News

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.

WIĘCEJ AKTUALNOŚCI

What we do

before

Plant Manifesto for World Refugee Day

Join us for the performative event Plant Manifesto, the final of the Asylum Warsaw 2024 project!

Thursday, June 20, 7 pm, Plac Zabaw nad Wisłą, near Most Świętokrzyski
Free admission: kontakt@strefawolnoslowa.pl

Asylum Warsaw 2024

Thursday, June 20, at 7 pm.
Plac Zabaw nad Wisłą (Playground on the Vistula River)
Free admission
The event is held with Silent Disco / For You equipment, to reserve a “seat” / pair of headphones please register in advance by emailing kontakt@strefawolnoslowa.pl via DM Instagram/Facebook of the Strefa WolnoSłowa or with contact form: https://forms.gle/CKa2VRHGFwaeEHet5

We imagine a manifesto created by plants – write it, dance it, co-create it. Plants do not recognize hierarchical authority, they create communities based on relationships between the constituent organisms, simply because they know that all are important for the survival of the plant-animal community. Plants limit their growth if resources begin to run out, caring for future generations.

Article 7 of the Plant Manifesto reads “The Plant Nation does not recognize borders. Every living being has the right to move, and to choose a place to live.” Article 14 of the Declaration of Human Rights reads “Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.” This is not enough. Having the right to migrate while fleeing persecution is not enough. Migration is a necessity or a choice. We should be able to migrate always. Migration is a natural survival strategy, the blocking of which is a restriction of dignity. At the same time, moving is much more than that. It is the essence of life.

The performative event “Plant Manifesto” is the essence of a workshop work loosely inspired by Stefano Mancuso’s “The Nation of Plants”. It was prepared by an intergenerational and intercultural group of migrant and Polish creatives within the framework of the “Asylum Warsaw 2024” project, the Youth Laboratory for Creative Practices, and by activists from the “Wschód” Initiative and employees and volunteers of the Dunaj Foundation Institute for Dialogue.

Organizers: Strefa WolnoSłowa and Zygmunt Hubner Powszechny Theatre in Warsaw, Plac Zabaw nad Wisłą, BarKa, Dunaj Foundation Institute of Dialogue, “Wschód” Initiative.

𝕐𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕙 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 ℙ𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕖𝕤

𝓒𝓵𝓲𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓒𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓼
𝓒𝓵𝓲𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓒𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝔂 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓭
𝓒𝓵𝓲𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓒𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝔂 𝓫𝓸𝓭𝔂
𝓘𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓹𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓮?
𝓐𝓶 𝓘 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓹𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝔂𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯?
𝓘 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓽𝓱𝔂

A group of young people uses artistic tools from the field of performing arts to tell a story about a topic important to them: the climate catastrophe. Sometimes more literally, sometimes more poetically, but every time it is a compelling story about the ecological crisis they are living through.

The performative show as part of the finale of the Youth Laboratory of Creative Practices was created during monthly weekend meetings held from March to June 2024.

CREATORS

Asylum Warsaw 2024
Alicja Borkowska, Pietro Denaro, Ray Dickaty, Tatsiana Dzivakova, Ola Jankowiak, Anita Jagodzińska, Hanna Kananiuk, Volha Kalakoltsava, Zurtan Khaltarov, Magdalena Kurek, Dominika Kowalska, Beata Leska, Alexandra Liubetskaya, Paweł Łęczuk, Paweł Łuhowy, Svitlana Makedon, Mikołaj Poncyljusz, Marta Sarasek, Samochodzik Samochodzik, Nastassia Stankevich, Katarzyna Stefanowicz, Weronika Szczurko, Magdalena Walusiak, Melanie Ziegler

Youth Laboratory of Creative Practices
Lydia Kaszuba, Maniek Żuchowski, Nadia Dideńko, Ellina Maroz, Ola Kalodzina, Nikola Białas, Arek Gliński, Szymon Kijowski, Krzysztof “Rodryk” Szczepankowski, Julia Rola, Walentyna Rymar, Elizaveta Samkova, Ester Stencel

Artistic supervision and creative process lead: Łukasz Lukas Wójcicki
Process support: Stanley Ndua
Archiving: Nisreen Yaseen

Inicjatywa “Wschód”
Emil Yahya Al-Khawaldeh, Bori Bielecki, Zulejka Nowicka

Dunaj Foundation Institute of Dialogue
Ömer Işik

The Asylum Warsaw project is carried out with the support of the City of Warsaw as part of the “Social Dramaturgies” project of the Powszechny Theater and the Strefa WolnoSłowa.

Youth Laboratory of Creative Practices is co-financed by the City of Warsaw and the Allianz Foundation

tak

nie