A musical performance inspired by the œuvre of Zdzisław Beksiński
Zdzisław Beksiński numbers among a small group of Polish artists whose œuvre is equally recognizable both in Poland and elsewhere in Europe. Giving rise to much emotion and controversy, the artist’s works leave no one indifferent. They inspire extreme feelings in viewers: from enchantment to harsh criticism.
The first permanent exhibition of Zdzisław Beksiński’s works in Kraków will open in October 2016 at the Nowa Huta Cultural Centre. The Gallery opening will be accompanied by a show entitled KRYPTONIM 27 in the rendition of Art Color Ballet, which will transplant Master Beksiński’s extraordinary vision of the world to the stage and attempt to decipher the hidden meanings of his works in the spatial dimension. The viewer will delve into a space created from mobile pictures, ballet bodies, holograms and live music. Between wakefulness and dreaming, in the gallery and onstage – in a hazy plane of fantastic visions, an oversensitive imagination and hidden fears…
4,5 November 2017, 7:00 PM, Nowa Huta Cultural Centre Stage
Choreographer, Stage Director, Visual Designer: Agnieszka Glińska (Art Color Ballet)
Choreography collaboration: Małgorzata Popławska -Warelis
Music: Nikola Kołodziejczyk
Animation: Paweł Kamykowski, Szymon Kamykowski
sound design: Marek Smok Rajss (Wataha Drums)
Production: Nowa Huta Cultural Centre