The readings will be accompanied by experimental video prepared by Zbigniew Bzymek, the director of this performance, and a performer with extensive experience, a video artist associated with The Wooster Group, as well as an independent filmmaker (director, editor and cinematographer) whose work has show at Sundance, Locarno and Berlinale, among other festivals. The readings will be accompanied by a specially developed movement and stage interpretation performed by Kuba Falk, a visual artist and a performer working mainly in natural environments. The entire event will be recorded as an audio and video material to be used during subsequent installments of this project planned for 2023 and 2024.
The leading theme of the project will focus on personal, artistic and political freedom and sovereignty. Particular attention will be paid to the way in which Gombrowicz referred to the concept of individualism in view of the Communist corruption and its importance in the current ‘culture of self-care’, as well as to connections between those individualistic and holistic themes, in order to reflect over our new times, referred to as ‘cosmo-individualism’ by Bzymek.
During the event in New York, Gombrowicz’s texts will be presented by performers and artists selected from city centre theatres: Danusia Trevino, Jim Fletcher, Viva Ruiz, Shana Fletcher, Andrew Maillet, Kuba Falk, Christopher Rashee Stevenson, and Zbigniew Bzymek.
