Polish Perspectives. Artistic Positions and Debates from Poland

Name: Polish Perspectives. Artistic Positions and Debates from Poland
Start: 2025-04-05T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-04-05T23:00:00+02:00
Location: Akademie der Künste - Hanseatenweg

Schedule

Sat Apr 05 2025 at 02:00 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Akademie der Künste - Hanseatenweg | Berlin, BE

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. Supported by the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation, the Goethe Institute Warsaw, European Film Academy and Villa Decius Kraków.
------Programme------
2 – 2:15 pm, Welcome Words
Manos Tsangaris, President of the Akademie der Künste
Katarzyna Sitko, Acting Director of the Polish Institute Berlin
2:15 – 3 pm Reading and Conversation
"Der Butt" (excerpt) by Günter Grass
followed by a conversation with Akademie President Manos Tsangaris and Kathrin Röggla – Former Akademie Vice-President, Writer
Supported by the Daniel Chodowiecki Foundation

3 – 4 pm, Debate “The role of women in political change”
Weronika Adamowska, Film consultant, Festival programmer
Anna Krenz, Artist, architect, editor and activist
Anna Smolar, Theatre director
Nele Hertling, Member of the Akademie der Künste
Moderation: Dr. Karolina Golimowska, Polish Institute Berlin
4 – 4:30 pm, Break
4:30 – 5:30 pm, Sound Performance "Rebirth"
Performance: Phoebe Bognár
Director: Anna Sowa
4:30 – 5:30 pm, Theatre performance "JaWa"
By and with Janek Turkowski and Iwona Nowacka
5:30 – 6 pm, Break
6 – 7 pm, Reading and Conversation
Joanna Bator, Writer & Lisa Palmes, Translator
7 – 8 pm, 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 Institute Warsaw
8 – 9 pm, Conversation
Agnieszka Holland, Film director & Karolina Golimowska, translator
9 pm, Filmscreening: Green Border (Zielona granica)
PL CZ FR BE, 2023, 147 min
Director: Agnieszka Holland
9 – 10 pm, Theatre performance "JaWa"
By and with Janek Turkowski and Iwona Nowacka