Friendly Takeover 9 – Alicja Pilarczyk

In 1942, a couple went up the mountains to look after the herd of cows, but they never returned. Their bodies were only found in the summer of 2017. The story of Marcelline, their youngest daughter, intertwines with the story of Alicja - a story of the unexpected loss of her father, which until today seems unreal.

The spirits of people we lost come back in the form of images, melodies, sounds, particles of feelings, shapes of objects - the corpuscles of memory. Losing a parent, especially for a young person, means rebuilding life, changing one's own internal role, reformulating needs. The dialog between Alicja and Marcelline will lead through a universe of stories sometimes very vivid, disturbing, funny, and sometimes distorted by time and personal filters. It turns out that death can have several shades. That it doesn’t always have to be black.

The performance was created thanks to the courtesy of Ms Marcelline Udry-Dumoulin.

It is also partly based on a research trip in Kenya, which Alicja and Emilia Łapko (photographer) led in February 2023. The result of the research is presented in the form of an exhibition in Bar du Nord.

With

Alicja Pilarczyk (music, concept, performance), Katherine Newton (stage design, music), Justyna Celeda (dramaturgy), Emilia Łapko (photography)

Program

Music by Alicja Pilarczyk and Katherine Newton

Info

Biography
Alicja Pilarczyk (*1984) is a violinist. Together with other professors, she initiated the establishment of a new department for interdisciplinary studies at the Academy of Arts in Szczecin, combining visual arts and music. She is the founder of the Concept Store Quartet and a member of the Kairos Quartet, Ensemble Recherche and the Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Ensemble, as well as part of an interdisciplinary collective. She has worked with artists such as Constanza Macras, Oscar Bianchi, Leiko Ikemura and participated in festivals such as Warsaw Autumn, Lucerne Festival, Barnes Festival in Philadelphia, Darmstadt Summer Courses, Ruhrtriennale, Maerz Musik.
→ alicjapilarczyk.com

Duration

90 minutes, no break

Prices

Free admission applies to persons with residence permit N, F or S. / CHF 5.- students of the Hochschule für Musik FHNW and the Musicology Seminar of the University of Basel / CHF 10.- members Colourkey and children under 12 years.