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Deadline: October 27th, godz. 23:59

Get 3000 PLN for your initiative.

We are waiting for your application until 27 October 2024.

The results of the call will be announced on 4th November 2024.

Apply through the form

https://strefawolnoslowa.pl/at_home_2024

Are you an artist involved in theatre, film, photography, music, writing, or crafts? Have you worked professionally in the arts in your home country but haven’t had the chance in Poland? Do you want to organize a cultural event or build a community through art? Whether you’re sharing your work or supporting others, we can help!

Each participant will receive a micro-grant of PLN 3,000. You will also get a chance to implement your project and attend workshops on project planning, execution, and communication on November 16 and 17 in Warsaw.

The program will conclude with a meeting with all participants presenting the resulting initiatives on March 2, 2025, also in Warsaw.

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In the coming months, we will invite two migrant artists or creative groups to implement performative, intergenerational, and intercultural activities inspired by the concept of FREEDOM.

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In the coming months, we will invite two migrant artists or creative groups to implement performative, intergenerational, and intercultural activities inspired by the concept of FREEDOM. We are particularly interested in projects addressing the theme of freedom of movement, free and fair mobility in the face of climate change.

Initiatives submitted under the program will receive:

→ 4,000 PLN gross per activity
→ Workshop space for work/rehearsals/workshops
→ Expert, promotional, and production support

We are looking for projects to be implemented in June-July or September-October 2024, which:

→ Consist of a minimum of 4 workshop sessions involving the local intercultural community
→ Include an open part for a wider audience
→ Have an intercultural and intergenerational character
→ Are carried out by individual migrant creators or intergenerational artistic groups

For any questions, please contact a.borkowska@strefawolnoslowa.pl

Applications are accepted until April 28th, 2024. We will invite two selected initiatives for cooperation. Results will be announced by May 10th, 2023.

Courage, freedom, imagination

Courage, freedom, imagination is the Strefa WolnoSłowa’s project, through which we aim to expand the circle of migrant artists collaborating with our organization. For years, the primary focus of the Strefa’s activities has been creative work with intergenerational groups of people from diverse cultural backgrounds, varying degrees of prior engagement in artistic initiatives. We are inspired by the exchange of stories, work with biographies, joint exploration of forms for narratives and experiences, initiating participatory processes, and creating spaces for diversity to meet.

Courage, freedom, imagination is a program where we tackle these titular concepts. We want the projects undertaken to develop sensitivity, openness to challenges, imagination, collaborative skills, and courage in both participants and initiators of actions, achieved through various creative forms: workshops, walks, knowledge exchange, performative events, mutual support, and inspiration

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Activity summary video by Kanstanstin Muzhau’s crew
Video shooting, production, director of photography: MUZHEV, Evgenia Muzheva, Danila Gancharou
4 workshop meetings and a final action: a performance by Ilya Semashkevich and Kanstantsin Muzhau – the culmination of interdisciplinary workshop work with an intercultural group of migrant and Polish creators as part of the “Freedom / Wolność” project.

Wednesday, 3 July 2024 at 18:00
Castle Square in Warsaw, Plac Zamkowy 1, by the Sigismund’s Column.

Creatives / performers: Kanstantsin Muzhau, Ilya Semashkevich, Svitlana Sukhorukova, Mariieliena Matsiuk, Olga Klip
Workshops’ participants: Daria Brzezińska, Hanna Kulkova, Svitlana Sukhorukova, Alexandra Liubetskaya, Lizaveta Bibikava, Mariieliena Matsiuk, Rimma Tyshkevych, Magdalena Kurek, Adrianna Hanslik, Maryia Hamolka
Curatorial supervision: Olga Klip
Graphics: Glafira Stseliukova
Photos: Yauhen Malashkevich

About the performance:

The language barrier is a significant obstacle in cross-cultural communication when the inability to conduct dialogue in the interlocutor’s language leads to mutual misunderstanding. Numerous migrants moving to different countries often do not know the language of the country they are relocating to or planning to move to. As a result, they encounter serious communication difficulties, which limit their freedom.

In the process of adaptation and learning the language of the country of residence, migrants gradually overcome these obstacles. Over time, by acquiring language knowledge and skills, they gain access to new opportunities: employment, education, medical services, and other aspects of social life. This opens up a new, more free, and accessible world for them.

However, it is worth noting that the difficulties faced by migrants also affect the native population. Misunderstanding and isolation cause social tensions and a lack of trust, creating barriers between communities. This performance examines the transformation from isolation to integration, from limitations to freedom, by overcoming the language barrier.

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