KZ denotes Kazakhstan, PL denotes Poland and a dot between them is “totchka”, which indicates the point where one would start building a new settlement for exiles in the Far East. The dot between those two parts is also a symbolic ‘between’ which represents lives of the exiles suspended between both countries, between their childhood in Poland and the rest of their lives in Kazakhstan.
The purpose of the exhibition is to attract interest of the locals in Siberian history which often appears in various threads of the history of Lublin and the Lublin region, and which makes us more sensitive to the modern world as it does not only raise issues related to particular historical events but also to contemporary problems of migration, relocation, growing up in diverse cultures and seeking national and cultural identity. The authors also want to present one of the most significant events of modern history of Lublin - deportation of the 1940s, in a larger context of national and world history.
KZ.PL is a photo/film/music installation comprising:
-simultaneous presentation of five films that show modern-day Kazakhstan from the perspective of places related to Siberian deportees (Ukrainian and Polish) and the stories of different circumstances in which they found themselves there ;
- concurrent showing of photo documentary on an expedition to Kazakhstan;
- sound collage – each film is provided with a soundtrack (and subtitles), all recordings initially merge into polyphonic narration, characteristic to history programmes, however, gradually, as the viewers approach the projections, they emerge as individual tales;
- music in the background – original composition that links all elements of the installation together..
Venue: Dominikańska Street – a gate to the cloister garth of the Dominican Monastery.
Time: whole night