Krzysztof Czyzewski from The Borderland Foundation
February 7th, 2006
The Borderland Foundation
A living experiment in cross-cultural relations
with foundation Chairman Krzysztof Czyzewski
7:00pm
Admission: FREE
About Czyzewski, Gail Kimberling of the New York Times has written that he “has based his life’s work on pushing the limits of borders, whether it involves going beyond the acceptable, bringing the past to the present, or bridging one country or culture with another.” His presentation will include footage from documentary work generated by the program.
Location One is pleased to host a presentation by Krzysztof Czyzewski, Chairman of Borderland, the avant-garde cultural foundation, established in 1990 in Sejny in north-east Poland, right at the borders between Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and Russia. Mr. Czyzewski will talk about the intercultural activities of the Foundation and its many programs: theater, music, poetry and writing, publishing, film as well as educational and cross-generational.
Location One feels a particular kinship to the goals and programs of the Borderland Foundation since our aim is to encourage the convergence of cultural expression from all different parts of the world and different disciplines. We do this through our International Residency Program, and through our dense calendar of exhibitions, concerts, dance, weekly talks on issues of social, political, artistic and technological relevance. And we operate in a place that probably holds the widest variety of cultural expressions within its city limits: a borderland of sorts.