Krzysztof Czyzewski THE BORDERLAND FOUNDATION a living experiment in cross-cultural relations
Tuesday, February 7, 2006, 7:00 PM
Location One
20-26 Greene Street, ,
New York,
NY Admission: free, Subway: Canal Street stop on N,R,Q,W - 6 - A,C,E, Tel: 212.334.3347
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 its aim is to encourage the convergence of cultural expression from all different parts of the world and different disciplines. Location One does this through their International Residency Program, and through their dense calendar of exhibitions, concerts, dance, weekly talks on issues of social, political, artistic and technological relevance. And they operate in a place that probably holds the widest variety of cultural expressions within its city limits: a borderland of sorts. More about Borderland Foundation
