{"id":57648,"date":"2024-06-18T21:50:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T19:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bognaburska.pl\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=57648"},"modified":"2024-11-06T11:06:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T10:06:22","slug":"gniazdo","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/bognaburska.pl\/en\/project\/gniazdo\/","title":{"rendered":"Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nest<\/h3>\n

A play about how to use things in an inappropriate way, and then not waste them.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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text and direction:<\/strong> Bogna Burska
\nperformed by:<\/strong> Arek Brykalski, Joanna Drozda, Mateusz Grydlik, Cezary Kosi\u0144ski, Lech \u0141otocki, Krzysztof Og\u0142oza, Jakub Snochowski, Magdalena Warz\u0119cha, Julia Wyszy\u0144ska (2015); Klara Bielawka, Arek Brykalski, Wies\u0142aw Cichy, Joanna Drozda, Rafal Fudalej, Andrzej Konopka, Maciek Pesta, Magdalena Warz\u0119cha (2016); Micha\u0142 Karwowski, Magdalena Kiszko-Dojlidko, Patryk O\u0142dziejewski, B\u0142a\u017cej Piotrowski, Natalia Sakowicz, Wojciech Schabowski, Marek Tyszkiewicz, Maria \u017bynel (2017); Marek Barbasiewicz, Klara Bielawka, Arek Brykalski, Marcin Czarnik, Joanna Drozda, Rafal Fudalej, Miros\u0142aw Guzowski, Magdalena Kuta, Lech \u0141otocki, Maciej Pesta, Maria Robaszkiewicz (2018)
\nduration:<\/strong> 60 min.
\ncurators:<\/strong> Hanna Wr\u00f3blewska (2015), Jola Woszczenko (2016), Magda Godlewska (2017), Magda Komornicka (2018)
\npresentations:<\/strong> Zach\u0119ta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw (2015 and 2018), Theatre Institute in Warsaw (2015), \u0141a\u017ania Centre for Contemporary Art in Gda\u0144sk (2016), Arsena\u0142 Gallery in Bia\u0142ystok (2017)
\nphotos:<\/strong> Pawe\u0142 Elbel, Micha\u0142 Szlaga, Weronika Wysocka
\nfilm recording:<\/strong> Artur Prymon, Jonasz Chlebowski<\/p>\n

text published in:<\/strong> Dialog<\/i>, a monthly magazine devoted to contemporary dramaturgy, no. 9 (682), September 2013
\nbook edition:<\/strong> CSW Kronika, Bytom, 2013
\nillustrations and graphic design:<\/strong> Maciek Salamon<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

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The drama is set in a gallery before an opening, when tensions are running at their highest, and it turns out the power has gone out. The events that follow, presented according to conventions akin to those of the nativity play, are secondary to the grotesque portraits of figures (or rather types, as Burska avoids portraying specific people) from the artistic milieu. The author places emphasis on the poses and snobberies of these characters, the hierarchies and divisions they cultivate, and the strategies and trends they follow. The drama consists of interwoven notions and slogans used by the characters to \u201cperform\u201d their own images and position in this peculiar world. We cannot speak of \u201cdefiling one\u2019s nest\u201d here, but rather of engaging in self-ironic and self-critical observation. The Nest<\/em> is something like a butterfly house, only one shown from the perspective of the butterfly. The Feminist Artist, who \u201ccriticizes with her whole body\u201d, says:

\n\nSo coming back to me
\nI yearn unconsciously
\nFor my body blue and white
\nOozing blood, engendering might
\nTo bring forth, revealing to exist
\nThe hidden power of a feminist (rubs her biceps like a bodybuilder)<\/i>

\n\nThe Nest<\/em> shows that, in Bogna Burska\u2019s case, part of this strength is having a sense of humour, which may not help one explode the institutional framework of the art world, but it will certainly help you bring in some fresh air. The performative reading of The Nest<\/em> held at Zach\u0119ta in June 2018 (the venue for the reading was a joy in itself) was preceded by a prologue performed on the entrance stairs, which made use of the scene of the opening of the exhibition from act two. The speeches of the Director, Ambassador, Minister, Sponsor and Curator could all be successfully used in the ritual openings of all future exhibitions, as they contain all the necessary formulas for this, especially this one:

\n\nI\u2019d like to comment on
\nhow embarrassing it is not to know
\nwhat art is today
\nwe already know that science
\nenjoys well-deserved prestige
\nbut it won\u2019t be especially revealing
\nto admit
\nthat controversial art
\nhas a reputation
\nbut still, I\u2019d like to emphasize
\nthat we are unparalelled
\nin this awareness<\/i><\/p>\n

excerpt from the text Acts of Action<\/em> by Joanna Krakowska, catalogue Blood and Sugar. Works 2000\u20132021<\/em>, published by Gda\u0144sk City Gallery, Trafostacja Sztuki in Szczecin, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Gda\u0144sk, 2021<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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