interview

To broaden the knowledge of dance and choreography, WOK is preparing a series of conversations with dance practitioners entitled What will dance make of us? developed by Joanna Leśnierowska. The aim of the series is to find answers to the question: What can regular contact with dance, and experiencing and practising it, offer us, each of us individually, and us as a community?

Interview with Miranda Zarzycka and Aleksandra Wiechowska interview; Agnieszka Strzeżek, Sonia Jaszczyńska and Agata Klepka, the founders of the group and the idea of home residencies combined with tutoring for artists who are mothers to young children.

The British Brutalists, cultural activism and a theatre attacked by right-wing extremists - Paweł Łysak, director of Warsaw's Powszechny Theatre, talks about the behind-the-scenes work of running an institution in the midst of political tensions.

Is it possible to manage a large urban theater known for its high artistic aspirations in an empathetic, inclusive, and humane way? Anna Rochowska, the director of TR Warszawa, reveals the challenges she faces while trying to reconcile seemingly contradictory elements.

This year, the second edition of the Women in Arts conference was organised in Brno, Czechia by the CO.LABS independent space. The key theme of this edition was Motherhood/Parenthood. WOK was represented by Anna Galas-Kosil.

Female voice amplifiers versus dad jokes. Under the leadership of Joanna Mueller, we open our space to poetry and invite all readers to discover new poetic voices and search for works that are not chameleons. A conversation with the poet Joanna Mueller is the last in a series of interviews with experts in the Reader Education research project conducted by the Warsaw Observatory of Culture.

How is it possible that the capital of a Central European country with a population of almost 40 million does not yet have a venue dedicated to one of the most dynamically developing performing arts? - asks Joanna Leśnierowska in a conversation with Julia Hoczyk.

What are the interests of young refugees in Warsaw? How can we reach them? These are some of the questions that we at the Warsaw Observatory of Culture have been asking for some time, and then Oksana Kolisnyk, a student of Social Arts at the Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Warsaw, approached us with a request to organise workshops in our WOK.lab.

Graphic designer Alicja Kobza and communication strategist Agnieszka Tiutiunik met at the WOK Lab and talked about their experiences. What do you need to think about when creating a visual identity? What is the process like? What to do and what not to do for a successful collaboration?