MAGDALENA JAKUBÓW

A performance inspired by the films "In the Beginning There Was Water" and "Broken Tale" by Katarzyna Zimnoch and Paweł Kleszczewski - Konik Film Studio, which were part of their Timeline exhibition shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Szczecin. The performance was shown during the closing ceremony of the exhibition in January 2024.
https://muzeum.szczecin.pl/116-aktualnosci/2183-finisaz-konik-studio-timeline.html
 
 
Dreamer _Timelessness is transforming moving images, entities, mythical stories flowing through an "empty, danced" body that moves in liminal space, on the threshold of time, the material and invisible world. The space of the Timeline exhibition exudes magic: the work of Kasia Zimnoch and Paweł Kleszczewski, in its "narrative through symbols", redirects the viewer's mind to intuitive feeling, and dissolves the body from physicality and allows him to travel "deep inside".
 
This is how the Dreamer appeared. The one who dreams beyond time, stands on the edge of the forest, immerses herself in the Shannon spring, visits unknown places. Butoh dance, through the transgression of the physical body and mind, opens access to the transcendental sphere in which everything becomes an organic whole and undergoes constant transformations. The dancer does not dance, but is danced. Timeline took me to the realm of timelessness, Timelessness. I was particularly inspired by the worlds of "Broken Tale" and "In the Beginning There Was Water". Beautiful, mesmerizing images that explore the sphere of extremely powerful rituals and life transformations beneath the surface. These worlds created the Dreamer...
M.J.
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Photo: Katarzyna Zimnoch

The performance has been shown in Szczecin (Poland: National Museum) and Leipzig (Germany: at Cinematheque)