Kitchen Conversations

# 65  - about the exhibition Stanisław Wyspiański: Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery in London In conversations with Alison Smith - curator of the display, previously Chief Curator of the National Portrait Gallery, London and currently Director of Collections and Research at the Wallace Collection. Stanisław Wyspiański (1869-1907) was a Polish painter, designer, poet and originator of modern Polish Theater. He was also a key figure of the Młoda Polska (Young Poland) art movement that helped keep national identity alive during Poland's partitions. This podcast episode offers a glimpse into the unique pastel works of Wyspiański, featuring stories of his sitters—including members of the Cracovian intelligentsia—his family, and the artist himself, as well as his decade-long struggle with an illness that profoundly shaped his life and creative output. The one-room display, showing 16 of Wyspiański's pastel portraits at the National Portrait Gallery in London is free and open to all till the 13th of July 2025.  References: About the Exhibition: https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/display/2025/stanislaw-wyspianski-portraits Exhibition Catalogue: https://npgshop.org.uk/collections/books/products/stanislaw-wyspianski-portraits-hardcover-catalogue ___ This episode was created for Contemporary LYNX and with support of the Polish Cultural Institute London. Podcast thumbnail: Józio Feldman by Stanisław Wyspiański, 1905. National Museum in Kraków. Photo: Bartosz Cygan/NMK Digitization Studio. ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper Support or get in touch: https://linktr.ee/kitchenconversations

# 64 - in conversation with London-based, Uzbek multidisciplinary artist, Aziza Kadyri Aziza Kadyri is passionate about exploring new ways of engaging with cultural heritage, with a particular focus on textiles and costume—art forms that have traditionally been labelled as 'feminine'. She's also deeply interested in how XR/AR/VR and AI technologies can enhance artistic research, edutainment, and socially engaged practices. At the heart of her practice is a commitment to participatory work, especially within Central Asian and Uzbek communities. In this episode, we dive into her role in co-creating the exhibition for the Uzbekistan National Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale. Through this conversation, Aziza shares her vibrant, globally-spanning journey toward becoming an established artist, showcasing her work around the world. Most importantly, she highlights her mission to amplify the voices of Central Asian women artisans—whose stories have often been overlooked by history. References: Aziza website https://www.azizakadyri.com/ Aziza Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aziza.kadyri/  Qizlar Collective https://www.instagram.com/qizlarqizlarqizlar/ Uzbekistan Pavilion 2024 https://www.les-nouveaux-riches.com/interview-uzbekistan-pavilion-2024/ (Les Nouveaux Riches) Aziza about the Uzbek Pavilion part 1 https://www.instagram.com/p/DDKCtS9I53K/ Aziza about the Uzbek Pavilion part 2 https://www.instagram.com/p/DDws0tuIlKV/  Somerset House, London https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/  Aziza's favourite home food: Moshhurda or Moshkichiri (Uzbek soup/porridge with mung beans) ___ Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kitchenconversations Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Visit shop: https://www.etsy.com/de-en/shop/PatrycjaRozwora?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1398125905&from_page=listing Get in touch: https://www.instagram.com/kitchenconversations.podcast/  ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

# 63 - in conversation with Georgian director and filmmaker - Elena Mikaberidze. In early February, Kitchen Conversations teamed up with From Julia's Desk to host a live communal event in Berlin. As part of the evening's program, we had the privilege of screening the Georgian film Blueberry Dreams. The documentary follows Soso, a good-hearted father who leads his family of four in starting a blueberry farm to secure their future. Set in northern Georgia, their village lies near the troubled border with the Russian-backed region of Abkhazia, an area where tensions have been simmering for over 30 years. A few days after the screening, Patrycja sat down with filmmaker Elena Mikaberidze to record a podcast, diving deeper into the extraordinary documentary, the live of the family at its center, and the broader climate in Georgia today, with a special focus on mixed families navigating the challenges of living a united life in a politically divided country. References: Newsletter From Julia's Desk https://juliaschneider.substack.com/?utm_campaign=email-https://juliaschneider.substack.com/?utm_campaign=email-home&r=2pg744&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email About the filmmaker: https://chaikhana.media/en/authors/164/elena-mikaberidze  Blueberry Dreams (2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUOFWl2thbE  Support the family: https://www.share-doc.org/d/71001  Elena's favourite home food: Ajika - spicy pepper based dip  ___ Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kitchenconversations Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Visit shop: https://www.etsy.com/de-en/shop/PatrycjaRozwora?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1398125905&from_page=listing Get in touch: https://www.instagram.com/kitchenconversations.podcast/  ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

# 62 - in conversation with Belarusian filmmaker - Artsiom Lobach.  Artsiom Lobach is the final guest recommended by the Belarusian Filmmakers Network. Today, we dive into his documentary film Way Home (2020), which tells the story of Pavlo – a young man who, following Crimea's annexation by Russia in 2014, moves to the Ukrainian countryside in search of solitude. Belarusian filmmaker Artsiom, only truly understood his protagonist's journey after he himself, was forced to leave Belarus and settle in Vilnius, Lithuania. Podcast created in collaborating with Belarusian Filmmakers Network (BFN) Films by Artsiom Lobach: Way Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=delw9Nu65aM New Year's Speech by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVSjI7aEH3k  Belarusian Folk Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za3W_2SIwAs&t=7s Other references: Artist Website https://artsiomlobach.wixsite.com/make-video-with-love Artist Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/ArtsiomLobach  European Humanities University in Vilnius  https://en.ehu.lt/about/  Wajda School in Warsaw https://wajdaschool.pl/  Downshifters (lifestyle) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downshifting_(lifestyle) Favourite home food: Potato and pumpkin bake, Carrots with hummus ___ Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kitchenconversations Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Visit shop: https://www.etsy.com/de-en/shop/PatrycjaRozwora?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1398125905&from_page=listing Get in touch: https://www.instagram.com/kitchenconversations.podcast/  ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper Thumbnail photo by Ruslan Sereduk

# 61 - in conversation with Belarusian filmmaker and photographer - Lena Le. Her first camera was a Siemens M65. She is the great-granddaughter of the Vietnamese writer Nguyễn Công Hoan. Lena - a pianist with a degree, she has taken a vow of musical silence. On the podcast we speak about her latest documentary, 'Four Circles Away From Center' (2023) that is an experiment in the portrait genre. Podcast created in collaborating with Belarusian Filmmakers Network (BFN) Films: Four Circles Away From Center (2023), 48min https://vimeo.com/838621570 Artificial (2020), 9min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmxJ5YOQVNc  Pane Cisniku (music video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su8Efxjuahc References: The Minsk School of Photography https://rosphoto.org/events/the-minsk-school-of-photography-1960-s-2000-s/  Platform Vodblisk https://en.vodblisk.northernlightsff.com/lena_le  ___ Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kitchenconversations Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Visit shop: https://www.etsy.com/de-en/shop/PatrycjaRozwora?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1398125905&from_page=listing Get in touch: https://www.instagram.com/kitchenconversations.podcast/  ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

# 60 - in conversation with Belarusian filmmaker and writer, Vladimir Kozlov.  Born in Mogilev, an industrial city in what is now Belarus, Vladimir Kozlov grew up amidst the unraveling of the Soviet Union. His formative years in the suburbs were marked by the chaos of the early 1990s—a time of unbridled freedom, wild capitalism, and rampant crime. Moving from Mogilev to Minsk and eventually to Moscow, Vladimir has dedicated his life to unpacking the legacy of the Soviet past. Through his writing and cinematographic work, he delves deep into the cultural and social fabric of Russian and Belarusian society, asking pressing questions: Where did we go wrong? What did we overlook, leading us back to a totalitarian and authoritarian reality? References: Belarusian Filmmakers' Network (BFN) https://belfilmnet.work/en/  Vladimir Kozlov YouTube https://www.youtube.com/vkozlov   Films we speak about: Number 10 (2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WpAKih8Ak0 Whatever We Want (2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REZpHrzQH0o&t=10s Three Comrades (2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chU-CDMLSz4&t=649s Summer of '89 (2022) https://vodblisk.northernlightsff.com/summer_of_89 ___ Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kitchenconversations Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Visit shop: https://www.etsy.com/de-en/shop/PatrycjaRozwora?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1398125905&from_page=listing Get in touch: https://www.instagram.com/kitchenconversations.podcast/  ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 59 [overdubbed] - in conversation with Open Group - a Ukrainian art collective representing Poland at the 60th La Biennale di Venezia. In this episode, Patrycja sits down with Yuriy Biley and Anton Varga, two members of Open Group, to explore their thought-provoking audiovisual installation, Repeat after Me II. This powerful work serves as a collective portrait of civilian witnesses to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Featuring two videos created in 2022 and 2024, the installation presents refugee stories through the haunting sounds of weaponry they recall. Using a unique karaoke format, the piece invites viewers to mimic these sounds, teaching them to identify weapons by ear—a skill that could, in a dystopian future, be the key to survival.   References: Open Group website http://open-group.org.ua/en/about-us Polish Pavillion in Venice https://labiennale.art.pl/en/ Repeat after Me II publication https://zacheta.art.pl/en/e-sklep/katalog/repeat-after-me-ii Yuriy Biley https://www.instagram.com/yuriy.biley/ Anton Varga https://www.instagram.com/anton.varga/ ___ SUPPORT: Buy me a coffee Become a Patron Buy Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Follow & leave feedback ___ Podcast thumbnail: (from the left) Pavlo Kovach, Yuriy Biley, Anton Varga at the opening of the 60th La Biennale di Venezia. Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Transcription & overdubbing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 59 [original] - in conversation with Open Group - a Ukrainian art collective representing Poland at the 60th La Biennale di Venezia. In this episode, Patrycja sits down with Yuriy Biley and Anton Varga, two members of Open Group, to explore their thought-provoking audiovisual installation, Repeat after Me II. This powerful work serves as a collective portrait of civilian witnesses to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Featuring two videos created in 2022 and 2024, the installation presents refugee stories through the haunting sounds of weaponry they recall. Using a unique karaoke format, the piece invites viewers to mimic these sounds, teaching them to identify weapons by ear—a skill that could, in a dystopian future, be the key to survival.   References: Open Group website http://open-group.org.ua/en/about-us Polish Pavillion in Venice https://labiennale.art.pl/en/ Repeat after Me II publication https://zacheta.art.pl/en/e-sklep/katalog/repeat-after-me-ii Yuriy Biley https://www.instagram.com/yuriy.biley/ Anton Varga https://www.instagram.com/anton.varga/ ___ SUPPORT: Buy me a coffee Become a Patron Buy Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Follow & leave feedback ___ Podcast thumbnail: (from the left) Pavlo Kovach, Yuriy Biley, Anton Varga at the opening of the 60th La Biennale di Venezia. Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 58 - in conversation with The Neighbours - an artist collective representing Bulgarian at the 60th La Biennale di Venezia. Speaking to artists: Krasimira Butseva, Julian Chehirian, Lilia Topouzova and curator: Vasil Vladimirov. The Neighbours explores the silenced memories of survivors of political violence during Bulgaria's communist era (1945 to 1989). Employing found objects, video, and sound design, the installation conveys the stories of those who endured Bulgarian Gulag camps and prisons. This multidisciplinary project, rooted in extensive scholarly research and more than 40 interviews conducted by the practitioners, reimagines the survivors‘ homes —the spaces where the interviews occurred—inviting audiences to inhabit them and bear witness. References: https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2024/bulgaria https://www.bulgarianpavilionvenice.art/en https://www.instagram.com/bulgariavenicebiennale/ Favourite home food: Chicken with Rice, Gris-Halva, Katschamak, Mish-mash ___ SUPPORT: Buy me a coffee Become a Patron Buy Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Follow & leave feedback ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 57 - in conversation with artist and researcher from Ukraine and Germany, Marija Petrovic. In her artistic practice, Marija is interested in situations of fragile contact and interaction, as well as in the multi-layered complexities of memory and representation. In the podcast she talks about her publication 'Silver', which examines the silverware collection looted by the Nazis from Jewish-German communities in Hamburg. Marija also shares the first results of her doctoral research on vulnerability and the past and present of Ukraine from a decolonial perspective. References: Silver by Marija Petrovic and Ofri Lapid https://material-verlag.hfbk-hamburg.de/en/material/440-silver  HFBK Hamburg https://www.hfbk-hamburg.de/en/  Museum fur Kunst & Gewerbe Hamburg https://www.mkg-hamburg.de/en  Timothy Snyder https://timothysnyder.org/ Marija's favourite home food: Ukrainian potato pancakes - Deruny, and Crimean street food - Chebureki ___ SUPPORT: Buy me a coffee Become a Patron Buy Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Follow & leave feedback ___ Thumbnail: Silverware - vitrine view in the Museum of Arts and Crafts Hamburg (MK&G), photo: Ofri Lapid Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 56 - in conversation about Secondary Archive (Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation). Speaking with foundation's president Katarzyna Kozyra and foundation's director Iga Maria Szczepańska. Katarzyna Kozyra is one of Poland's most famous conceptual artists, working internationally since the 90s. In 2012, she founded the Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation to help women artists and cultural workers from Central and Eastern Europe promote their work. Secondary Archive tells the history of non-Western — primarily Central and Eastern European — art through the lens of gender, covering the period after WWII through the present. This archive is composed of artistic statements and unknown pages of the biographies and practices of female artists, where one can see the names of those who have been marginalized, neglected, forgotten, or remain little known to the general public alongside artifacts from key female figures of non-Western art.  Iga's favourite home food: Meatballs in Dill Sauce, Thai Roti with Banana, Condensed Milk and Egg References: Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation Pyramid of Animals Secondary Archive Women Artists in War, Galeria Labitynt ___ SUPPORT: Buy me a coffee Become a Patron Buy Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Follow @kitchenconversations.podcast Get in touch ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 55 - in conversation with visual artist representing Romania at the 60th La Biennale di Venezia, Șerban Savu. The exhibition in the Romanian Pavilion, What Work Is, revisits the iconography of labour, drawing inspiration from historical realism and the propaganda art of the Eastern Bloc. Instead of challenging these discourses directly, Șerban challenges them by rearranging their tropes. His aim is to capture and portray moments of pause and inactivity, of indistinction between work and leisure, as reflections of broader societal changes or crises. The Romanian Pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2024 is curated by Ciprian Mureșan. The exhibition will take place in both the Giardini della Biennale and at The New Gallery of the Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research in Venice from April 20 till November 24, 2024. Favourite home food: Ciorba de loboda, Stinging Nettle Salad References: Biennale Arte 2024 | Romania Dawid Radziszewski Gallery Galeria Plan B ___ SUPPORT: Buy me a coffee Become a Patron Buy Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Follow @kitchenconversations.podcast Get in touch ___ Podcast thumbnail: Șerban Savu by Paul Stoie / courtesy of Galeria Plan B Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 54  - about an exhibition, Franciszka Themerson: Walking Backwards in Tate Britain.  In conversations with: Dr Hilary Floe, Senior Curator, Modern and Contemporary British Art, Tate Britain Saskia Flower, Assistant Curator, Modern and Contemporary British Art, Tate Britain Weronika Gertig - Burgess, Themerson Estate London Franciszka Themerson (1907-1988) was a Polish, later British, painter, illustrator, filmmaker and set designer. Together with her husband Stefan Themerson, she was one of the most important experimental filmmakers in interwar Poland. Her film work, as well as her paintings and drawings, challenged social conformity and revealed her belief in individual freedom. During and after the Second World War, Francziszka Themerson created humorous works that dealt profoundly with the complex themes of trauma and loss.  The one-room display at Tate Britain is free and open to all till the 30th of March 2025.  References: The Themerson Archive Catalogue Unposted Letters publication The Barbican exhibition Jasia Reichardt curator ___ This episode was created for Contemporary LYNX and with support of Polish Cultural Institute London Podcast thumbnail: Copyrights Themerson Estate   Franciszka Themerson (1907 – 1988) Comme la vie est lente et comme l'espérance est violente Painted in 1959  Oil paint on canvas 101.5 x 151 cm ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora, get in touch: www.patrycjarozwora.com Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 53 - in conversation with Krystyna Kacpura - President of the Polish women's rights foundation FEDERA. The Foundation for Women and Family Planning FEDERA is a non-governmental organization fighting for reproductive health and rights, established in Poland in 1991. On the podcast, you will learn about the history of the Foundation and its current projects and actions in light of Poland's regressive politics over the past decade. Krystyna Kacupra describes in detail the changes in Polish abortion law from communist times to 1993, 2022, and today.  Favourite home food: Polish sweets References: FEDERA website FEDERA Insta ARTE Tracks East - Alles neu? Polen nach dem Regierungswechsel ___ SUPPORT: Buy me a coffee Become a Patron Buy Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Follow @kitchenconversations.podcast Get in touch ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 52 - in conversations with Belarusian film director and screenwriter, Aliaksei Paluyan. Aliaksei's debut documentary film COURAGE, about the mass protests in Belarus in 2020/2021, had its world premiere at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival, has been screened at major documentary film festivals and has been longlisted for the 2022 Oscars. In the podcast, Aliaksei talks about his experiences making COURAGE and how it feels to look back on the Belarusian uprising 3 years later. Listeners will also get a glimpse of Aliaksei's current screenplay and his new film about the polarisation of Belarusian society.  ___ Films: Courage (trailer) Lake of Happiness (trailer) Country of Woman (trailer)  Sofia Other references: Instagram: @aliaksei_paluyan Website: www.paluyan.com Kunsthochschule Kassel The Double Life of Véronique (1991) by Krzysztof Kieslowski Favourite home food: Mashed potatoes and Cold Beet Soup with Kefir ___ Support the podcast by: Buying the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Becoming a Patron Donating Following @patrycja.rozwora ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 51 - in conversations with Czech photographer and educator, Libuše Jarcovjáková.  Her distinctive work was first shown to a wide audience at Les Rencontres d'Arles in 2019, when Libuše was already in her 60s. Since then, her black and white analogue photographs depicting islands of freedom in a grey, communist Czechoslovakia have attracted much international attention. As a tribute to Libuše's work, Czech filmmaker Klára Tasovská has created a film based on her photographs and diary entries entitled 'I'm Not Everything I Want to Be', which has just premiered at this 74th Berlinale Film Festival.  ___ References: I'm Not Everything I Want to Be by Klára Tasovská Artist website Les Rencontres d'Arles 2019 T-Club book Favourite home food: Traditional Japanese Ramen ___ Support the podcast by: Buying the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Becoming a Patron Donating Following @patrycja.rozwora ___ This interview was made possible with the help of Kai Hermann/ NOISE Film&TV Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 50 - in conversations with the host of Kitchen Conversations, Patrycja Rozwora. For the anniversary episode, Patrycja invited her good friend and Georgian artist Sophia Tabatadze to interview her. Among other things, listeners will hear how Patrycja's Western art training inspired a podcast about Eastern art, how she deals with hearing her own voice when editing the podcast, and who her dream guest would be... ___ References: www.patrycjarozwora.com 365 Days by Patrycja Rozwora Teatr GO Design Academy Eindhoven Gerrit Rietveld Academie Sandberg Instituut Małgorzata Mirga-Tas Biennale Arte 2022 | Poland Favourite home food: Meat - potato - salad dish (vegan version)  ___ Support the podcast: Buy the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Become a Patron Donate Follow @patrycja.rozwora ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Jingle, mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 49 - in conversation with researcher and writer from Kazakhstan, Aizada Arystanbek Aizada's research centers on gender, culture, nationalism and decoloniality. She received her Master of Arts degree in Gender Studies from Central European University and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the Department of Sociology at Rutgers University. Aizada sees her work as an intersection of research and activism and is dedicated to contributing to the non-violent production of knowledge on Central Asia.  ___ References: Aizada's Instagram Decolonial Disruptions in Central Asia: Understanding Reactions to Russian Migrants in the Wake of Putin's Mobilization by Aizada Arystanbek Rutgers University Bloody January 2022 Favourite home food: Baursak - Kazakh bread, Uzbek Samsas ___ Support the podcast: Buy the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Become a Patron Donate Follow @patrycja.rozwora ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Jingle, mix & master: Jonas Kröper Music: Úide, Darkhan Juzz

EP. 48 - in conversation with curator and art critic Agnieszka Tes about the work of polish painter, Jerzy Nowosielski. Jerzy Nowosielski (1923-2011) was a Polish painter, illustrator, stage designer, philosopher and Orthodox theologian. He is regarded as one of the most outstanding contemporary icon painters. In addition, his exemplary abstract geometric compositions became famous for combining Christian art and the avant-garde to create a whole new, extraordinary style of sacred art. References: IMO Gallery Molski Gallery Artemis Gallery "Nietoperz w świątyni. Biografia Jerzego Nowosielskiego" by Dr. Krystyna Czerni (book in PL) Exhibition in Zachęta Warsaw Exhibition in Royal Castle Warsaw Church of the Holy Spirit in Tychy "Jerzy Nowosielski" by SKIRA (book in ENG) ___ This episode was created for Contemporary LYNX and with support of Polish Cultural Institute London Host, recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Jingle, mix & master: Jonas Kröper Follow: @patrycja.rozwora @conremporarylynx  

EP. 47 - in conversation with life artist, food activist and social worker from Armenia, Mischa Badasyan.  Mischa began his artistic journey by posing as a nude model at an art academy in Dresden. Over the last ten years, he has done long-term performances and site-specific actions, led educational workshops and worked in a food activist collective, just to name a few.  Most recently, Mischa put himself in a metal net filled with kilos of rescued bread and stood at a square in Zurich, to inform people about the terrible humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh. ___ References: @mischabadasyan Political Kitchen  foodsharing.de Armenian Animal Aid Favourite home food: Zhingyalov hats ___ Support the podcast: Buy the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Become a Patron Donate Follow @patrycja.rozwora ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Jingle, mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 46 - in conversations with film producer from Belarus, Leonid Kalitenya. From October 10 to October 13, 2023, the Belarusian Filmmakers' Network jointly with SMartDE conducted a conference for young Belarusian directors and producers in Berlin. The event was dedicated to the socialization and professional integration of freelance Belarusian filmmakers in the German and EU film industries. During the podcast, Leonid talks about his work as a film producer and his involvement in various projects aimed at bringing independent Belarusian cinema to international audiences, as well as supporting the filmmakers - many of whom have been living in exile since May 2020. ___ References: RAZAM de KRAINA Media Sandbox mova.pro (app to learn Belarusian) - Belarusian Filmmakers' Network (BFN) Running Turtle (Film production company) Berlinale 'Life in a checked bag' by Andrej Palupanau Film recommendations: 'II' (Two) by Vlada Senkova 'When Flowers Are Not Silent' by Andrei Kutsila 'Fostering' by Andrei Kaszpierski Favourite home food: Cottage cheese with chocolate ___ Support the podcast: Buy the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Become a Patron Donate Follow @patrycja.rozwora ___ This interview was made possible with the help of SMartDe Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Jingle, mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 45 - in conversations with multidisciplinary artists from the Republic of Kalmykia, Victoria Sarangova. Patrycja discovered the work of Victoria in a group show 'Өмә' in Kunstraum Kreuzberg Berlin. The show spoke about collective self-help practices of various ethnic groups living inside Russia today. During the podcast conversation Victoria shares her two long term projects; 'Motherland' - where she traces the history of her Kalmyk acceptors and 'Archaeology of Progress' - where she takes a critical look at the idea of progress as something equally positive for all members of our society.  ___ References: Artist website Artist Instagram  Exhibition 'Өмә' in Kunstraum Kreuzberg Memorial Society Lenin Square. Elista (video) Vegan Mongolian food Berlin Favourite food from home: Beerg and Bortsg  ___ Support the podcast: Buy the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Become a Patron Donate Follow @patrycja.rozwora ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Jingle, mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 44 - in conversations with creator of an Uzbek-German fashion label, Nadira Khalikova. 'My little Bukhara' is a clothing brand that works with local Uzbek craftswomen and creates garments and accessories that continue the Central Asian textile-making legacy.  On the podcast, Nadira speaks about the creation of the brand and its core mission - empower women of Uzbekistan. During the conversation you will learn about ikat (traditional dyeing technique), suzani (embroidered and decorative tribal textile), chapan (long, historic coat) and the duppi (colourful head cover). Enjoy! References: My little Bukhara Favourite home food: Samsa ___ Support the podcast: Buy the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Become a Patron Donate Follow @patrycja.rozwora ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Jingle, mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 43 - im Gespräch mit Unternehmerin und Gründerin von Eightfingerfood, Magdalena Hartmann. Wie es sich für die polnische Küche gehört, haben Magda und Patrycja zu Beginn des Podcasts in der Küche ein Gericht mit gebratener Roter Bete zubereitet.  Das Gespräch dreht sich um Magdas kulinarisches Projekt Eightfingerfood bei dem sie polnische, aber auch andere osteuropäische Speisen für in Deutschland lebende Gäste kocht und verkauft. Im zweiten Teil des Gesprächs, stellt Magda ihre Sammlung von Kochbüchern aus vielen Ecken Mittel- und Osteuropas vor. Quellen: eightfingerfood.de @eightfingerfood K67 kiosk MoMA NY Kochbücher: Summer Kitchens: Recipes and Reminiscences from Every Corner of Ukraine by Olia Hercules Kaukasis The Cookbook: The culinary journey through Georgia, Azerbaijan & beyond by Olia Hercules Pierogi: Over 50 Recipes to Create Perfect Polish Dumplings by Zuza Zak Amber & Rye: A Baltic Food Journey: Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania A Baltic Food Journey: Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania by Zuza Zak Salt & Time: Recipes from a Russian kitchen by Alissa Timoshkina Carpathia: Food from the heart of Romania by Irina Georgescu Tava: Eastern European Baking and Desserts From Romania & Beyond by Irina Georgescu Lieblingsessen von zu Hause: polnisches Weihnachtsessen ___ Support the podcast: Buy the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Become a Patron Donate Follow @patrycja.rozwora ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 42 - in conversation with director and screenwriter bringing up the history of the Chechen Republic, Vladlena Sandu. The conversation begins by speaking about Vladlena's complex identity; being born in Crimea, moving to Chechnya and living through the War, becoming a displaced person in Russia and eventually finding a safe home in Amsterdam, in March 2022. Her films "Holy God" and "No Nation Without Culture" speak about the complex history of the Chechen Republic dating back to the 1940s. Confrontational, personal and very political visual work that reveals modern colonial structures of the Russian Federation and helps understand the current threats to the sovereignty of other former Soviet countries.  References: Vladlena Sandu (Instagram)  Holy God, 2016 No Nation Without Culture, 2022 Favourite home food: Gluten-free pasta, Grandma's Ukrainian Borscht and Draniki ___ Support the podcast: Buy the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Become a Patron Donate Follow @patrycja.rozwora ___ Episode thumbnail: Vladlena Sandu, still from Holy God  Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 41 - in conversation with chief curator of Wende Museum in Los Angeles, Joes Segal. Upon visiting California (U. S.) Patrycja speaks to historian and curator Joes Segal about the history and programming of the Wende Museum. The Wende is an art museum, cultural center, and archive of the Cold War that explores social, political, and cultural change. The conversation revolves around the value of Soviet artifacts, the power of art in understanding the complexities of history, as well as contemporary ways of speaking about the broadly defined - socialist art.  References: Wende Museum Utrecht University UCLA  Books by Joes Segal: Paul Lerner and Joes Segal, eds., Alternative Realities: Utopian Thought in Times of Political Rupture, Bulletin of the German Historical Institute Supplement 14 (Washington, DC: German Historical Institute, 2019)   Joes Segal, ed., Art and Politics: Between Purity and Propaganda, (Amsterdam: AUP 2016) Joes Segal, ed., Socialist Culture and Modernity, special issue of the International Journal for History, Culture and Modernity vol. 2 no. 2 (2014).  Peter Romijn, Giles Scott-Smith and Joes Segal, eds., Divided Dreamworlds? The Cultural Cold War in East and West (Amsterdam: AUP 2012). Uta Balbier, Cristina Cuevas Wolf and Joes Segal, eds., East German Material Culture and the Power of Memory (Washington, DC: German Historical Institute, 2011).  * Favourite home food: Dutch Pea Soup  ___ Support the podcast by: Buying the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Becoming a Patron Donating Following @patrycja.rozwora ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 40 - in conversation with visual artist and activist from Poland, Karolina Grzywnowicz. Karolina's artistic work deals with plants in social and political context, often of a violent nature. Her methodology involves working with specialists across various disciplines, to allow for a space of interaction and exchange of knowledge.  During the conversations she speaks about her newest project 'Distillates'. Through three case studies conducted in Poland and Palestine, Karolina researches an active change of a landscape as an instrument of power used either to oppress people or to rewrite history. References: Artist Website @karolinagrzywnowicz Jednostka Gallery (exhibition) W związku z naturą: „Uziemienie” Doroty Buczkowskiej i Karoliny Grzywnowicz (article PL) Favourite home food: Pierogi with Blueberries & Żurek ___ Support the podcast by: Buying the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Becoming a Patron Donating Following @patrycja.rozwora ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 39 - in conversation with manager and artistic director of goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, Heleen Gerritsen. Prior to their 23rd edition, Patrycja speaks to Heleen about the history of an Eastern film festival in Western Germany, about the selection and curatorial processes, as well as the program of the upcoming spring edition in the light of current geo-political situation in Ukraine and Eastern Europe at large. Next edition of the festival: 26.04-02.05 in Wiesbaden, Germany. References: goEast Film Festival  Deutsches Filminstitut Murnau Stiftung Andrzej Wajda (Polish film director) 'Klondike' by Maryna Er Gorbach (2022) Lana Gogoberidze (Georgian film director) Boycotting Russian Cinema - goEast panel discussion 'Nuuccha' by Vladimir Munkuev (2021)  Jasmila Zbanic (Bosnian film director)  'The Hamlet Syndrome' by Elwira Niewiara and Piotr Rosołowski (2022)  Favourite home food: Grandmother's simple vegetable soup made out of scratch ('real broth') Frankfurt Green Sauce  ___ Support the podcast by: Buying the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Becoming a Patron Donating Following @patrycja.rozwora ___ Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 38 - in conversation with filmmaker and director from Ukraine, Alisa Kovalenko. One week before the world premiere of her newest film - 'We Will Not Fade Away' at the Berlinale, Alisa joined Patrycja for an online interview about the making of her touching documentary - that speaks about the power of dreams and youth, even in times of misery and an ongoing war. References: Berlinale Film Festival 2023 We Will Not Fade Away (trailer) We Will Not Fade Away (Instagram) Home Games (trailer) Favourite home food: Ukrainian Borscht - Mama's Special  ___ Support the podcast by: Buying the Kitchen Conversations Cookbook Becoming a Patron Donating Following @patrycja.rozwora ___ This interview was made possible with the help of Kai Hermann/ NOISE Film&TV Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper

EP. 37 - about art and culture from Ukraine. 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 5 was curated by Patrycja Rozwora and is devoted to film. Films: 1. The Fall of Lenin 11' (2017) by Svitlana Shymko, Viktor Onysko (editor) WATCH: https://dafilms.com/film/14299-the-fall-of-lenin 2. The Hamlet Syndrome 86' (2022) by Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski  WATCH: https://kino-krokodil.de/film/das-hamlet-syndrom/ (Berlin) 3. Infinity according to Florian 70' (2022) by Oleksiy Radynski --- Other references: Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art, Berlin Citadele Berlin: Unveiled Berlin & its Monuments Decommunisation Laws in Ukraine Kino Krokodil, Berlin Power Life in Ukraine - DONATE Podcast with Oleksiy Radynski for Pawilon 'Flying Saucer' building in Kyiv ___ Podcast thumbnail credits: Patrycja Rozwora Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper  

For the first episode of 2023 I invited Kennet Lekko - painter and visual artist based in Berlin, originally from Tallinn, Estonia. On a gray December day we met in his Weißensee studio - North-East Berlin, to chat about the development of his painting style, art education and the "big art world" as well as the rich history of Estonia and the Baltic region. References: Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn Universität der Künste, Berlin Lowbrow Art Movement The Baltic Way (Baltic Chain) Estonian's Singing Revolution Favourite home food: Memm's Oat Caramel Cake --- Support Kitchen Conversation: Cookbook: www.patrycjarozwora.com Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora    

For this episode created for Contemporary Lynx Magazine, I traveled to London to attend the press view of Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope at Tate Modern. After joining the curators tour I got the chance to sit down with Mary Jane Jacob - one of the three curators of the exhibition and speak about the work of Abakanowicz, her inspirations, philosophy and ways of creating art and life. Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017) was an extraordinary Polish artist known among others for her large fiber sculptures called the Abakans. Her use of organic materials broke new ground for art in the 1960s and 70s. Bringing together 26 of these radical works for the first time in the UK, the exhibition at Tate Modern presents a forest of towering sculptures, enabling visitors to explore their ambiguous forms and earthy scents. This episode was created for Contemporary LYNX and with support of Polish Cultural Institute London References: Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope at Tate Modern (17 November 2022 – 21 May 2023) Exhibition Curators: Ann Coxon, Mary Jane Jacob, Dina Akhmadeeva Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago School of the Art Institute of Chicago Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation UAx Platform Podcast thumbnail credits: Abakan Orange 1968, Baroque Dress, Orange Garment, Sisal 360 x 360 x 45, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, p.69 --- Recording & editing: Patrycja Rozwora Mix & master: Jonas Kröper            

Meet Pavlo Borshchenko - Ukrainian artist and photographer, for a long time based in Kyiv and currently residing in Warsaw. The main point of our conversation was his long-term photographic series 'Sumy, Sorrow of my days', featured among others on the cover of KAJET Journal 05 On Easternfuturism. On the podcast and through his work, Pavlo shares insides into the history of his hometown Sumy and his childhood, at the same time contemplating the gap between the generation of his grandparents, living under the Soviet regime and those born after 1989 into a different Ukraine. Favourite food from home: Ukrainian Borscht and Steamed Wareniki References: Artist Instagram KAJET Journal 05 Viktor Marushchenko --- Support Kitchen Conversation: Get the Cookbook: www.patrycjarozwora.com Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Help grow the podcast with a single donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U Follow on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora            

Today's virtual kitchen table was joined by Natalia Papaeva - a visual and performance artist, born and raised in Buryatia (Eastern Siberia) and since 2013, living and working in the Netherlands. Informed by her Buryat-Mongolian background Natalia creates performances, in which she combines singing, spoken word and storytelling. On the podcast we take a look at the disappearing Buryat language, Russia's imperialistic cravings and the nomadic ways of living in relation to nature and the environment. Favourite food from home: Mongolian Tea with Milk References: Artist website / Instagram Rijksakademie Free Buryatia Foundation --- Support Kitchen Conversation: Cookbook pre-order: www.patrycjarozwora.com Become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Help me grow my podcast with a single donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U Follow me on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora    

After a short summer break Kitchen Conversations is back with a passionate and urgent conversation with Ukrainian-Polish artist and activist Yulia Krivich. Together we take a critical look at documenta 15 in the context of the war in Ukraine. What's more we shed light onto Yulia's socially engaged art projects that among others tackle the problem of 'Westspaining' and Russia's colonial and imperialist structures. Favourite food from home: Kvass References: Citizenship UKRAINE - documenta 15 Kultura Medialna (Dnipro) - documenta 15 SDK Słonecznik SONIAKH digest Decolonize T-shirt - buy --- Support Kitchen Conversation: become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  help me grow my podcast with a single donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U follow me on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora

After a short summer break Kitchen Conversations is back with a passionate and urgent conversation with Ukrainian-Polish artist and activist Yulia Krivich. Together we take a critical look at documenta 15 in the context of the war in Ukraine. What's more we shed light onto Yulia's socially engaged art projects that among others tackle the problem of 'Westspaining' and Russia's colonial and imperialist structures. Favourite food from home: Kvass References: Citizenship UKRAINE - documenta 15 Kultura Medialna (Dnipro) - documenta 15 SDK Słonecznik SONIAKH digest Decolonize T-shirt - buy --- Support Kitchen Conversation: become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  help me grow my podcast with a single donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U follow me on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora

Meet Mariam Agladze - a Georgian documentary filmmaker and director based in Tbilisi. During our podcast conversations Mariam shares the making-of her three short films - all touching upon important but little discussed topics; ageing and death, domestic violence and life with a disability. Favourite food from home: Pkhali Films: 1. “Nanuli and Gogi” (2017) - trailer 2.  “One in Seven” (2019) 3. "Trapped Inside" (2021) Other references: "Maid" (2021) - trailer --- Support Kitchen Conversation: become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  help me grow my podcast with a single donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U follow me on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora

Today I had the pleasure to speak to Selma Selman - a multidisciplinary artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina and of Romani origin. She is currently a resident of the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam and her work can be seen at Dokumenta 15 in Kassel till 25th of Sep 2022. 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.  Favourite food from home: Bosnian Coffee with Sweets, Čimbur and Burek References: Artist Website Get The Heck To School History of Romani people Coffee and Cigarettes by Jim Jarmusch --- Support Kitchen Conversation: become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  help me grow my podcast with a single donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U follow me on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora      

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 1. "Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex" by Oksana Zabuzhko (book) 2. "In Isolation. Dispatches from Occupied Donbas" by Stanislav Aseyev (book) 3. "Enthusiasm: The Symphony of Donbas" by Dziga Vertov (film) - Help point for Ukrainian people in Utrecht, NL --> Help Ukraine Utrecht - Become a Patron of Kitchen Conversations: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Make a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U Follow on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora

Meet Sophia Tabatadze - a Georgian visual artist working with film, drawing and installation currently based in Berlin. Her work has been exhibited worldwide, among others at the 52nd Venice Biennale and 10th International Istanbul Biennial.   On the podcast she 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 makes innovative products from corrugated cardboard as well as an organizer of the Grandmothers Film Festival, taking place in Rotterdam and Berlin every second year. Favourite home food: Chakapuli with Mirabelle Plum References: @sophia.tabatadze / www.sophia-tabatadze.com (artist website) http://pirimze.blogspot.com/p/film.html (film Pirimze) http://grandmotherfilmfestival.blogspot.com/ (Grandmothers Film Festival, 26-28/05/22 Rotterdam) About Mukao --- Support Kitchen Conversation: become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  help me grow my podcast with a single donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U follow me on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora    

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 - Odessa Stories by Isaac Babel (book) Everything is Illuminated by Live Schreiber (film) Privoz Market in Odesa  Aubergine Caviar (recipe) Fundraising for Ukraine: @print.sale.for.ukraine - Become a Patron of Kitchen Conversations: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Make a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U Follow on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora

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 - Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Sergei Parajanov (film) Alina Pash (singer and rapper) Maria Prymachenko (artist)  Stop-Zemlia by Kateryna Gornostai (film) - Become a Patron of Kitchen Conversations: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Make a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U Follow on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora

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 @postsovietart - Pavlo Borshchenko @pavloborshchenko Anna Sarvira @anna.sarvira Kadyrova Zhanna @jannkad Winter On Fire by Evgeny Afineevsky Links to support Ukraine: https://tatyanaostapenko.com/ukraine https://supportukrainenow.org https://www.supportukraine-pic.com - Become a Patron of Kitchen Conversations: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Make a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U Follow on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora                            

For this episode I invited Maja ∀. Ngom - a Polish-Senegalese multidisciplinary artist currently based in London. 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.  Our conversation circulated around Maja's mixed media installation 'The Sweet Taste of Otherness', her unique relation to writing, colonial structures operating in non-colonial countries, as well as about European museums and ways of decolonizing them. Favourite home food: Polish Barszcz and Senegalese Thieboudienne References: Romuald Demidenko in conversation with Maja ∀. Ngom // Biennale Zielona Góra // Obieg Magazine // Mixed-race in a phenomenological context: Naomi Zack, Linda Martin Alcoff and Tina Fernandes Bott // Grada Kilomba: Plantation Stories // Irruptive Chora (curatorial platform) // Tragic mulatto // @Black is Polish (insta profile) // 'Don't Call Me Murzyn' (Time article) // #Don'tCallMeMurzyn (YouTube) //  Support Kitchen Conversation: become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  help me grow my podcast with a single donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U follow me on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora  

Happy 2022 everybody! Welcome back! For the first episode of this brand New Year, I had the pleasure to speak to Kai Hermann - host of the podcast ost.GAYze, which focuses on queer Eastern-European perspectives from and in Germany. Together we chatted about the history of Silesia, where Kai's 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 the region. Have a great listen! Favourite Christmas food: Siemieniotka References: ost.GAYze podcast // Die 7 osTraum Podcasts auf Deutsch // BBQ podcast // PostOstPride podcast // Silesia // ostGAYze with Marta Popivoda // Bart Staszewski // Magazyn Replika // Sex Education // Grupa Stonewall // XPOSED Queer Film Festival // LTKino // QINO // goEast Film Festival Become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Help me grow my podcast with a single donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U Follow me on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora        

Just before the end of the year I travelled to William Morris Gallery, located in north-east London to see Young Poland: An Arts and Crafts Movement (1890–1918) exhibition and speak to one of the shows curators, 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 their endangered national identity.  During our Kitchen Conversations, Julia Griffin shared her ongoing research on the Young Poland movement - its characteristics, socio-political motivations and heroes, among others Stanisław Wyspiański, Stanisław Witkiewicz, Karol Kłosowski and Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska. This project was supported by Polish Cultural Institute, London (PCI) and co-financed by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage. Favourite Christmas food: Russian pierogi, pierogi with sauerkraut, cumin & mushrooms, Borsch (beetroot soup)  References: William Moris Gallery // Young Poland project website // Portrait of Doom // Reportage about Portrait of Doom // Stanisław Wyspiański - exhibition // Polish design - exhibition Become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Help me grow my podcast with a single donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U Follow me on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora        

Live from Berlin, my home kitchen was joined by Burkhard Körner - a choreographer, theater maker, dancer, performer and singer from Mittweida Saxony in East Germany. In his work Burkhard examines questions of the individual within the collective and looks for ways to translate memories into different forms. Our conversation revolved around a theater piece he created together with Rika Weniger and Noah Voelker. "Wie macht man gute Kunst fur Ostdeutsche?" (How to make good art for East Germans?) talks about the history of East Germany and the memories and experiences of the nach-wende generation. References: @unerhoert30 // Theater website // Artist website // Chemnitz 2018 Favourite home food: Kaffee und Kuchen Become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Help me grow my podcast with a single donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U Follow me on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora    

This time my virtual table was joined by Rufina Bazlova - the artist behind the red and white embroidery that appeared in many exhibitions and events, illustrating the Belarusian Revolution. During our conversations Rufina shared the process of creating "The History of Belarusian Vyzhyvanka" as well as her plans for upcoming projects focusing on the political prisoners of Belarus. References: About the artist // Rufina Insta // The History of Belarusian Vyzhyvanka  Favourite home food: Shchi soup Become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Help me grow my podcast with a single donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U Follow me on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora  

For this episode I had the pleasure to speak (again) with Tasha Arlova - a visual artist, filmmaker, public speaker and activist originally from Vitebsk, Belarus currently living and working in the Netherlands. In her recent work, Tasha looks back at her homeland, Belarus, exploring different ways in which the country is represented in the “West”. Her art practice as well as curatorial and activists engagements all attempt to subvert the "Western gaze" showing the East in a fresh and informed way. References: Dear Revolution (trailer) // Dries Blueberries in My Pocket (thesis) // Belarus // Art of Resistance (exhibition) // The Freedom Lecture: Belarus // Carrots and Sticks (conversation) // Belarus - Screams of the Silenced (exhibition) // lovers' Notebooks (trailer) // Pure Art (trailer) // Get in touch with political prisoners in Belarus  Favourite home food: Draniki Become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Help me grow my podcast with a single donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U Follow me on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora  

"Let it be a word to the young people, to learn from and act towards a more peaceful future"  This is the third part of Grandma's tales - a three episode mini series of Kitchen Conversations, devoted to my grandmother Marianna. She recently celebrated her 100th birthday and on that occasion we decided to sit together and speak about her life and the many historical moments she lived through.  Become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Help me grow my podcast with a single donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U Follow me on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora

"Let it be a word to the young people, to learn from and act towards a more peaceful future"  This is the second part of Grandma's tales - a three episode mini series of Kitchen Conversations, devoted to my grandmother Marianna. She recently celebrated her 100th birthday and on that occasion we decided to sit together and speak about her life and the many historical moments she lived through.  References: Muzeum Tradycji Narodowej Become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/kitchenconversations  Help me grow my podcast with a single donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=53QSW2BLPWD4U Follow me on Instagram: @patrycja.rozwora