Sketch of documentary tea-party-performance "Kalykhanka"

We invite you to the sketch of documentary tea-party-performance "Kalykhanka" ("Lullaby" — Bel.) – based on a documentary play from 2021.

The starting point of the play, based on the mass protests in Belarus in 2020, becomes a reflection on protests in general, and then it extends to a reflection on the experience of forced emigration. The issues raised in the play remain relevant and require rethinking in 2023 in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine and new waves of mass emigration. The presentation will conclude with a common discussion in which everyone is welcome to participate.

Format: chamber kitchen talks with tea with thyme and cookies.

Author of the play and performance director: Masha Sapizhak, multidisciplinary artist, documentary theater maker, (Saint-Petersburg–Tbilisi–Berlin)

Artists:

Alexandra Petrova

Elijah Khodyrev

Discussion moderator: Pasha Andreev

Performance will take place within 19th edition of Barents Spektakel in Kirkenes, Norway in partnership with CISR e.V. Berlin. Barents Spektakel is an international contemporary art festival. This year, for the first time, Berlin will be a "satellite" to the festival, to offer its interpretations of the main theme of this year's festival, "TRUST".

Curator of the festival in Berlin: Lilia Voronkova, social anthropologist and curator of cultural projects (CISR e.V. Berlin).

Performance will be held in Russian language. Entrance is free, the registration is mandatory.

→ Registration link. First 20 registered people will be invited.