Kitchen Conversations

#31 - in conversation with documentary filmmaker and director from Georgia, Mariam Agladze. During the podcast conversations Mariam shares the making-off her three short films - all touching upon important but little discussed topics; ageing and death, domestic violence and life with a disability. References: “Nanuli and Gogi” 2017 (trailer) “One in Seven” 2019 (full film) "Trapped Inside" 2021 (f...

#30 - in conversation with multidisciplinary artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina and of Romani origin, Selma Selman. In this episode Selma shares stories of her past and sheds light onto her artistic and activist practice that aim to protect and enable female bodies and enact a cross-scalar approach to collective self-emancipation of oppressed women and ethnic minorities. At the time of the convers...

PART 4 Kitchen Conversations for Ukraine was created to highlight the culture of Ukraine and spread information on how to help the country and its artists. Episode 4 was curated by Ukrainian artist and researcher based in The Netherlands: Yuliia Elyas References: 1. "Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex" by Oksana Zabuzhko (book) 2. "In Isolation. Dispatches from Occupied Donbas" by Stanislav Aseyev  (book)...

#28 - in conversation with visual artist working with film, drawing and installation from Georgia, Sophia Tabatadze. On the podcast Sophia sheds light on the making off her experimental documentary film 'Pirimze' that had it's premiere at Visions Du Réel in Nyon and tells a story of a Soviet building in Tbilisi and its capitalist afterlife. Sophia is also a co-founder of Mukao – a company that mak...

PART 3 Kitchen Conversations for Ukraine was created to highlight the culture of Ukraine and spread information on how to help the country and its artists. Episode 3 was curated by Ukrainian-Brazilian contemporary photographer based in The Netherlands: Alex Blanco References: Odessa Stories by Isaac Babel (book) Everything is Illuminated  by Live Schreiber (film) Privoz Market in Odesa  Aubergine...

PART 2 Kitchen Conversations for Ukraine was created to highlight the culture of Ukraine and spread information on how to help the country and its artists. Episode 2 was curated by contemporary Ukrainian artist and photographer based in Amsterdam: Olga Permiakova References: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Sergei Parajanov (film) Alina Pash (singer and rapper) Maria Prymachenko (artist)  Stop-Ze...

PART 1 Kitchen Conversations for Ukraine was created to highlight the culture of Ukraine and spread information on how to help the country and its artists. Episode 1 was curated by contemporary painter and muralist, Tatyana Ostapenko. References: @postsovietart Pavlo Borshchenko @pavloborshchenko Anna Sarvira @anna.sarvira Kadyrova Zhanna @jannkad Winter On Fire by Evgeny Afineevsky ___ Buy me a c...

#24 - in conversation with multidisciplinary artist from Poland and Senegal, Maja ∀. Ngom. Maja's body of work is shaped by her unique experience of coming from an intergenerational and multi-ethnic family and explores issues of identity in the context of belonging and displacement.  The conversation circulated around Maja's mixed media installation 'The Sweet Taste of Otherness', her unique relat...

#23 - in conversation with host of the ost. GAYze podcast from Poland and Germany, Kai Hermann.  ost. GAYze focuses on queer Eastern-European perspectives from and in Germany. Patrycja spoke to Kai about the history of Silesia, where his family migrated from, about the intersection of his dual identity (being Polish and queer) and about the great work being done by Eastern European queers all over...

#22 - in conversation with curator of the exhibition Young Poland: An Arts and Crafts Movement (1890–1918), Julia Griffin. From the end of the 18th-century Poland underwent successive partitions, resulting in the country disappearing from the map of Europe for 123 years. After a couple of failed military uprisings, Polish people understood that making art was the only remaining way to preserve the...

#21 - in conversation with choreographer, theatre maker, dancer, performer and singer from East Germany, Burkhard Körner. In his work Burkhard examines questions of the individual within the collective and looks for ways to translate memories into different forms. The conversation revolved around a theatre piece he created together with Rika Weniger and Noah Voelker. "Wie macht man gute Kunst fur...

#20 - in conversation with visual artist and embroiderer from Belarus, Rufina Bazlova. Rufina is the artist behind the red and white embroidery that appeared in many exhibitions and events, illustrating the Belarusian Revolution. During the conversations Rufina shared the process of creating 'The History of Belarusian Vyzhyvanka' as well as her plans for upcoming projects focusing on the political...

PART 3 Grandma's Tales is a three episode mini series of Kitchen Conversations, devoted to the life of Marianna Farin. On the occasion of Marianna’s 100th birthday, Patrycja sat down with her grandmother to speak about her long life and the many history-changing moments she lived through.  ___ Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kitchenconversations Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/k...

PART 2 Grandma's Tales is a three episode mini series of Kitchen Conversations, devoted to the life of Marianna Farin. On the occasion of Marianna’s 100th birthday, Patrycja sat down with her grandmother to speak about her long life and the many history-changing moments she lived through.  References: Muzeum Tradycji Narodowej ___ Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kitchenconversations Beco...

PART 1 Grandma's Tales is a three episode mini series of Kitchen Conversations, devoted to the life of Marianna Farin. On the occasion of Marianna’s 100th birthday, Patrycja sat down with her grandmother to speak about her long life and the many history-changing moments she lived through.  References: The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact   Warsaw Uprising  Armia Krajowa (Polish underground force)   Łódź Gh...

#15 - in conversation with Agnieszka Pindera: former Head of Research Center at Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, today director of Zachęta National Gallery of Arts. The Museum’s unique connection with the avant-garde dates back to the turn of the 1920s and 1930s, when a group of radical artists from the “a.r.” group began gathering works of the most important artists of that time for the Museum. Patrycja sp...

#14 - in conversation with painter and muralist from Ukraine, Tatyana Ostapenko. Her paintings record the daily lives of people who usually don’t make it into official historical records and attempts to heal trans-generational trauma and question traditions. On the podcast Tatyana reveals: What stands behind the symbol of a Babushka or a Barbie?, How does it feel to bring a meticulous studio work...

#13 - in conversation with two inspiring women, creators of the X3 podcast, Julia Boxler (Kazakhstan) and Ani Menua (Armenia). During the conversations Julia and Ani spoke about their German speaking podcast, discussing different aspects of the German-Russian+ identity. What's more they also touched upon the migration history of German people to the regions of the former Soviet Union, about the fa...

#12 - in conversation with multidisciplinary designer and visual artist from Poland, Ola Korbańska.  Using various media such as design, written text and illustration, Ola inquires about the nature of objects in the context of temporality and perception. During Kitchen Conversations she spoke about cleaning, feminism and different ways of protesting, through three of her recent art projects. Refer...

#11 - in conversation with music artist and aspiring academic of Russian culture, Valerija Kravale.  Through her impressionistic vocal lines, guitar soundscapes and electronic dark wave, Valerija wants to reconnect with her past and explore the post-soviet nostalgia, calling her music Post-Soviet-Pop. During the conversation she talks about her concert set 'Constant Flux' and a recently released E...

#10 - in conversation with Amsterdam-based filmmaker from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Stefan Pavlović. Stefan’s documentary film practice questions the role of intimacy in cinema and investigates the uncontrolled realms of language. During the conversations he spoke about his feature-length documentary 'Looking for Horses'. The film tells a story of a unique bond between the filmmaker Stefan and the f...

#9 - in conversation with visual artist, researcher, writer and educator from Bulgaria, Krasimira Butseva. Since many years Krasimira's body of work deals with notions of Eastern European trauma, history and memory through photography, moving image and writing. During the conversation she speaks about her extensive research on the history of gulag across the socialist Bulgaria and the three visual...

#8 - in conversation with writer and researcher from Romania, Ștefan Ionescu-Ambrosie. The conversations was devoted to two cultural trends in contemporary Romania: The New Wave and manele subculture, both discussed in relation to mental health and intergenerational trauma. The work of Stefan was published among others in KAJET Journal, Hinterlands Magazine, [Inter]Sections Journal and Norient.  R...

#7 - in conversation with visual artist from Moldovan, Marina Sulima. Patrycja visited Marina in her home studio in Groningen (The Netherlands) to speak about her short fiction film titled ‘Parcelpaedia’. The film responds to a phenomenon called Italy Syndrome - a socio-medical term used to describe a type of depression experienced by Eastern European women who work as caregivers in Italy.  Refere...

#6 (part 2) - in conversation with dramaturg, theatre maker and performance maker from Poland, Szymon Adamczak. Patrycja spoke with Szymon about his artistic practice preoccupied within HIV/AIDS field and its cultural artistic and social-political legacy of the past decades. During the conversation, Szymon shared the process of working on his performance piece ‘An Ongoing song’ and on his artistic...