NAMELESS/UNKNOWN
Nameless/Unknown is inspired by the series of books The Wars of Adults; The Stories of Children, graphic novel Arrival by Shaun Tan, Wander of Nabu by Jarosław Mikołajewski, reportage Children from Brest station by Marina Hulia and Monika Głuska-Durenkamp and real emigrants’ memories. The project’s style crosses between puppet theatre, visual and physical theatre, and aerial dance to convey challenging aspects of modern migration. The story revolves around migration’s causes, circumstances, and characters – nameless heroes who were forced to abandon their homes. Consecutive migrant stories are born into the world, unlocked from suitcases, told without words, to the accompaniment of sounds and music created live using instruments and everyday objects. Holding their travel ticket, audience members will decide about the course of the story and the chapters to unfold.
BORDERS FOUNDATION, ŁÓDŹ, REPUBLIC OF POLAND
The Borders Foundation is a group of creators from the Łódź region in Poland. Its purpose is to create performances and artistic activities about important and urgent topics crucial for raising social awareness. A border is a place of encounter. A space that calls for discussion and encourages a dialogue between various styles and mediums (e.g. theatre of form, dance theatre, acrobatics). It is a space of influence, exchanging thoughts, opinions, experiences, and emotions. The group was created during the creation of the performance Nameless/Unknown, which appeared at the most important puppet festivals in Poland, winning numerous awards. Their latest project “Eugenia’s Last Dream” is about the Nazi German concentration camp for Polish children at Industrial Street in Łódź.
