In Poland
2000 Leeuwarden - Cracow
Initiated, organised and produced by Stichting De Blinde Schilders
with
converted Polish saloon carriage
converted Greek passenger carriage
converted Danish passenger carriage
converted Yugoslavian passenger carriage
converted Hungarian postal carriage
Leeuwarden
Finissage celebration in Leeuwarden, 3. of September at 8 pm
with performances of
Marek Rogulski, Rogulus (P)
and
Malgorzata Zarczynska (P)
Cracow
Finissage celebration 29. September, 12 a.m.
at Platform 1 of the Central Railway Station in Cracow (Krakowie Glownego)
by: Deputy Mayor of Cracow
Hans Kalliwoda, Artistic Director
Openings events
PKP Orchestra
and 'the impossible performance' by Grand Zero
Sound installation in all compartments in the saloon carriage about 'impossibilities'
Other events
Between the 25. of August and the
3. of September, 4 Polish artists worked on the train, to create site specific installations
with the theme 'far-close'
Simultaneously three artists from Austria, Yugoslavia and the US worked in the the Saloon carriage in
Cracow on the same theme.
4. September till 9 September three catalogue designer and one editor worked in the Saloon Carriage
for the pre press of the catalogue
Exhibition dates Cracow
30. September till 1. October 2000
* the project was on view to the public free of charge
Activities and sideline shows
Invites of Polish artist through collaborations with:
Artur Tyber (Fort Sztuki) for Cracow
Wieslaw Zaremba (Nowa Oficyna Galeria Rysunku Akademia Szutuk Pienyck W Gdansku) for Gdansk
'Far-Close' exhibit at Nowa Oficyna Galeria Rysunku Akademia Szutuk Pienyck W Gdansku
The europartrain in Poland, with its highlight at the Cracow 2000 Festival, was dedicated to a large scale collaboration between local artists and artists from abroad - from Eastern and Western Europe. A large number of art exhibitions, performances and shows took place in Cracow from 15 September in galleries, public places and on the internet reflecting the artistic and social sensibility of the coming European unity.
Publicity and media
Preparation invitation cards and international mailing
Preparation posters and flyers
Catalogue Europartrain in Poland
Patrons for the europartrain in Poland
Mr. Jerzy Widzyk, Minister of Transport and Maritime Economy
Mr. Andrzei Golas, Mayor of Cracow
Mr. Pawel Adamowicz, Mayor of Gdansk
Participation of professionals (artists)
Malgorzata Zarczynska
Brygida Serafin
Marek Rogulski 'Rogulus'
Joanne Samantha Morgan
Simon Wachsmuth
Zbigniew Wasiel
remarks
Tired of doing things for fun?
Bored with communication?
The concept of art too complicated?
This is the wonderful story of how Gdansk bureaucrats have their Mayor to be Patron for europartrain and don箃 want this train to come to their city at the same time. It箂 about selfishness and trying to make them self look good without doing something for it. Imagine, a public relations officer from the municipality of the city of Gdansk meets this totally dedicated artist from Holland, who wants to bring an art train to the city. Now, wouldn箃 it be good if this happened, and everybody would think the PR-officer is a very great organiser to get hold of this train and get it to Gdansk? Of course, to avoid troubles in the snakepit of nepotism in City Hall, the bureaucratic art organiser Grzegorz Klaman needs to be consulted. Bummer. This guy himself wants it to come, but now HE wants to get all the credits without doing something for it, as his track record proofs. The Mayor is now patron to the project. Klaman will host it. Of course the artist, who came and showed five catalogues of the countries the train visited before, shouldn箃 be honoured for doing this. If this artist likes to do all the work, let him. 孖mportant?artists like the status. What a nice bed to fall into. Sleep behind a desk and be known as the big cultural achiever. Oops... Does this artist really want us to do something in the project as well? That changes the whole concept! What? Going to Holland to work on this train? Come on, there are a lot of Important Things to be done as an Official. Better call it off. Now the Mayor is patron to a project that is not welcome in his own city. Well, one has got to make a stand somewhere.
Coming from the West?
Take the money and run!
Bureaucrazy can change your life!
(Any similarities with names and places are entirely coincidental (this scenario could also, with slight adjustments, play in Cracow) and the authors cannot be held responsible)
The four carriages and the container wagon of europartrain, on a track in Leeuwarden, will not move. Yet europartrain goes on in Poland. Four Polish artists came, to make this train theirs. Nobody will see what they made in the train. Even when the audience was invited on Sunday the 3rd of September, no one got inside. Performances were held, installations were built and speeches were spoken. The audience came and saw a demolished train, that formed a stage on which the Polish based their art, working out their views on the differences and meeting points of the opposites far ?close. The train got sealed off. This art train is not wanted by so many in the Netherlands. All the work done by the four artists is photographed, filmed, recorded, documented. The recordings of their work are digitalized and transferred to Poland through internet. In Poland the story of europartrain is the basis for the europartrain-festival in Cracow, Europes Cultural Capital in the year 2000. More festivities were planned in Gdansk and Warsaw. The train bringing Europes collected identities is very close to the Polish. Yet it is far, cause it was stopped in the Netherlands. This controversy is worked out by artists in Leeuwarden, Cracow and Gdansk.
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We are by far not as close as we want to be. Still, the further we go, the closer we get. Hans Kalliwoda |
Thanks to the following people and instances
Aga Szreder, Agnieszka Chrzaszcz, Ale Bosma, Mr. Alexander Kotlowski, Andzej Golas, Anet Idsinga, Anita, Anne Bruggenkamp, Arno Vrijman, Artur Tjaber, Attila Nadudvari, Barbara Maron, Bart Buwalda, Bart Majoor, Bent Jensen, Mr. Bert Anciaux, Bertram Erik Bol, Bob Palmer, Boguslaw Sonik, Brygida Serafin, Carol Peaker, Chris and Iben Mottes, Christina Della Giustina, Claude Frisoni, Coen Stork, Colin Walker, Danuta Glondys, M.A. Dexter, Dieuwke De Boer, Dorota Roszkowska, Dorota Nieznalska, Edo Sutherland, Elke Kreuzpointner, Ellis Van De Giessen, Elsa Nijhof, Elzbieta Grygiel, Erna Hennicot- Schoeppes, Ewa Starnawska, Frank Motz, Frans Kievit, Frans G. Dettmers, Geert Lovink, Geert Steendam, Gerdien Verschoor, Gosia Starnawska, Guido Minne, Han Hoonakker, Hans & Symone Gaasbeek, Heikkii, Heiner Holtappels, Jacek Purchla, James Fitzpatrick & Anne, Jan van Dries, Jan Willem Schr鰂er, MGR. INZ. Janusz Dettlaff, Jacek Purchla, Jeroen De Swaaf, Mr. Jerzy Widzyk, Jerzy Wisniewski, Jesper Steen Mortensen, Joachim + Milu, Johan Deumens, John Haley & Judith, Jos Chabert, Mr. K. Tan, Katerina Gregos, Kazimierz Budynkiewicz, Klaas & Edwin, Klaus Albrecht, Koosje Wolf, Kuba Szreder, Lies Schermer, Litsa Dombasi, Lone Leth Larsen, Louis Kok, Lukasz Guzek, Mrs.Magdalena Ciszewska, Marek Rogulski, Maciej Zajaczkowski, Frau Maria Jedzinial, Mariandl Spuijman, Malgorzata Plucinska, Martin Rendel, Menno Meco, Natasja Hekman, Natasja Pashas, Nico Beltman, Nikolai Trzasna, Ole Hansen, Paolo Bianchi, Paul Verheyen Petra & Co, Rein Heije, Rogier, Rowin Snijder, Ruud Deams, Mr. Sankowsky, Sigrid From, Simon Wachsmuth, Spyros Mercouris, Stanislaw Niesluchowski, Stanislaw Wojtysiak, Suzanne Loohuis, Mr. Tadeusz Syryjczyk, Theodoros Pangalos, Toek, Tom Andr?Skullerud, Torben Svendsen, Trevor Davies, Twan Spapens, Mr. V. Novacovic, Willem van Beek, Willum Geerts, Wieslaw Zaremba, Mr. Wojciech L. Kolanczyk, Zbigniew Gorlak