Vernissage of the Open Space “Liberty, Equality, Solidarność” in the BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition with a concert by Mala Herba and a DJ set by Paulina Panik
Regular: Free admission
Please register in advance. The link for registration will be published here one month before the event.
Room Entertainment and Room Interconnection, 1st floor, BERLIN GLOBAL
3h
Poles have lived in Berlin for centuries and shaped the cultural, social, political and economic life of the city. The Polish border is less than 100 kilometres away. And yet, the city’s close ties with its neighbouring country sometimes only become visible at a second glance: The Open Space “Liberty, Equality, Solidarność” in the BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition looks at Berlin as a site of Polish struggles for freedom and against discrimination, as well as a place of dialogue and solidarity.
As part of the opening, BERLIN GLOBAL invites you to a concert by genre-defying Polish sound artist and queer activist Mala Herba. Mala Herba is inspired by industrial and experimental electronic sounds as well as traditional Polish music. The performance will be followed by a set from Berlin-based DJ Paulina Panik, mixing post-punk and rock with electro and eclectic wave.
Programme:
- 6 pm: Opening of the Open Space in the room Entertainment
- 7 pm: Concert by Mala Herba in the room Interconnection
- 8 pm: DJ set by Paulina Panik in the room Interconnection
Background information
“Wolność, Równość, Solidarność” (Liberty, Equality, Solidarity) was a slogan used by striking shipyard workers in Gdansk in August 1980, who later formed the Solidarność trade union. This succinct and powerful variation of the historical slogan of the French Revolution can still be heard today at pro-democracy protests in Poland.
The artists
Ewa Maria Slaska
Born in Poland in 1949, writer, editor, publicist, blogger, project manager, translator, teacher and curator Ewa Maria Slaska also sees herself as a mediator between German and Polish realities. She fled to Berlin in 1985 as a political activist in the Solidarność movement and has been working in refugee aid ever since. She has been involved in many projects over the past 40 years, including the independent TV show “Magazyn Wyspa” (“Island”), WIR e.V. – Verein und Verlag zur Förderung der deutsch-polnischen Literatur and the German-Polish Poets’ Steamer.
Recent projects
- 2012: ewamaria.blog
- 2013: Polish graves in Berlin (including an exhibition, book, and the rescue of the grave of Prof. Aleksander Brückner)
- 2021: Actor in the film “The Legend of Zygmunt Blask” by Jemek Jemowit
- 2021: Polkopedia, online encyclopaedia of Polish women abroad
- 2022: The Missing Half of History. Irena Bobowska, the Forgotten Heroine
- 2023: Quest for Women*
- 2023/24: Women in the Shadow of the Guillotine. Polish Women Executed at Plötzensee Prison
- 2024: Tree for Irena Bobowska in Berlin
Anna Krenz
Born in 1976 in Poznań, Poland, the artist, architect, author and activist Anna Krenz has lived in Berlin since 2003. She is the founder of the collective Dziewuchy Berlin and the association Ambasada Polek e.V. Since 2001 she has worked with the Danish Centre for Renewable Energy (Folkecenter for Renewable Energy in Denmark) on sustainable development projects. Anna Krenz is part of the women’s project studio Sinus_3, which combines architecture, ecology, visual arts and public space design. From 2003 to 2012, she co-directed the ZERO Gallery in Berlin, which hosted more than 100 exhibitions, concerts and happenings with artists from Poland, Germany and around the world.
Projects (selection)
- 2004: Polish Wife
- 2019: Global Scream
- 2020: Botschaft der Polinnen*
- 2022: The Missing Half of History. Irena Bobowska, the Forgotten Heroine.
- 2022: Siostry* prize
- 2023: Quest for Women*
- 2023: Sisters in Arms – Bettina von Arnim and Julia Woykowska
- 2023/24: Women in the Shadow of the Guillotine. Polish Women Executed at Plötzensee Prison
- 2024: Tree for Irena Bobowska in Berlin
- 2024: Contact High with the Curators [vinyl], Edition Telemark
Jemek Jemowit
Born in Gdynia, Poland in 1986, Ziemowit Nowak is better known by his alter ego, goth-glam musician Jemek Jemowit. Since 2009, his genre-spanning artistic journey has shaped the musical landscape with a political and conceptual approach. In addition to his performance and music activities, Nowak has run the art and culture venue TROPEZ at the Humboldthain summer pool in Berlin’s Wedding district since 2019.
Productions
- 2010: Wave & Groom EP [CD-R] Jemcock Productions DE
- 2011: Zemsta LP [Vinyl] Fabrika Records GR
- 2013: Tekkno Polo EP [Tape, CD] Oficyna Biedota PL, Jemcock Prod. DE
- 2015: Jemek Jemowit ist Doktor Dres LP [digital, Vinyl] Martin Hossbach DE
- 2016: Wróg publiczny N° 1 [digital, CD] Martin Hossbach, Jemcock Prod. DE
- 2019: Das Satanische Album [digital, Vinyl] Martin Hossbach, Reverend Campanelli Records DE
- 2020: Tekkno Polo LP [digital, Vinyl] Martin Hossbach, Reverend Campanelli Records DE
- 2021: Legenda Zygmunta Blask [digital, Tape] Atypeek Music FR, Ziemol PL
- 2022: PZPR EP [digital] Atypeek Music FR