Halka/Haiti 18°48’05″N 72°23’01″W: C.T. Jasper & Joanna Malinowska

The exhibition at the Polish Pavilion is accompanied by a book, Halka/Haiti 18°48’05″N 72°23’01″W: C.T. Jasper & Joanna Malinowska that provides both a multifaceted conceptual framework for staging the Polish national opera in Haiti and a detailed record of this remarkable endeavor. With an introductory essay from the project’s curator and an interview with the artists, the book also features three newly commissioned essays—literary scholar Katarzyna Czeczot’s inquiry into the political underpinnings of Halka’s libretto, diplomat Géri Benoît’s history of her hometown of Cazale, and anthropologist Kacper Pobłocki’s uncovering of Poland’s relationship to race and slavery—alongside the late Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s seminal reflection on the global silencing of the Haitian Revolution. Also included are questionnaires completed by the project’s Haitian and Polish participants, translated selections from the opera’s libretto, extensive photographic documentation of the rehearsals, and stills from the film itself. Edited by Magdalena Moskalewicz, the book is co-published by Zachęta—National Gallery of Art and Inventory Press, with design by Project Projects.

Design: Project Projects
www.projectprojects.com

Co-published by
Zachęta — National Gallery of Art
pl. Małachowskiego 3
00-916 Warsaw

Inventory Press, LLC
161 Bowery, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10002
www.inventorypress.com

ISBN 978-83-64714-15-3
ISBN 978-1-941753-07-1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Hanna Wróblewska, Foreword
Halka—The Opera
Magdalena Moskalewicz, Behind Mountains, More Mountains
Katarzyna Czeczot, A Peasant Woman and A Vengeance: Four Versions of Halka
Géri Benoît, Developing Cazale: Past, Present, Future
Kacper Pobłocki, How Poles Became White
Trevor Smith, Interview with C.T. Jasper and Joanna Malinowska
M-R. Trouillot, An Unthinkable History: The Haitian Revolution as Non-Event
Halka–The Process
Participants’ questionnaires:
Colette Perodin, advisor
Paweł Passini, theater director
Bernadette Williams, artistic coordinator of the orchestra
Weronika Pelczyńska, choreographer
Wasly Simon, coordinator of the dancers
Grzegorz Wierus, conductor
Wilso Annulysse, coordinator of the dancers
Barbara Kaja Kaniewska, director of photography