A city in reverse – a walk with a wink in Krakow

Join us for a walk in the footsteps of Krakow's spirit of irony, Dadaist spite and sheer creative joy. Together we will take a peek into the Green Balloon Cabaret, move to the Cricot 2 Theater and trace contemporary examples of artistic experimentation, activism and rebellion.

June 14, 11 am (Gathering Place: 45 Floriańska Street, in front of Jama Michalika)

Krakow is not only a city of monuments and material traces of centuries-old history. It is also a center of creative confusion and artistic revolt – a place where experimentation and artistic provocation intertwine with humor, absurdity and a critical view of reality, and tradition mixes with rebellion. It is these elements in the art and history of Krakow that we will be looking for during a tongue-in-cheek walk, discovering the city inside out!

We will follow the trail of artistic experiments and creative freedom: from the decadent Kabaret Zielony Balonik (Green Balloon Cabaret) through the legendary performances of Tadeusz Kantor at the Cricot 2 Theater to contemporary microspaces of art and activism. We will take a look at the places that inspired the avant-garde, lavished nonsense and rebellion against reality – from Young Poland to contemporary activities in urban space. We will be introduced to their extraordinary space by Dr. Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk.

• reservation of places at Evenea service is obligatory (number of places limited)
• cost of participation: PLN 10
• duration: about 2 hours
• the walk will be held in Polish

For more information:

Tel: +48 12 42 42 860, e-mail: a.klejzerowicz@mck.krakow.pl.

Host:

Dr. Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk – art historian, curator. Studied art history at Jagiellonian University, Universität Wien and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Graduate of the interdisciplinary study program Environment-Technology-Society (UJ). Author of scholarly articles on 20th century art and architecture and publications in exhibition catalogs and journals. Co-editor of an anthology of image/body texts and publication „Komponowanie przestrzeni. Rzeźby awangardy“. Co-author and curator of the artistic and scientific program „Exercising Modernity“ (Pilecki-Institut Berlin). As part of her doctoral thesis being prepared at the Institute of Art History at the Jagiellonian University, she is conducting research on the concept of space in the work of Katarzyna Kobro.