrocław Organizer: ECoC Wrocław 2016 and the Centre of Culture in Lublin

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3 February | 15 May 2016

22 April | 10 July 2016

9 May | 9 July 2016

The 7 Wonders of Wrocław and Lower Silesia Exhibition

Goethe-Institut Pop Up Pavillon

Luneta

Journey around Lower Silesia visiting its most precious artefacts.

The exhibition includes, among others: a map of Silesia by Marcin Helwig, Book of Henryków, and the oldest environmental and medical magazine in the world “Miscellanea Curiosa Medico-Physica”.

Venue: Civil Hall of the Town Hall Organizer: Ośrodek “Pamięć i Przyszłość” www.siedemcudow.eu

Goethe-Institut Pop Up Pavillon will kick off at Nowy Targ Square in Wrocław. It is a unique, 3-month cultural project. Specially designed glass container will hold, among others, literary meetings, concerts, interactive installations, performances, and theatrical performances.

Venue: plac Nowy Targ Organizer: Goethe-Institut www.goethe.de/wroclaw2016

18 May 2016 | 19 may 2016

In Between Festivals Events between the festivals.

Once per month. Contemporary dance and jazz. From Berlin and the whole world. In Between Festivals constitutes a all-yearlong confrontation of artistic productions from Berlin presented in Wrocław in cooperation with Wrocław artists. Where is dance now? Where is jazz today? What are the limits for a body? How do residents talk to their city?

So many questions we all ask.

An interdisciplinary project realized simultaneously in Berlin and Wrocław. Luneta, in accordance with the idea by Volkmar Umlauft, is equipped in a modern communication technology which allows connecting Berlin with Wrocław in real time. Perfect location in both cities will encourage passers-by to throw a bridge to the other city, using both vision and audio.

Venue: area in front of the Main Rail Station in Wrocław and Potsdamer Platz in Berlin www.luneta2016.eu

13 May | 15 May 2016

13 May | 30 June 2016

Fantasy Days

Eco Expanded City 2016 Exhibition

Event dedicated to various subgenres of fantasy. The programme is divided into several segments: literature, comic books, games, science and technology, films and TV series as well as thematic lines: Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Manga and anime.

Venue: Centrum Kultury Zamek (“The Castle”), Pl. 1 Świętojański www.dnifantastyki.pl

An international exhibition of works and artists’ activities depicting the transformation of the world when subordinated to information technologies, undergoing biotechnical changes of its nature.

Venue: WRO Art Centre, underground space of Pokoyhoff passage, PP Gallery, NFM, The Synagogue, public space including Wrocław forests Organizer: WRO Art Centre www.wrocenter.pl more information on p. 16

Venue: Miser Art., ul. Cybulskiego 35A Organizer: Zukunft Berlin Foundation and the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016 www.inbetweenfestivals.pl

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28 April | 2 May 2016

“THE BRIDGE EUROPE” INSTALLATION International project carried out under the patronage of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, created by the Dutch design studio DROPSTUFF and organized in cooperation with European and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.

Its aim is to join residents of the European capital cities. When an installed bike is started, an integral point connecting 2 cyclists from two chosen European cities, the participant will be taken on a virtual trip that will allow seeing future 50 years of the development of the European capital cities.

Organizer: Wrocław City / Lab of Future, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands www.miastoprzyszlosci.wroclaw.pl

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25 May | 29 May 2016

14 May 2016

28 May 2016, time: 04.00 p.m.

27 May 2016

9 May | 15 May 2016

City Coalition. Lublin – City of Inspiration

Food stories recollected – multimedia installation / performance / meeting

Resistance – performance

CROSS – exhibition of works by Svei Duwe and Fabiena Zocco

SILESIUS International Poetry Festival | Literature

Lublin’s programme is an inspiring mixture of multicultural heritage and challenges of the future.

Using public city space, the most distinguished artists from Lublin will build a scenery from their city in Wrocław. A design in which contemporary times intertwine with a rich history. Lublin is considered to be an Eastern Gateway, a city of students and young creators. A multiday performance will present a dialogue between tradition and modernity through interactive cultural activities. The presentation in Wrocław will also be an introduction and invitation to the 700th anniversary of Lublin in 2017.

Venue: ul. Szajnochy Organizer: ECoC Wrocław 2016 and the Centre of Culture in Lublin more information on p. 16

As part of the May Nadodrze Night we would like to invite you to a presentation of “Food stories recollected” and a meeting with artists – Agata Janicka and Marek Straszak. The multimedia installation constitutes a fusion of two projects: “Food Stories” performance by Agata Elsner and Magda Jagniewska and “Recollected” by Marek Straszak. Searching for various titbits related to the history of food – using facts, statistics, and numbers – authors will present a reality full of culinary absurd, superstitions, stereotypes, exclusions, borrowings, and circumstances, which determined the appearance of the world, not only in its gastronomical perspective.

Venue: Nikiel Gallery, ul. Łowiecka 9 Organizer: ECoC Wrocław 2016 www.wroclaw2016.pl/rezydencje

“Resistance” is a joint performative action which relates directly to the symbolism of water. A group of a dozen dancers, performing with the bottles of water attached to their bodies, will try to reflect the strength of water: the violence of tides, streams and the energy brought by it. The aim of Svea Duwe‘s project is to draw attention to the complexity of the processes taking place in today’s society – a performance may be read as a metaphor for the situation in which we take responsibility for someone or something, but in the course of time it becomes inconvenient for us.

Venue: ul. Szewska – square in front of St. Mary Magdalene Church

Svea Duwe, visual artist and performer from Dresden, and Fabien Zocco, multimedia artist from Lille, are meeting in Wrocław in order to prepare a multimedia work: “fear” is the key motive of Zocco’s work, whereas Duwe will present the effects of projects: “Follow Noweherehorizon” (openness and tolerance versus xenophobic attitude called for in the West, including Wrocław) and “Found Lost Connection” (video-guide which rhythm is set by the trip of Barbara Pigoń, actress from Wrocław).

“Cross” is the symbol of the entire exhibition – a crossroad; meeting of ideas of the artists.

Venue: Kolektyf Gallery, ul. Rydygiera 23 Organizer: European Capital of Culture 2016 www.wroclaw2016.pl/rezydencje

A festival organized in conjunction with a special edition of the Silesius Poetry Award. The major Polish poetry festivals invited to Wrocław include: Poets’ Poznań, City of Poetry from Lublin, Milosz Festival from Kraków and the European Poet of Freedom from Gdańsk. The festival will showcase the richness of the poetic world and various ways of experiencing it. Wrocław residents will have opportunities to participate in unique conversations and forms of contact with poetry, while guests may receive a distinct taste of the poetic character of Wrocław.

Venue: different locations Organizers: ECoC Wrocław 2016, Culture Centre Zamek in Poznań, City of Literature Foundation, Kraków Festival Office, Grodzka Gate Centre www.wroclaw2016.pl/festiwalsilesius More information on p. 10

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14 May 2016

14 May 2016

16 May 2016

28 May 2016

30 May | 5 June 2016

Wrocław Silesius Poetry Award Gala

Silesius Poetic Workshop

Words Beyond Borders.

The Ryszard Kapuściński Award for Literary Reportage – Jury of Students from Wrocław University

AutoBook 34rd Issue of Cegła Magazine and a Literary PIT-STOP

13th International Crime and Mystery Festival Wrocław

AutoBook is a special edition of Cegła Magazine as part of the European Capital of Culture 2016 – Bibliopolis programme.

During the event you will be able to get special sets of stickers with quotes from the classics; we are also preparing a special Literary PIT-STOP. Sets of magnetic stickers with the quotes will be attached to cars. They are easy to take off and can be used multiple times.

During the oldest and the biggest festival promoting criminal literature in Poland, you will have the opportunity to take part in meetings with authors, lectures, concerts, location-based games, scientific sessions, lessons for the young, as well as workshop where the young trainees work with the masters of genre. The main topic of this year’s editions is the European crime novels.

An award promoting works of Polish poetry and their creators, sponsored by the city of Wrocław and presented annually in three categories: lifetime achievement, book of the year, debut of the year.

Venue: Impart, ul. Mazowiecka 17 Organizer: Department of Culture of the Municipal Office of Wrocław www.silesius.wroclaw.pl

A unique project on the European scale, related to the Wrocław Silesius poetry award. The workshop’s originators invite Silesius nominees and laureates to present their visions of poetry in the form of manifestos. The poets’ diagnosis, presented in public, is then published as a book.

Organizer: Municipal Public Library www.silesius.wroclaw.pl/pracownia-poetycka-silesius

This year’s edition of the Wrocław students’ jury Kapuściński Award will be unique. Five days before the main award is given in Warsaw, there will be a gala organized by students who choose their own best reportage book of 2015. This will be accompanied by a survey of films devoted to reportage.

Organizers: The Department of Journalism and Social Communication at the University of Wrocław www.wroclaw2016.pl/slowabezgranic

Venue: ul. Cieszyńskiego (area of Wrocław Arsenal) Organizer: Tymoteusz Karpowicz Foundation for the Culture and Education . www.fundacja-karpowicz.org

Organizer: EMG Publishing Company www.festiwal.portalkryminalny.pl more information on p. 12

31 May | 5 June 2016

Festival of Literature for Children The only Polish literary festival addressed to children, young adults and parents, dedicated to popularizing literature and reading by means of innovative interdisciplinary and intermediary tools.

The Festival also includes a Gala where the award for the Best Polish Book for Children 2015 is going to be announced. This year’s Festival welcomes two special guests: Martin Widmark and Brandon Mull Organizers: Burza Mózgów Foundation, Czas Dzieci Foundation www.fldd.pl more information on p. 13

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6 May | 8 May 2016

4 April | 27 May 2016

Beyond Borders: Space for Imagination Artistic workshops for young people on film, photography, plastic arts, music, and literature.

The project suggested by young people will be inspired by films from Iran watched as part of the “Beyond Borders | Film inspirations”.

Venue: The Grotowski Institute, New Horizons Cinema www.beyondbordersfestival.org

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Circus without Violence, circus of life-size marionettes A puppet circus spectacle, during which puppets and life-size marionettes, and actors play circus artists animals.

Directed by: Wiktor Wiktorczyk.

Venue: circus tent outside Impart Art Centre, ul. Mazowiecka 17 Organizers: Klinika Lalek Theatre, Fundacja na rzecz Wspierania Kultur Alternatywnych i Ekologicznych www.klinikalalek.art.pl

21 May 2016

6 May | 7 May 2016

19 May | 1 June 2016

Na Górze Band Gig

Theatre Beyond Theatre.

Open University of Research

More than Theatre: a Practical Conference

Concert as part of the practical conference “More than Theatre” Na Górze band is a rock band started by 7 musicians: a resident, employees and volunteers from the Nursing Home in Rzadków.

Basic sounds are made by the two singers, guitars, and drums.

Occasionally, the music includes piano, flute, harmonica and other percussion instruments.

Venue: Stary Klasztor Music Club, ul. Purkyniego 1 Organizer: The Jerzy Grotowski Institute

The course consists of lectures and seminars as part of the Open University of Research dedicated to the dynamics of the relation of theatre and what is beyond theatre. Session V: Antrophocene.

Performing the End, Counteracting the Threat. Dr. Agnieszka Jelewska-Michaś (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań).

Organizer: The Jerzy Grotowski Institute www.grotowski-institute.art.pl

13 May | 22 May 2016

37th Stage Song Review In 2016, one of the oldest Polish music and theatre festivals will exceptionally take place in May. The main programme includes concerts and performances with the participation of the finest singing actors. There will also be OFF presentations by young artists. This edition will be dedicated to European artists, and complimented by song galas in Polish, German and Lvivian.

Master classes with actors, directors, therapists, and authors of methods for working with body, voice and sound. Guests include: Josette Bushell-Mingo, Martin Frys, William Longden, Zoja Mikotova, Natalia Popowa, Jana Pilátová and Anna Zubrzycki. The workshop is always accompanied by plays of Krug Theatre, Ramba Zamba Theatre, Teatra Trochę Inny, and the concert of Na Górze band from Rzedków.

Organizer: The Jerzy Grotowski Institute www.grotowski-institute.art.pl

Venue: The Capitol Music Theatre, ul. Piłsudskiego 67 www.ppa.wroclaw.pl

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24 May | 5 June 2016

5 March 2016 | 15 May 2016

Theatre in Backyards

Wild West. A History of Wrocław’s Avantgarde

A ‘backyard performance’ linking Lower Silesian sentiment with the area’s cultural history, Staged by the director of the Theatre in Legnica, and inspired by stories collected during activities in Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Legnica and Wrocław. It will be presented in various towns of the region.

Direction: Jacek Głomb.

Organizer: Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej in Legnica www.teatr.legnica.pl

25 May | 29 May 2016

28 May | 3 June 2016

7 May 2016

The Alternative Theatre Academy, Session 9

4th Showcase of the New Theatre for Children

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Ambiguously, cynically, and seriously.

Presentation of the most innovative, interesting performances for children created in recent seasons in Polish and foreign theatres. A part of the festival is the outdoor interdisciplinary Garden of Arts, where original workshops for children are conducted. This year’s edition of the showcase will mark the 70th Anniversary of the Wrocław Puppet Theatre (Wrocławski Teatr Lalek).

A premiere of Twarze wg +++ (trzema krzyżykami) and Ciąg dalszy (KaDeWe) by Helmut Kajzar, script by Iga Gańczarczyk, directed by Katarzyna Szyngiera, stage design by Juul Dekker.

Hosted by: Arti Grabowski and Porywacze Ciał Theatre Organizer: The Jerzy Grotowski Institute www.grotowski-institute.art.pl

Organizer: Wrocław Puppet Theatre www.przeglad.teatrlalek.wroclaw.pl

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Venue: Wrocław Contemporary Theatre, Attic Stage, ul. RzeŸnicza 12 Organizer: European Capital of Culture 2016 www.wteatrw.pl

The exhibition presents pieces of art, films, photography, and objects, as well as sound recordings.

Almost five hundred items including visual arts, architecture, urban planning, theatre, film, design, and everyday life in Wrocław beginning with the 1960s, when the great visionaries: Jerzy Grotowski and Jerzy Ludwiński, until today.

However, it is not a story about the art of Wrocław but a history of this special city seen through the perspective of the are being created here.

Venue: Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany Organizers: Wrocław Contemporary Museum and Kunstmuseum Bochum www.wroclaw2016.pl/dzikiepola-niemcy

20 May | 31 July 2016

Persecuted Art: Heinrich Tischler and his Wrocław Milieu The first Polish exhibition of Jewish artists from Wrocław in the interwar period. The central artist of the exhibition is a painter, printmaker, and architect Heinrich Tischler (1892 – 1938), a student of the prominent architect Hans Poelzig and of the famous painter Otto Müeller. The presentation is the first time in 85 years that Heinrich Tischler’s work has been presented in Wrocław.

Venue: City Museum of Wrocław, Royal Palace, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 35 Organizer: City Museum of Wrocław www.mmw.pl, www.wroclaw2016.pl/tischler

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18 March 2016 | 31 December 2016

21 December 2015 | 31 December 2016

INVASION, Ursa Major / Polaris, Kuba Bąkowski

Meditation and Expression A presentation of works by six eminent Polish artists: Wojciech Fangor, Roman Opałka, Kajetan Sosnowski, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Władysław Hasior and Alina Szapocznikow.

Venue: ART MAIN STATION by mia, Dworzec Główny PKP Organizers: All That Art! Contemporary Art Foundation, Zwierciadło Foundation www.allthatart.pl

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Venue: Wrocław Airport – Strachowice Organizer: European Capital of Culture 2016 www.wroclaw2016.pl/inwazja

4 March | 4 September 2016

INVASION, binary Waves, group LAb[au] “BinaryWaves” by Belgian group LAb[au] is an interdisciplinary installation where art merges with science. 32 cybernetic panels measure electromagnetic field created in the area of an airport and translate it to light, sound, and movement; it creates a colourful light and sound installation, reflecting the rhythm of life at the Wrocław airport.

Venue: Wrocław Airport – Strachowice Organizer: European Capital of Culture 2016 www.wroclaw2016.pl/inwazja

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4 March 2016 | 24 June 2016

You can see two works of Kuba Bąkowski, an artist who tries to show a humanistic dimension of scientific terms, in the unused left luggage office. The artist combines performance and photography and the only trace created by him are photos in the form of lightboxes.

INVASION, Canis Lupus, Jakub Jasiukiewicz An interactive video installation presenting an alternative version of the Wroclaw Airport’s area. Thanks to the application of modern technology, you will be able to see wolves instead of people walking in the terminal.

Each moving object registered by a camera receives its individual, virtual representation.

Venue: Wrocław Airport – Strachowice Organizer: European Capital of Culture 2016 www.wroclaw2016.pl/inwazja

1 January 2016 | 31 December 2016

Workshop at Komuny Paryskiej 45 Both adults and children are invited to meetings and workshop organised in the Workshop at Komuny Paryskiej 45, operating as part of the “Wrocław – Backyard Door”. The workshop is open from Tuesday to Saturday, from 03.30 p.m. to 07.30 p.m.

Venue: ul. Komuny Paryskiej 45, Wrocław Organizer: European Capital of Culture 2016 www.wroclaw2016.pl/podworze

12 May | 5 June 2016

AIM Wrocław 2016 Artists’ Initiatives’ Meetings, an international platform for art initiatives, combining educational and exhibition activities.

The project includes an exhibition of site-specific works.

Venue: Barbara, ul. Świdnicka 8c Organizers: ECoC Wrocław 2016, Artists’ Initiatives’ Meetings www.wroclaw2016.pl/aim-wroclaw

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18 May 2016, time: 06.00 p.m.

31 March 2016 | 05 June 2016

9 May 2016

19 January 2016 | 23 June 2016

5 May | 12 May 2016

OSTRALE weht ODER – Drezden Artists in Wrocław

Art Seeks IQ. Artists of Wrocław / Promotion of the Catalogue

Towards Modernity.

The Werkbund Estates 1927-1932

Big A_Spaces for beauty: Nature – Community – Architecture Communities

Czechoslovakian New Wave

New French Cinema

An exhibition of new German art in Wrocław. As part of the international OSTRALE festival, artists from Wrocław will also present their works in Dresden. Works of young artists in various visual forms will refer to the title of the exhibition “error: X”.

Exhibition: “Art Seeks IQ. Artists of Wrocław” will be a story about how good art is intelligent. And that it is worth using it for image and the future of cities. Organizers want to present works by local artists who have been marking their presence for ages. During the May meeting we will have the opportunity to talk with Ewa Kaszewska, curator of the exhibition, authors of texts and artists taking part in the project.

An exhibition presenting six experimental Werkbund housing estates, and through them the architects’ struggle in search of a new form of houses and furnishings adapted to the changing world of the first half of the 20th century. The exhibition is accompanied by a large catalogue of texts by experts in the architecture of Modernism as well as lives of all the authors of model estates, published in Polish, English, German, and Czech.

A series of meetings, lectures, and educational actions is also panned.

Lectures and workshops by eminent architects and urbanists from Poland and abroad, discussing crucial issues of world architecture in a local context. The cycle has been divided into three panels (Nature – Community – Architecture) Selected guests: JDS – Julien De Smedt, Work AC, Gu?nther Vogt, Kees Christiaanse, Lacaton & Vassal, Hani Rashid.

“Big A” project will have an open character and it will be open all-year-long, from February to October 2016.

Venue: Mieszczański Brewery, ul. Hubska 44 Organizers: OSTRALE – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst Dresden, ECoC Wrocław 2016 www.wroclaw2016.pl/ostrale

Venue: Barbara, ul. Świdnicka 8c Organizer: European Capital of Culture 2016 www.wroclaw2016.pl/sztuka-szuka-iq

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Venue: Museum of Architecture in Wrocław Bernardynska 5 Organizer: Museum of Architecture in Wrocław www.ma.wroc.pl

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13 May | 30 July 2016

Venue: Conference room in Wrocław Congress Centre at Centennial Hall, ul. Wystawowa 1 Organizer: SARP Wrocław www.wroclaw.sarp.org.pl/duze_a/

The Czechoslovak New Wave film review which is one of the most creative phenomenon in the post-war history of the European cinema, which was an integral part of the cultural revolution of the ‘60s called the Prague Spring.

Venue: New Horizons Cinema, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 19a-21 Organizer: New Horizons Association www.kinonh.pl

A survey of new French films produced over the last few years.

A majority of the selections will be presented in Poland for the first time. Screenings will be accompanied by meetings with the creators.

Venue: New Horizons Cinema, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 19a-21 Organizer: New Horizons Association www.kinonh.pl

May 5, Thursday, time: 07.00 p.m.

322, dir.: Dušan Hanák May 12, Thursday, time: 07.00 p.m.

Celebration in the Botanical Garden, dir.: Elo Havetta May 19, Thursday, time: 07.00 p.m.

Fruit of Paradise, dir.: Vìra Chytilová May 26, Thursday, time: 07.00 p.m.

Behold Homolka, dir.: Jaroslav Papoušek

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19 May | 22 May 2016

1 May 2016

2 May | 3 May 2016

16 May | 21 May 2016

Bike Days Bicycle Film Festival

Thanks Jimi Festival

3rd-of-May Festival

63rd International Rostrum of Composers

In 2016, once again we plan to break The Guinness World Record for the greatest number of guitarists (7344!) playing “Hey Joe” together. This time, as the European Capital of Culture, we will reach other European cities thanks to live Internet transmissions. The event will include performances by guitar stars on the Pergola, among them Wrocław musician Leszek Cichoński.

The biggest rock music festival in Wrocław, organized outside Centennial Hall. Two stages will host top Polish bands such as Kult and special guests from abroad.

A campsite will be organized for audiences from outside Wrocław.

Fourth edition of the largest bike festival in Poland. To start with, New Horizons Cinema will screen American Flyers with Kevin Costner. Moreover, 14 films will be presented, short-film section, and Bike Films Platform meaning a film contest; both amateur and professional creators were invited to take part in it. It has become a tradition to hold a Picnic at the Velodrome; the last film we will see is America Recycled. We will continue the cycle of meetings and debates with professional sportspeople, bike mechanics and messengers, urban alleycats and races at a velodrome.

Venue: New Horizons Cinema Organizer: Proces Ciągły Foundation www.bikedays.pl

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Venue: Main Square, Pergola Organizer: Association for Supporting Cultural Initiatives “Nasze Miasto Wrocław” www.cichonski.art.pl more information on p. 8

Venue: Pergola, Centennial Hall Organizer: Association for Supporting Cultural Initiatives “Nasze Miasto Wrocław” www.3-majowka.pl more information on p. 9

5 May | 9 May 2016

7 May | 10 June 2016

Yiddish and Ladino

Passage

A series of events emphasizing the importance of Yiddish and Ladino – languages of European Jewish minorities. This will include a conference, music and language workshops and a concert by Rosa Zaragoza and Bente Kahan, as well as artists from Spain and Poland.

A sound and light corridor dedicated to historic memory and sounds of Wrocław. The installation will consist of a collection of sounds which refer to the past of the city. The audience will interact with the music by walking through the tunnel. The sound matrix will be installed in the National Forum of Music. The tunnel is equipped in sensors which detect movement of a man (direction, speed). Those moves influence the way sounds are played using a special 8-channel sound system. The project was commissioned by Siemens Arts Program – 2009.

Venue: White Stork Synagogue, ul. Pawła Włodkowica 7 Organizer: Bente Kahan Foundation www.fbk.org.pl 5 May 2016 Sing with Us in Yiddish 8 May 2016 Yiddish and Ladino – songs carved in stone 8-9 May 2016 Conference Yiddish and Ladino as Part of the European Experience: Contrast, Comparison, Contact

Venue: National Forum of Music, plac Wolności 1

The International Rostrum of Composers is an annual event; representatives of national radio stations take part in it. The project introduces new actions that are to build relations with other operators in the area of contemporary music. The final aim is to grow and increase constantly, as well as maintain the sector of contemporary music in Europe and worldwide. The programme includes, among others: IRCLab – a radio-art laboratory open to the public.

Venue: National Forum of Music, plac Wolności 1 Organizers: Joanna Grotkowska, Program 2 of Polish Radio, Polish Music Council Foundation, International Music Council, Polish Radio, Polish Music Council, National Forum of Music www.imc-cim.org

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19 May | 22 May 2016

7th TAURON Musica Electronica Nova “Growing” The 4-day-long special edition of the festival combines electronica with the sound of symphonic orchestra, a chamber ensemble and urban space. Thanks to the composers’ innovative approach, the electronic medium will sprout in NFM concert halls, as well as on the Wolności Square. The Sound Cinema will present musical cityscapes.

Venue: National Forum of Music, plac Wolności 1 Organizer: National Forum of Music www.musicaelectronicanova.pl Titular Sponsor of the Festival: TAURON

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19 May | 22 May 2016

European Forum on Music A debate on the subject: Music Homeland – New Territories This will be accompanied by concerts during the Musica Electronica Nova Festival.

Venues: National Forum of Music, Książ Castle Organizer: European Council of Music www.prm.art.pl

27 May | 28 May 2016

14 May 2016

22 May 2016, time: 06.00 p.m.

5, 30 May 2016

Pearle – Live Performance Europe

Inter>CAMERATA in the European Capital of Culture

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Great Stars at NFM

Another concert as part of the project focusing on the scientific development, digitalization, and disseminating 17th century library of Jerzy Rudolf, prince from Legnica.

World-renowned classical music stars will perform on one of the most modern and at the same time the youngest major concert stage in Europe – the National Forum of Music (NFM) in Wrocław.

The NFM will host outstanding singers, instrumentalists, conductors, symphony orchestras, choirs and chamber orchestras, while at the same time allowing Wrocław ensembles to hone their skills in joint activities with eminent visiting artists.

A biannual meeting of representatives of performative art associations, employers’ organizations and trade federations representing classical music, theatre, dance, and even circus art.

Venue: National Forum of Music Co-organized by: National Forum of Music and Zrzeszenie Filharmonii Polskich www.pearle.ws

Another concert as part of the cycle Inter>Camerata in the European Capital of Culture.

The project is to promote lesser known – forgotten, or not yet discovered – chamber and orchestral music; extremely talented musicians of the young generation, very often just beginning their artistic path, have been invited to cooperation. Project of the band include cooperation between artists from the neighbouring countries – especially Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, and are directed mainly to those who do not have frequent contact with live music.

Venue: Oratorium Marianum of the University of Wrocław Organizer: Artistic Association COOLTURALNY WROCŁAW

Venue: Wrocław Town Hall, Main Market Organizer: Cantores Minores Wratislavienses www.rudolphina.pl

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Venue: National Forum of Music, plac Wolności 1 Organizer: National Forum of Music www.nfm.wroclaw.pl 25 May 2016 Great Stars at NFM: London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano 30 May 2016 Great Stars at NFM: Wiener Philharmoniker / Semion Bychkov

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12, 16 May 2016

8, 15, 29 May 2016

1000 Years of Music in Wrocław

Forgotten City

As part of the cycle of concerts “1000 years of music in Wrocław” every month audience can learn old music of Wrocław, which still remains part of the city culture.

Another concert of the cycle is called “Sacrum et profanum” and “Elettro Voce”.

Organizer: National Forum of Music Artistic Director: Tomasz Dobrzański www.nfm.wroclaw.pl 12 May 2016, time: 07.00 p.m.

Venue: Town Hall, Great Hall Sacrum et profanum 16 May 2016, Monday, time: 08.00 p.m.

Venue: National Forum of Music, plac Wolności 1, Black Room Elettro Voce

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‘Forgotten’ spaces in Wrocław – stairwells of art-nouveau houses, historic backyards and squares.

A series of unconventional chamber concerts with elements of happenings.

Organizer: National Forum of Music www.nfm.wroclaw.pl 8 maja 2016, godz. 18.00 Venue: Dworzec Nadodrze, plac Staszica 50 Kajetan Galas – organy Hammonda 15 maja 2016, godz. 18.00 Venue: ul. Traugutta 106 Aleksandra Wasik – wibrafon

29 May | 4 June 2016

6 May | 8 May 2016

Leo Festival

PreTEXTY Lower Silesia Literary and Art Festival in Jawor

A festival of the richness of art forms, culture, new concert venues, audiences and perspectives, based on working with children.

In 2016 we will present the new project of an opera for children commissioned by the festival, “The Ugly Duckling” based on the fairy tale by H.Ch. Andersen, and dance lovers will have the opportunity to see a programme from Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, with music by Beethoven and choreography by Rose Breuss.

Venue: National Forum of Music, plac Wolności 1 Organizer: National Forum of Music, Capitol Theatre www.nfm.wroclaw.pl

The travelling festival which idea is to promote ambitious, contemporary literature. Author meetings, literary duels, concerts, film and philosophical workshop. Guest list includes: Darek Foks, Janusz Rudnicki, Adam Nowak and Raz Dwa Trzy band.

Venue: Piastowski Castle, Jawor Organizer: Tymoteusz Karpowicz Foundation for the Culture and Education . www.festiwalpretexty.pl

10 May 2016

11 May 2016

Regional Tuesday – SkiBA

Walls of a Room in Wałbrzych

Presentation of the current achievements State Junior College of Culture Animation and Library Science SKiBA in Wrocław.

It is not only a school but a cultural institution, social organization and breeding ground for specialist and creators of cultural and social activities.

Graffiti workshop for upper secondary school students, as part of the “Walls of a Room” project.

Visit us from 11 a.m. to 02.00 p.m.

Venue: Stara Kopalnia (Old Mine), Wałbrzych Organizer: Old Mine Multicultural Park Partner: University of Wrocław

Venue: Barbara Infopoint, ul. Świdnicka 8c Organizer: State Junior College of Culture Animation and Library Science SKiBA in Wrocław

29 maja 2016, godz. 18.00 Venue: ul. Szewska 19-21 Rafał Łuc – akordeon

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20 May | 21 May 2016

28 May 2016

microGRANTS ECoC 2016

PreTEXTY Lower Silesia Sounds of Ecology – Literary and Art Festival – Sound landscape of Legnica forest space in Oborniki The travelling festival which idea is to promote ambitious, contemporary literature. Author meetings, literary duels, film and literary workshop, as well as concerts. Guest list includes: Jakub Żulczyk, Ewa Jarocka, Ewa Olejarz, and Babu Król band.

The animated and artistic project accompanying the actions carried out as part of “Reading the city”.

Screening of the artistic film impression, concert of three local choirs, artistic actions promoting ecological values of the environmental buffer zone of Oborniki Śląskie.

RELATED EVENTS IN MAY Seniors: Artists! Spring Inspiration and Summer Expressions

Venue: Community Centre in Oborniki Organizers: State Junior College of Culture Animation and Library Science SKiBA, Wrocław Culture centre

15 May | 07 June 2016 14 June | 05 July 2016 zdjęcie: Stowarzyszenie WROzwojownia (2)

Venue: Community Centre in Legnica, Spiżarnia Club, Satyrykon Gallery, Legnica Organizer: Tymoteusz Karpowicz Foundation for the Culture and Education . www.festiwalpretexty.pl

Next call for applications: 1-15 June 2016 Amount of support: PLN 5 000 Time for the execution of the project: 6 months Individual consultancy: 05:00 p.m. – 07.00 p.m. on business days, from 1-15 June at BARBARA, ul. Świdnicka 8c Results: 1 July 2016 www.wroclaw2016.pl/mikrogranty / www.facebook.com/mikrogranty mikroGRANTY@wroclaw2016.pl

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Artistic workshops for seniors from Wrocław; each cycle will be ended with an exhibition and a preview.

Venue: Siwy Dym Foundation, ul. Jagiellończyka 8c Registration: 797-818-752, seniorzyartysci@gmail.com

Wrocław Board Games Festival Gratislavia

7 May | 8 May 2016

18 hours of great fun with over 300 board games + tournaments, presentations, and lecturers.

Venue: Strefa Kultury Studenckiej, Hoene-Wrońskiego 10, 50-370 Wrocław Saturday: 10.00 a.m. to 08.00 p.m.

Sunday: 10.00 a.m. to 06.00 p.m. www.facebook.com/gratislavia

Mozart and other guys from the yard

21 May 2016

The most famous compositions

by Jan Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi and Witold Lutosławski will be heard among the tenements of Wrocław. Four yards of Wrocław will become a stage and an auditorium; at each yard a different composer will appear.

Venue: Ołbin housing estate www.facebook.com/fundacjaforumartis/

Take culture to animals 28 May 2016

9th edition, day part dedicated to children and parents. Teaching the youngest in the scope of animal life and rights through workshop, games, plays, and artistic programmes in the space of parks in Wrocław.

Venue: Southern Park, Western Park, Tołpa Park, and Plac Społeczny www.facebook.com/zkulturadozwierzat

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Artist-in-Residence Programme A-i-R Wro

Mira Gáberová – residency of the Slovak artist in Wrocław 1 May | 30 June 2016

Mira Gáberová is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, whose creative activity is focused on video art, photography, and drawing; the artist has also authored multimedia installations.

During her 2-month stay in the Europen Capital of Culture, she will continue working on her multimedia project “Videotime”; as part of this project she is planning to analyse and deconstruct the language of mere medium that video really is. In her Project, the artist will be able to use the cutting-edge equipment available at the Audiovisual Technology Centre in Wrocław. Gáberová also plans to reinterpret the works she has produced so far – in cooperation with local artists.

Start of another edition of the open debates on culture – ECoC Forum Stephen Cornford – residency as part of the A-i-R Sound Sanatorium in Sokołowsko 15 May | 29 May 2016

Audiovisual artist, performer, famous of creating multimedia installations. His works have been presented, among others, in Tokyo, Berlin, and London.

The artist is visiting Sokołowsko for the artistic residency. On site, he is planning to work with his sound installation “Migration”: using 97 recorders he wants to create a work that resembles migration of birds or insects; he is also planning to present a global flow of electronic appliances as a transition from production to pollution.

ECoC Forum is a series of open debates focused on topics which have arisen while creating and carrying out ECoC Wrocław 2016.

The Forum will give you a closer look on the varied programme and a chance to talk about it.

As part of the Forum, we also talk about ECoC Wrocław 2016 as an initiator of a multi-dimensional change in the city. The meetings are held as debates with the Curators of ECoC Wrocław 2016 responsible for the execution of the artistic programme and the debates of problems. The Forum takes place in Barbara – the seat of ECoC Wrocław 2016 – at least twice a months by the end of 2016. The meeting is open to all who want to talk about ECoC Wrocław 2016.

PROGRAMME 4 May 2016 – “EcOC Truth of Myth?” Hosted by: Michał Nogaś 17 May 2016 – ECoC Forum – Irek Grin (literature) 31 May 2016 – ECoC Forum – Jarosław Fret (theatre) 7 June 2016 – ECoC Forum – Chris Baldwin (performance) 28 June 2016 – “Wrocław visiting high society of Europe or as Europe’s High Society?” Hosted by: Katarzyna Janowska 18 July 2016 – ECoC Forum – Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny (music) 12 August 2016 – ECoC Forum – Michał Bieniek (visual arts)

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BARBARA selected events

GOOD DESIGN – Spring edition May 8, time: 12.00 a.m.–07:00 p.m.

Workshop for children 14, 21 and 28 May 2016

The 6th edition of the photographic project. The mark of the European Capital of Culture – Barbara and Domek Kultury Foundation invite 12 children aged 7-12 (with parents!) to the workshop meetings leading to the creation of a unique exhibition. Date: 14, 21, 28.05 and 23.06 (preview of the exhibition). Registration (by 6.05): dwapoziomy.pl Organizer: Domek Kultury Foundation.

Two Levels is a juxtaposition of two entirely different points of view: fresh of a child and an experienced adult. Giving the same topic for a photo to two different people – we receive two different solutions, two visions, two unrepeatable works.

The upper level is created by photographers, the lower – by children aged 7 to 12, open and enthusiastic towards a new experience. We encourage children to play which is the most important in this project.

Silent Disco / SILENT BARBARA #10 May 14, time: 10.00 p.m.

Cycle of silent disco events at Barbara. On three channels you can listen to the best Polish and foreign DJs, musicians, and producers. How will they do in this specific, silent formula? Wojciech Furmaniak is the curator of the cycle. Free admission. Number of headphones limited to 300.

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GOOD DESIGN is a platform of the most interesting brands of the young design. Fair and workshops, meeting together in relaxing atmosphere. Traditionally, we will see you and our guests at Barbara – mark of the European Capital of Culture. Again we will present you: jewellery, fashion, graphics, illustration, and elements of interior design, ceramics, and original accessories. This edition of fair will definitely include KIDS area.

Barbara: infopoint / café / culture

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