Karolina bregula biography of martin

It is also a film about extraordinary plants which need fire to grow. The citizens assume that the fires were a doing of a secret organization of art historians. Psychosis increases in the city. Many citizens behave irrationally, or even absurdly because of the fear of next fires. For example an elderly couple at night sleeps in special suits used by firefighters just in case and during a day they walk through streets wearing them they are warm.

Relations between sculpture and catastrophe are the subject of the second project by Karolina Bregula. Another film, entitled Soup , is a story about a group of artists who are having dinner while a revolution is going on behind the wall.

Karolina bregula biography of martin

The heroes and heroines of the film consider joining the revolutionaries — they plan to paint banners and even organize a fundraiser to buy paint. They quickly give up, however, because they cannot agree on the aesthetics of the inscriptions. I evoke the theme of civic engagement of cultural creators in the project Instruments for Making Noise work in progress since — a series of playing objects created from the remnants of exhibitions to participate in demonstrations and protests 2.

I also pose the question of the political role of art in the 9-channel installation The Square 3. It tells the story of a community living in a small town, in the square of which there is a bush hiding a forgotten sculpture. Dormant for many years, the object begins to communicate with passers-by, asking them uncomfortable questions. Another major theme that recurs in my work is architecture.

In , I created the opera musical The Tower 4 , telling the story of a group of neighbors trying to build a sugar house together. Monument Building Office and Dust 5 are two different stories about life in buildings slated for demolition. I have been making films based on the principles of co-authorship for several years. She considers collaborative fiction writing a political activity which supports the process of diagnosing, expressing and discussing social problems.

Many of her works are co-created with their protagonists and participants. Since autumn , together with Weronika Fibich, she has been running Lokatorne — Space for Antidisciplinary Activities. Karolina works between Poland and Taiwan.