The MOCAK Club
Transformation Sites
The film was shot on location in Berlin, Gdańsk and Kjiv – cities that are symbols of systemic transformation – both political and economic.
Polish Tanztheater?
The increasingly popular in Poland phenomenon of ‘dance theatre’ is quite different from the German Tanztheater. A new generation of dancers and choreographers has appeared in Poland, for whom the German approach to dancing is not a fundamental point of reference.
A discussion about the book: Wilhelm Brasse. Photographer. 3444. Auschwitz 1940–1945
A discussion about the book: Wilhelm Brasse. Photographer. 3444. Auschwitz 1940–1945 combined with a screening of fragments of the film.
A Virtual Walk around the Museum of Russian Art in St Petersburg
A Virtual Walk around the Museum of Russian art in St Petersburg. The multimedia presentation took place in MOCAK Club on Friday 16 September at 6 pm.
Working together with the Association of the JU PhD Students
On 5 July a group of JU PhD students took part in a tailor-made guided tour of the exhibition History in Art and the exhibition of the MOCAK Collection. The session was led by Delfina Piekarska, assistant to the curator of the exhibition History in Art. The occasion inaugurated MOCAK’s co-operation with the Association of the JU PhD Students.
WW. J. T. Mitchell in Krakow
A lecture by the Professor W.J.T. Mitchell of the University of Chicago : The Historical Uncanny: Phantoms, Doubles, and Repetition in the War on Terror. The lecture took place on Wednesday 13 July at 2 pm in the Hall of the Department of Polish of the UJ at 64 ul. Grodzka.
Georges Didi-Huberman Knowing Through Montages
On the 20th of June 2011, at 6 pm, Georges Didi–Huberman will give a lecture on historic visual atlases.
Time in Temporary Gardens
Lectures by Krzysztof Herman and Anna Komorowska as well as presentations by young artists: Łucja Piekarska-Duraj, Aleksander Duraj, Maciej Jagielak, Agnieszka Malinowska, Maciek Michno, Marta Tomasiak and Gosia Radkiewicz.
Yael Bartana... and Europe Will Be Stunned
Showing of films which combine into an installation by the Israeli artist Yael Bartana, who is representing Poland at the 54th Art Biennale in Venice. The project …and Europe Will Be Stunned consists of the films: Nightmares (2007), Wall and Tower (2009) and Coup d’Etat (2011).
Adam Zagajewski: Slight Exagerration
Presentation of a new collection of Adam Zagajewski’s essays, in which the erudite poet, a citizen of the world, reveals before us a totally private world of memories and recaptures the Lvov past of his family. He movingly portrays his father and his own childhood and youth.
