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15-16 October 2022

Green Commemorations. Action through Art

An outdoor event presenting creative and participatory practices of transmitting the memory of places of difficult heritage in green space.

KL Plaszow

events Program

KL Plaszow’s layers of history, the indistinct boundaries of the land, the multitude of claimants to its memory and its current role as a parks and recreations space, make it a prime example of what the International Council of Museums (ICOM) calls a contested site.

The conflicting perspectives on the nature of the site and its history represent an opportunity for meaningful conversation, education, and growth; by engaging groups with a multitude of perspectives through a process of interpreting a site and mutually planning for its future.

Since its founding in 2017 one of FestivALT’s core missions is to offer a neutral platform for people of good faith to discuss these differences. In fulfilling this mandate we have initiated a number of innovative projects and best practices aimed at raising awareness about the site’s complicated history as well as creating a space for dialogue among diverse stakeholders.

That is why we are proud to co-organize "Green Commemorations: Action through Art", a two day outdoor event promoting alternative and artistic strategies for the transmission of memory in green spaces. We are invigorated to demonstrate a practice-based culture of remembrance that harnesses innovative strategies of cooperation and a multidisciplinary approach to heritage and community building; seamlessly integrating Civic Arts, Activism and Urbanism.

  • FRIDAY (accompanying event)

    14.10.2022
    • 19.00

      Green Shabbat

      Józefińska 9
      • Limited spaces
      • SHABBAT
      • COMMUNITY
      • DINNER
  • SATURDAY (Day 1)

    15.10.2022
    • 11.00

      Medicinal Plants of Plaszow: walk

      • Karol Szurdak
      start: Jerozolimska 3 (Gray House)
      • Limited spaces
      • WALK
      • MEDICINAL PLANTS
    • 13.30

      Medicinal Plants of Plaszow: Workshop

      • Karol Szurdak
      Józefińska 9
      • Limited spaces
      • WORKSHOP
      • MEDICINAL PLANTS
    • 16.00

      Still Standing

      • Weronika Pelczyńska
      • Monika Szpunar
      • Aleksandra Janus
      at the main monument
      • MOVEMENT
      • CARE
      • PERFORMATIVE ACTION
    • 18.00

      Common space around the museum - residents' clauses

      • Tadeusz Rudzki
      Wielicka 76a (Spółedzielnia Kabel)
      • DIALOGUE
      • CLAUSES
      • CONVERSATION
  • SUNDAY (Day 2)

    16.10.2022
    • 11.00

      Moving Earth

      • Anna Schapiro
      start: Jerozolimska 3 (Gray House)
      • ACTION
      • ART
      • MEMORY
    • 13.00

      The Jew, the Neighbor, and the Dog: A Neighborhood Walk and a Practical Introduction to Jewish Law

      • Aleksander Schwarz
      start: Jerozolimska 3 (Gray House)
      • Limited spaces
      • WALK
      • HALAKHA
      • JEWISH LAW
      • BURIALS
    • 15.00

      Still Standing

      • Weronika Pelczyńska
      • Monika Szpunar
      • Aleksandra Janus
      at the main monument
      • MOVEMENT
      • CARE
      • PERFORMATIVE ACTION
  • MONDAY (accompanying event)

    17.10.2022
    • Guided tour of KL Plaszow for students

Partners

  • The Research Center for Memory Cultures, Faculty of Polish Studies, Jagiellonian University

  • Zapomniane Foundation

    The program is implemented as part of the NeDiPa: Negotiating Difficult Pasts project, which we implement together with the Zapomniane Foundation and the Urban Memory Foundation, thanks to the support of the European Union under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) program.

  • Urban Memory Foundation

    The program is implemented as part of the NeDiPa: Negotiating Difficult Pasts project, which we implement together with the Zapomniane Foundation and the Urban Memory Foundation, thanks to the support of the European Union under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) program.

  • Institute of Intercultural Studies of the Jagiellonian University

  • Galicia Jewish Museum

  • Patronage

    The event was held under the patronage of the Representation of the European Commission in Poland

  • Thinking Through the Museum

Sponsors

  • European Union

    The program is implemented as part of the NeDiPa: Negotiating Difficult Pasts project, which we implement together with the Zapomniane Foundation and the Urban Memory Foundation, thanks to the support of the European Union under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) program.

  • Active Citizens National Fund

    The expectations of the residents will be collected as part of the Places of Remembrance and Forgetting project, implemented from the Norwegian Funds from the grant of the Active Citizens - National Fund program financed from the EEA Funds.

Downloads resources

Green Shabbat
Medicinal Plants of Plaszow: walk
Medicinal Plants of Plaszow: Workshop
Still Standing
Common space around the museum - residents' clauses
Moving Earth
The Jew, the Neighbor, and the Dog: A Neighborhood Walk and a Practical Introduction to Jewish Law
Still Standing
Guided tour of KL Plaszow for students

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