GALLERY WEEKEND
BERLIN
2 – 4 May
Mikołaj Sobczak
It’s 10pm. Do you know where your children are?, 2019
Performance with Nicholas Grafia
Commissioned by Dortmunder Kunstverein
The performance “It’s 10PM. Do You know where your children are?” by Nicholas Grafia and Mikołaj Sobczak consists of a collage of texts like news, goodbye letters, family conversations, memories,...
The performance “It’s 10PM. Do You know where your children are?” by Nicholas Grafia and Mikołaj Sobczak consists of a collage of texts like news, goodbye letters, family conversations, memories, as well as statistics and research finds on POC (and) LGBTQ individuals’ social environment and psychological developments. Within the performance, stories of different families are being intertwined. Intergenerational and personal dynamics, tension between parent figures and their designated offspring, as well as notions of love, hate, desire and regret are negotiated within the duration of the action. The choreography and costumes used in the performance are furthermore inspired by images of figures, known from folklore, oral tradition, film and art history. The focus here lies on narrations and images depicting characters that fought in various public and intimate settings of social resistance. The narratives in the performance circulate and partly loop, building the core of the action and are being mediated by two “satellites”, represented by the performers.
Exhibitions
Gallery Weekend Festival, Berlin, September 2023Bergen Konsthall, Bergen, March 2022
Open Studios, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, 2022
KW Institute for Contemporary, Berlin, Juni 2021
Dortmunder Kunstverein, June 2019