Water&Coltan
from the series Landscapes & Bodies
What is the connection between raw materials and massacres? Workers of mineral deposit sites know the cost of blood necessary to recover coltan required for modern technologies. The stories from Water&Coltan stretch from the mines of DR Congo to the valleys of German rivers, as water is organically linked to every type of natural resources extraction. In the Ruhr Area, there are no more mines, but the pumps keep on working. Its future is told to European audiences by the Congolese, and the rivers which used to be sewage.
The performances from the landscapes and bodies series were created by the international art collective Kötter / Israel / Limberg in cooperation with Polish creators (Anna Ptak –dramaturgy, Marcin Lenarczyk – sound design), performers, researchers and local mine workers from Indonesia, DR Congo, Germany and Papua. Performances in Warsaw will be held at Studio Tęcza located on the premises of the Industrial Chemistry Institute where fuel samples of the Polish petroleum concern are developed.
The series of case studies devoted to the extracted resources was divided into two segments: Gold&Coal and Water&Coltan. During each performance, the audience walks through twelve rooms where they learn the history of mining from various latitudes. Each room is a separate history, and each performance takes the audience on a journey to a different landscape. The stories of performers are accompanied by audio and documentary footage filmed in 360° video technology, which enables the viewers to see mining areas scattered across the world.
landscapes and bodies is a documentary project which refers to the experiences of mine workers and inhabitants of the areas where raw materials are mined. Interviews used in the video footage and performances were created during the research conducted by the artistic team. The author of documentary films used in the performances is director Daniel Kötter whose work involves the dynamics of urbanization and landscape transformation. In parallel to performances organised by Biennale Warszawa, his film Rift Finfinnee will be screened at the 18th Millennium Docs Against Gravity Festival. It talks about the rapid modernization of the global South against the backdrop of local civil wars.
Information
Gold&Coal
from the series landscapes and bodies
The performances will take place at Studio Tęcza, Rydygiera 8 (Please note! Entrance from Anny German 12).
The set consists of 12 connected rooms (wooden containers with dimensions: length 6.058 m, width 2.438 m, height 2.54 m). In some of them, 360° films are screened to be watched in VR glasses, others offer live performances or audio recordings. The audience enters the installation in groups of several people, ten minutes apart. Performance running time in each room is about 10 minutes. Total running time of the performance is 120 minutes. Tickets are sold for time slots spaced 30 minutes apart. Please, select desired time when buying the ticket.
The performance is intended for viewers over 16 years old. It contains scenes relating to sexual behaviour and violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
When we perform:
9 September 2021 (Thursday), 19:00
Slots:
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
10 September 2021 (Friday), 19:00
Slots:
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
11 September 2021 (Saturday), 11:00
Slots:
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
Tickets:
40 PLN (normal ticket), 30 PLN (concession ticket)
Tickets are available:
— on Biennale Warszawa website
— via the GoOut app
Concession tickets can be purchased by: school and university students, pensioners, senior citizens, soldiers, veterans, persons with disabilities and their carers, residents of nursing homes, care facilities, shelters and to the unemployed.
Every person who buys a ticket to one of the performances from the series landscapes and bodies (Gold&Coal, or Water&Coltan) will receive a discount code which entitles them to a −20 PLN discount to buy tickets for the second performance. The code is featured on the PDF ticket. Then, the price of tickets to both performances is 60 PLN (normal tickets), 40 PLN (concession tickets), instead of 80 PLN (normal tickets) and 60 PLN (concession tickets).
The project will be carried out in keeping with the regulations and sanitary regime related to the COVID-19 pandemic in force on the day of the performance. You can learn more in the tab “Safe with Biennale”.
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Text:
Translation and editing:
Klementyna Dec
Aleksandra Szkudłapska
Jarosław Sobczak
Justyna Chmielewska
Safe with Biennale
We are glad that you want to take part in our event. Comfort and safety of our visitors, participants and employees are important to us.
What can you do?
Cover your nose and mouth, Use personal protective equipment (a mask or a scarf). If you forgot to take one with you, we will give you a disposable face mask.
Disinfect your hands before you enter the installation, and before you use VR glasses.
Check your body temperature. If you are in doubt about your health, you can use our electronic thermometer to take your temperature.
Keep the safe distance. Take note if the distance between you and another members of the audience, a promoter or performer is greater than 1.5 meters.
Buy tickets online beforehand. Tickets are available on Biennale Warszawa website or via the GoOut app.
Please adhere to the limit of people allowed in exhibition spaces at the same time.
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What are we doing for you?
We provide protective measures. We distribute bottles with disinfectant among the audience before they enter the installation. If need be, we can provide a disposable face mask.
We take our temperatures before we start working.
We disinfect and air the space after each performance.
We introduced the limit of persons allowed to enter the rooms at one time, and we sell tickets for 30 min. slots, to avoid audience accumulation.
We collect health statements from the participants to be able to hand them over to the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate and appropriate services to counteract the epidemic. You can download the statement here:
