Narracje | Narracje festival. Installations and interventions in public space

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About Festival

Created in 2009, Narracje is a festival of artistic visual installations that illuminate the Gdansk public space after dusk. Narracje explore urban contexts and plots and build new tales of Gdansk. Until 2011 the Festival programme was created by a German curator, Bettina Pelz. In 2012, the curator was Steven Matijcio – a Canadian based in the United States. The author of this year’s edition is Rob Garrett, an independent curator from New Zealand.

ABOUT NARRACJE 2013

CURATORIAL CONCEPT “Unearthing Delights. Markets, Memories and Meetings”

By the end of the 17th century Długie Ogrody was only partially occupied and developed; and to this day it has remained as a district without name, intensive development, or a unified character. For the past 200 years it has been a field of possibilities. It does not impose a single style, or any particular aesthetic upon visitors. It is attractive for our Narracje project specifically because it is “un-made.” It is the perfect meeting place for things strangely familiar and uncommonly strange.

This year’s Narracje programme will “unearth” or conjure up images suggestive for the exchanges, encounters, scents, sounds and other sensations of open markets in memory of the historic open market(s) that occupied Długie Ogrody for hundreds of years.

“Unearthing” acknowledges through its reference to tilling the earth, a particular generative and progressive aspect of the district’s past as a series of gardens that supplied the city. Unearthing may recover what was already there; or it may open the soil for new growth. “Unearthing” refers to the processes of discovery as dynamic; as activities generating knowledge, ideas and relationships.

Like the old markets Narracje is a meeting place: a melting pot of ideas and creativity; a place for encounters between strangers and exchanges between friends; and an occasion for memory and affect. “Unearthing Delights” has invited artists to create projects that engage with the markets, gardens and communities of the former district of Długie Ogrody. Drawing on the historic fabric of the area and on aspects of the current situation, artists will offer responses, both poetic and critically engaged, with scent, sound, light, moving image, story-telling, sculptural installation and community participation.

Narracje’s art projects and local initiatives will set the scene for visitors to consider their own relation to various strands of the area’s multiple pasts; and to consider how these insights expand the life of the imagination and suggest new identities, social forms and public relations.

Rob Garrett, Narracje 2013 curator

Artists taking part in NARRACJE 2013:

Gregory Bennett (New Zealand)
Rebecca Ann Hobbs (New Zealand)
Rachael Rakena (New Zealand)
Juliette Laird (New Zealand)
Anastasia Klose (Australia)
Manon Awst, Benjamin Walther (Germany)
Alexandra Guillot (France)
Ines Tartler (Germany)
Where Dogs Run (Russia)
Judy Rifka (United States)
Eglė Rakauskaitė (Lithuania)

Artists chosen in the NARRACJE open call:
Anna Królikiewicz
Tomasz Domański
Tomasz Wlaźlak i Katarzyna Malejka
Aleksandra Ciapka i Filip Ignatowicz
Katarzyna Swinarska i Grażyna Rigall
Paweł Kowzan
Justyna Gruszczyk
Jakub Knera

Dom Kultury + (The House of Culture +) Local Initiatives
Narracje Festival received additional funding in a programme called „The House of Culture + Local Initiatives organized by the National Centre for Culture. The aim of the programme is to promote strengthening of the institutional engagement in the life of local communities and discovering and animating social activitiies through projects developed on the basis of a previous diagnosis. Projects realized within the programme are marked with a (+) on the Narracje map.

Authors of the projects realized within The House of Culture+ Local Initiatives programme:
Paweł Seroka i Henryk Glaza
Joanna Kozera
Katarzyna Hajduczenia i Justyna Halikowska
Joanna Stanisławek
Daria Lisewska, Agnieszka Krzywicka-Jakubowska i Sławomir Lipnicki
Kamila Kmiecik i Ewa Puczyłowska

Programme

Friday 15.11

5.00 pm – midnight installation opening hours | see: map

5.00 pm – 2.00 am ‘Gedanus’ Festival Club opening hours, location: ul. św. Barabary 3

5.00 pm – 10:00 pm every twenty minutes with an hour-long break between 7.00 pm and 8.00 pm: guided tours with Narracje guides | duration: about 90 min, meeting point: IKM, ul. Długi Targ 39/40

5.30pm, 8.30pm „Delights seekers” – guided tours for children and their parents with Ole! Collective | duration: about 90 min, meeting point: IKM, ul. Długi Targ 39/40

7.00 pm the official opening of Narracje Festival with the participation of curator Rob Garret and the artists | location: IKM, ul. Długi Targ 39/40

8.00 pm guided tour through Narracje installations with the curator Rob Garret (eng.) | duration: about 90min, meeting point: IKM, ul. Długi Targ 39/40

8.30pm opening: Paweł Anaszkiewicz, „Recuperation of time” | Spiż 7 Gallery, ul. Chmielna

10.00 pm concert: Stefan Wesołowski „Liebestod”, visualisations: VJ Jago | ‘Gedanus’ Festival Club, ul. św. Barbary

11.00 pm live act + dj set: Sonar Soul (U Know Me Records)

midnight after party: dj Sonar Soul

Saturday 16.11

11.00 am – 2.00 pm „Old, enchanted world of Długie Ogrody. A mock-up” workshops and a game-tale for children | conducted by Katarzyna Hajduczenia and Justyna Halikowska | children aged 6 – 9 | sign up at: warsztaty@ikm.gda.pl | IKM, ul. Długi Targ 39/40

4.00 pm „Video-instalation as a network of parallel narratives” – lecture given by Paweł Anaszkiewicz | GGM 2, ul. Powroźnicza 13/15

5.00 pm – midnight installation opening hours | see: map

5.00 pm – 02.00 am ‘Gedanus’ Festival Club opening hours | ul. św. Barbary 3

5.00 pm – 10.00 pm every 20 minutes: guided tours with the Narracje guides | duration: about 90min, meeting point: IKM, ul. Długi Targ 39/40

5:30pm, 8:30pm „Delights seekers” – guided tours for chidren and parents with Ole! Collective | duration: about 90min, meeting point: IKM, ul. Długi Targ 39/40

9.00 pm guided tour with the curator Rob Garret (eng.) | duration: about 90min, meeting point: IKM, ul. Długi Targ 39/40

10.00 pm concerts: L.A.S | Fuka Lata (aka The Last Kiss) | ‘Gedanus’ Festival Club, ul. św. Barbary

midnight after party: dj Wujek Ben (Global Diggers)

Sunday 17.11

midday – 1.30 pm „Let’s discover!” workshops for children | conducted by Ole! Collective | children aged 7 – 14 | sign up at: warsztaty@ikm.gda.pl | IKM, ul. Długi Targ 39/40

5.00 pm – midnight installation opening hours | see: map

5.00 pm – midnight ‘Gedanus’ Festival Club opening hours | ul. św. Barbary 3

5.00 pm – 10.00 pm every 20 minutes: guided tours with the Narracje guides | duration: about 90min, meeting point: IKM, ul. Długi Targ 39/40

5:30 pm, 8:30 pm „Delights seekers” – guided tours for chidren and parents with Ole! Collective | duration: about 90min, meeting point: IKM, ul. Długi Targ 39/40

9.00 pm guided tour with the curator Rob Garret (eng.) | duration: about 90min, meeting point: IKM, ul. Długi Targ 39/40

About the Curator

Rob Garrett (N.Z.), leading international curator of site specific art projects in the public realm. Rob’s current projects include Curator of Narracje Festival, Gdansk, Poland, Nov 2013. Other recent projects include curating “Don’t hold your breath”, the NZ-Australia video art programme for the inaugural Ängelholm International Video Art Festival in Sweden (2012); “Lost in a dream” an international group show at Snake Pit, High Street, Auckland (2012); public art policy development for Auckland Council (2012-13); curating various public art projects in Auckland and Hamilton; and guest curator of the NZ Sculpture OnShore sculpture biennial in 2008, 2010 and 2012. Previous roles include Head of School, Dunedin School of Art; Government-appointed Council Member of Arts Council of New Zealand; Senior Manager, Creative New Zealand; sponsoring manager of “the fundamental practice”, New Zealand’s 2005 Venice Biennale pavilion project; and Founding Chair of the Otago Festival of the Arts, Dunedin.

www.robgarrettcfa.com

Artyści

Justyna Gruszczyk [Poland] 1 Anna Królikiewicz [Poland] 2 Anastasia Klose [Australia] 3 Manon Awst, Benjamin Walther [Germany] 4 Rebecca Ann Hobbs [New Zeland] 5 Jakub Knera [Polska] 6 Tomasz Domański [Poland] 7 Paweł Kowzan [Poland] 8 Alexandra Guillot [France] 9 Ines Tartler [Germany] 10 Rachael Rakena [New Zeland] 11 Joanna Stanisławek [The House of Culture +] 12 Henryk Glaza, Paweł Seroka [The House of Culture +] 13 Katarzyna Malejka, Tomasz Wlaźlak [Poland] 14 Where Dogs Run [Russia] 15 Judy Rifka [US] 16 Gregory Bennett [New Zeland] 17 Joanna Kozera [The House of Culture +] 18 Grażyna Rigall, Katarzyna Swinarska [Poland] 19 Juliette Laird [New Zeland] 20 Eglė Rakauskaitė [Lithuania] 21 Aleksandra Ciapka, Filip Ignatowicz [Poland] 22 Festival Club 23 “City Dialogues” and “Meeting with a Family Photography” 24

Koncerty

Stefan Wesołowski „Liebestod” + VJ Jago dj Wujek Ben (Global Diggers) L.A.S. Lutto Lento Sonar Soul FUKA LATA (aka The Last Kiss)

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useful info

CONTACT:

Festival information: info@narracje.eu
Information about guiding with the curator, guides and guiding children: przewodnicy@narracje.eu
Registration for the workshops for children during the festival: warsztaty@ikm.gda.pl

PRACTICAL INFORMATION:

733 668 135 – emergency number for those who got lost on the route

The Festival Office

City Culture Institute (IKM), located at Długi Targ 39/40, opening hours: 10.00 am-12.00 midnight
Our command center – starting point for all guided tours along the Narracje route, on the spot you can collect leaflets (also in English), maps of the „Transformations” project by Justyna Gruszczyk and aquire all the essential information.
The Festival Office space will be arranged by Ada Dobrzelecka.

The Festival Club

“Gedanus”, ul. św. Barabary 3, opening hours: fri-sat 5.00 pm-2.00 am, sun 5.00 pm-12 midnight
In the Festival Club you will have an oppotunity to visit Cafe Lamus bar, the food will be served by: Avocado Catering, Carmnik, Muka Bar, Wielka Buła, and coffee by the Bus Cafe

Workshops

To take part in workshops taking place in the City Culture Institute (see: programme) you need to sign up at warsztaty@ikm.gda.pl. Participation in workshops held on Saturday in Gdańsk Primary School ‘Lingwista’ does not require prior registration.

Accompanying programme

Under accompanying programme of the Narracje Festival, the public will be invited to participate in Paweł Anaszkiewicz exhibition „Recuperation of time”, organized by TNS Foundation. Additional accompanying events have been prepared by the Sea Club Zejman.

The Culture House + Local Initiatives

Narracje Festival got founding under the House of Culture+ programme, organised by the National Center for Culture. Among main aims of actions held under the programme are expanding access to culture, arranging conditions conductive to development of collaboration and communication, stimulating active citizeship in the field of culture, creating favourable conditions for modern cultural and artistic education. Projects realised within the programme have been distinctively marked (+).

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