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INTERVIEW NOWA AMERIKA, MICHAEL KURZWELLY
Nowa Amerika is the name of a reality construction that has succeeded in gaining new space on both banks of the river Oder. In the second half of the 18th century, Frederick the Great contributed with the Second Polish Partition to the demise of the Polish state, a political act that is to be condemned. On the other hand, he also managed to gain territory without military force, for example the Oderbruch region.
Manipulate reality
To reorder space one needs to redefine space. For this kind of artistic intervention I use the term “applied art”, which means art applied in public context and space. This is to describe an artistic strategy focussing problems in society to then intervene, interact and transcend into another construction of reality. I create tools to create this new reality in other peoples minds…
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BOOK NOWA AMERIKA
After 22 years, a book about Słubfurt, New America, the white zone, Loch Netz, about the ideas and strategies behind it. First of all, I would like to thank the Arsenal Municipal Gallery in Poznań and its director Marek Wasilewski. As partners, they made the book possible and supported me. I would also like to thank everyone who accompanied me with advice and deed during the creation of this book, including: Uta Kurzwelly, Jonatan Kurzwelly, Volkmar Köhler, Uwe Jung, Tomasz Stefański. Nowa Amerika, the New World – what a wonderful promise…
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News
Hate Speech
HATE SPEECH is a reflex for conflicts and tensions in society. An attempt to belittle the other person or a population group for ethnic, political or economic reasons.
In a long participatory process, we want to investigate the phenomenon of HATE SPEECH with the teatr na basku Lwiw, Ukraine, as well as the teatr Brama Goleniow, Poland and the teatr Legnica, also Poland, with the active participation of the partners in Frankfurt Oder and the region, and to explore the respective backgrounds and hidden conflicts.
Program September
African drumming and dance led by professional artists from Guinea.
Energetic and dynamic workshops and concerts focusing on West African dances and music, complemented by a spectacular performance of the ballet at the Festival of Diversity and jamming sessions with all the artists!
Summer in Słubfurt
Summer in Słubfurt at Brücken Plac Mostowy (Frankfurt Oder) continues in September and we still have 5 very special weekend events, each with a live concert, children’s programme and much more.
ADMISSION FREE !!!
BRIDGE SQUARE
Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Straße 11A, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder) always open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 15:00 to 18:00 FreeShop, Repaircafé, Café BlaBla, Neighborhood Help In the Freeshop you can take your belongings with you or give away those you no longer need. There are tools in Repaircafé and you can fix your broken things. There will always be someone to help. At Café BlaBla you can have a cup of coffee or tea and chat. Neighborhood help means that we help each other. At the moment…
Projects
Transbordering Laboratory
Transbordering Laboratory is a research on and between European cities that are divided by borders. We aim to address the idea of forming new realities in such cities and areas. Hard borders became an issue again with the rise of nationalism and the pandemic, especially for citizens in the border territories. Many of the border…
Gardens of Słubfurt
“Słubfurt Gardens” is a project of the European New School of Digital Studies of the European University Viadrina and Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, the Foundation for the Collegium Polonicum and Słubfurt e.V.. In the German-Polish twin city of Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice, two new urban community gardens…
Art saves the world II
Nowa Amerika is a backbone amoeba formed by the two rivers Odera and Nyße. Nowa Amerika is a federation composed of Szczettinstan, Terra Incognita, Lebus Ziemia and Schlonsk. This new space in between expands towards the East Pole and the West Pole and the size of the space is determined by the origin of the players…
A country inbetween
Słubfurt 2030. The future is now. Coming here from all corners of the world, the new Słubfurters bring with them their experiences, patterns and perspectives for a today. A scenic installation explored this utopian island in the sea of Nowa Amerika. For now. And here. Future is welcome. The production emerges from the migrants…
Nomadic Garden – the flying Nowa Amerika Uniwersytät
The Nomadic Garden aims to research the cultural needs of the residents of Nowa Amerika and also to recruit new Nowa Amerikans who would like to join the social and cultural activities of our network. The Nomadic Garden is a metaphor for our German-Polish border…
In the land of migrants
In the German-Polish border region you will not only meet Germans and Poles but also migrants. When the borders of Poland were shifted from east to west, one of the largest migration waves of the 20th century took place. Apart from forced removals of people from the previously Polish and German eastern regions, there were many other ethnic groups that had to find a new home in the GermanPolish border region. These topics…