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Halka/Haiti 18°48′05′′N 72°23′01′′W. Exhibition View

C.T. Jasper & Joanna Malinowska and curated by Magdalena Moskalewicz2015

Poland - Biennale Arte 2015

Poland - Biennale Arte 2015
Venice, Italy

The Polish Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale has the pleasure of presenting a panoramic film projection of the opera Halka by Stanisław Moniuszko, as it was staged in February for the inhabitants of Cazale, a village situated in the mountains of Haiti.

The winners of this year’s contest for the official Polish representation in Venice, artists C.T. Jasper and Joanna Malinowska and curator Magdalena Moskalewicz, decided to stage the opera in Haiti inspired by the mad plan of Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo, who wanted to build an opera house in the Amazon. Fascinated by Fitzcarraldo’s faith in the universal power of opera, but not uncritical of the colonizing aspect of his actions, they decided to reveal and undercut its romanticism by confronting a set of very specific geographic, historical, and sociopolitical realities.

Polish Pavilion Commissioner: Hanna Wróblewska
Deputy Commissioner: Joanna Waśko

Exhibition organized by Zachęta—National Gallery of Art
www.zacheta.art.pl

Polish participation in the 56th International Art Exhibition in Venice was made possible through the financial support of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland. Collaboration: Culture.pl

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  • Title: Halka/Haiti 18°48′05′′N 72°23′01′′W. Exhibition View
  • Creator: C.T. Jasper & Joanna Malinowska, curated by Magdalena Moskalewicz
  • Date Created: 2015
  • Physical Dimensions: Multichannel video projection: 82 minutes. Screen 3 m x 16 m
  • Type: Exhibition view in the Polish Pavilion. Photo by Barbara Kaja Kaniewska
  • Original Source: www.labiennale.art.pl
  • Medium: Multichannel video projection
Poland - Biennale Arte 2015

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