25th International Arts Festival Interakcje
Poza Grawitacją /// Beyond Gravity
24 – 27.09
Piotrków Trybunalski
25th International Arts Festival Interakcje
Poza Grawitacją /// Beyond Gravity
24 – 27.09
Piotrków Trybunalski
25th International Arts Festival Interakcje
Poza Grawitacją /// Beyond Gravity
24 – 27.09
Piotrków Trybunalski
Poza Grawitacją
/// Beyond Gravity
The 25th edition of the festival is a reflection on the lack of gravity.
We invite artists to explore the symbolic space between gravity and antigravity. It represents freedom from convention and openness to new solutions.
Alika Fedotova
UA
Ukrainian theater actress and educator. A fellow of Gaude Polonia 2025, she works at the TVZK "Theater on Pechersk".
Chuyia Chia
MY/SE
An interdisciplinary artist and performer of Malay-Chinese descent.
Janusz Bałdyga
PL
One of the most prominent Polish performance artists. Co-founder of the "Pracownia" group, member of the Akademia Ruchu (Academy of Movement), and lecturer at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań.
Wathig Al-Ameri
IQ/CH
Acclaimed Iraqi-Swiss interdisciplinary artist and performer. Fleeing the regime of Saddam Hussein, he settled in Zurich in 1997. Graduate of the F+F School of Art and Design.
Europe Restaurant Group
PL
A curatorial-artistic group unconsciously founded in 2000 by Stanisław Piotr Gajda and Gordian Piec. Since 2005, Mariusz Marchlewicz and Olga Nowakowska have also belonged to it.
Leena Kela
FI
Performance artist, artistic director of the New Performance Turku Festival, director of the Saari Residence.
Maja Korczynska
PL
A visual artist working with performance art, video, installations, and publications. A graduate of the University of Fine Arts in Poznań.
Paweł Janicki
PL
Polish media artist, producer, and creator of, among others, audiovisual interactive installations and music performances.
Aleksandra Kubiak
PL
Visual artist, author of films, texts, performances, and spatial forms. From 2001 to 2013, she was a member of the Sędzia Główny (Chief Judge) group.
Alka Nauman
PL
A queer artist and choreographer working at the intersection of dance, visual arts, and cultural anthropology
Karolina Kraczkowska
PL
Dancer, performer, and choreographer. Her works reflect a deep interest in the body as a dynamic and creative medium.
Michelle Lacombe
CA
An artist with a unique practice on the border of performance, drawing, and body art. A graduate of Concordia University.
Ryszard Ługowski
PL
Painter, draftsman, author of spatial forms, objects, and performances. He was born in Warsaw in 1955.
Joakim Stampe
SE
A Swedish performance artist who has carried out over 300 actions in more than 30 countries. He combines the ephemeral with the work of art, painting with performance, and the four elements.
Paulina Pawłowska
PL
A Berlin-based performer, dancer, and choreographer. Her art is rooted in improvisation, contemporary dance, and photography.
Zygmunt Piotrowski
PL
A participant in the independent culture movement, he conducts interdisciplinary artistic research in the field of collective composition games.
Alika Fedotova
UA
Ukrainian theater actress and educator. A fellow of Gaude Polonia 2025, she works at the TVZK "Theater on Pechersk".
Chuyia Chia
MY/SE
An interdisciplinary artist and performer of Malay-Chinese descent.
Janusz Bałdyga
PL
One of the most prominent Polish performance artists. Co-founder of the "Pracownia" group, member of the Akademia Ruchu (Academy of Movement), and lecturer at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań.
Wathig Al-Ameri
IQ/CH
Acclaimed Iraqi-Swiss interdisciplinary artist and performer. Fleeing the regime of Saddam Hussein, he settled in Zurich in 1997. Graduate of the F+F School of Art and Design.
Europe Restaurant Group
PL
A curatorial-artistic group unconsciously founded in 2000 by Stanisław Piotr Gajda and Gordian Piec. Since 2005, Mariusz Marchlewicz and Olga Nowakowska have also belonged to it.
Leena Kela
FI
Performance artist, artistic director of the New Performance Turku Festival, director of the Saari Residence.
Maja Korczynska
PL
A visual artist working with performance art, video, installations, and publications. A graduate of the University of Fine Arts in Poznań.
Paweł Janicki
PL
Polish media artist, producer, and creator of, among others, audiovisual interactive installations and music performances.
Aleksandra Kubiak
PL
Visual artist, author of films, texts, performances, and spatial forms. From 2001 to 2013, she was a member of the Sędzia Główny (Chief Judge) group.
Alka Nauman
PL
A queer artist and choreographer working at the intersection of dance, visual arts, and cultural anthropology
Karolina Kraczkowska
PL
Dancer, performer, and choreographer. Her works reflect a deep interest in the body as a dynamic and creative medium.
Michelle Lacombe
CA
An artist with a unique practice on the border of performance, drawing, and body art. A graduate of Concordia University.
Ryszard Ługowski
PL
Painter, draftsman, author of spatial forms, objects, and performances. He was born in Warsaw in 1955.
Joakim Stampe
SE
A Swedish performance artist who has carried out over 300 actions in more than 30 countries. He combines the ephemeral with the work of art, painting with performance, and the four elements.
Paulina Pawłowska
PL
A Berlin-based performer, dancer, and choreographer. Her art is rooted in improvisation, contemporary dance, and photography.
Zygmunt Piotrowski
PL
A participant in the independent culture movement, he conducts interdisciplinary artistic research in the field of collective composition games.
"If you come to the palace of art, do not assume that you will be more beautiful"
– Jan Swidzinski
What's on the program?
Each edition of Interakcje features a variety of cultural events.
Performance shows
During the festival, you can expect multidimensional performance works by the invited artists.
During the festival, you can expect multidimensional performance works by the invited artists.
Side events
Interakcje also organizes art exhibitions, interactive installations, panel discussions, and concerts.
Interakcje also organizes art exhibitions, interactive installations, panel discussions, and concerts.
Workshops for schools
Through school visits and meetings with young people, the artists bring the art of movement closer to the students and introduce them to the world of performance.
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