Breaking the Spell #3 - How to build alliances from peripheral positions? Ukrainians and Poles in the international art

Münchner Kammerspiele

Episode #3

What is the position of artists and curators from Ukraine and Poland in professional relations with Western partners? How can we build alliances and solidarity? How to break the spell of colonial and auto-colonial practices? What can the Western art world learn from Eastern European artists about decolonization?

In this episode we continue the discussion that has started during Breaking the Spell gathering in Warsaw between the participants of the project and members of the “Sunflower” Solidary Community Center. Together with Maria Beburia, Marta Jalowska and Yulia Krivich, we share our experiences of working internationally in the art world and discuss the notion of Eastern European peripherality. In the end, we speculate about decolonial, international alignments that would enable us to solidarize and share resources.

The conversation is accompanied by two sound commentaries created by Alicja Czyczel and Agata Maszkiewicz.

The podcast was created as a harvesting of the Breaking the Spell project curator of the project: Marta Keil podcast hosts: Zuzanna Berendt, Anna Majewska concept of the podcast: Zuzanna Berendt, Marta Keil, Anna Majewska moderation of the conversation: Anna Majewska conversers: Maria Beburia, Marta Jalowska, Yulia Krivich sound contributions: Alicja Czyczel, Agata Maszkiewicz editing: Ola Kuzemko music: Pavla Bastlová (Tokyo Drift)