AN HOUR WITH: Vala T. Foltyn
Creates room for a short and intense immersion in an artistry or artistic practice
8.6.23
8.6.23
09:00 - 10:00
HAUT, Lygten 39, 2400 KBH NV
AN HOUR WITH is free but there are limitit seating. You can signup by sending an email to billet@hautscene.dk– write "AN HOUR WITH Vala T. Foltyn" in the subject line.
The artistic practice
Witch terror and queer magic.
The return to witchcraft and practices of magic among artists can be seen as urgent response to rising tendencies of right-wing politics and discrimination of members of LGTBQI+ community, specifically as observed in Poland and other East European countries.
At AN HOUR WITH - Vala T. Foltyn will share her artistic practice and unfold her thinking on strategies of resistance as a performance artist and queer witch. The mapping of political and poetic narratives, personal and public, becomes a witching gesture to reshape difficult pasts.
Foltyn will also present her recent work developed for the commission in Nürnberg, in June 2022. Here she presented a piece at Musik Installationen Festival, where she, together with the Berlin-based composer Wojtek Blecharz, directed a durational performance with guest artists Phyllis Akinyi and Sall Lam Toro.
The artist
Vala T. Foltyn | Valentine Tanz
1986, born in Poland, lives in Copenhagen.
Vala T. Foltyn
Vala T. Foltyn, performance artist, queer witch, art researcher and founder of Lamella, a queer art house in Poland. She graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Artistic Research from Malmö Art Academy in June 2022. Foltyn was an artist in residency at Art Hub Copenhagen and published the book ‘Szwedzka 8’ in 2024. She has exhibited and performed at Tallinn Art Hall, Fondazione Giuliani in Rome, Zachęta Gallery, Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Parliament of Bodies by Paul Preciado at Bergen Assembly and Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. She currently lives in Copenhagen.
The conversation
AN HOUR WITH is an opportunity to meet artists in an informal setting, where new conversations about art can flourish.
The intention is to cultivate a closer relationship with and understanding of various artistic practices and studies for inspiration for the field right now. With AN HOUR WITH, we provide space for short and focused immersion in the work of an artist or artist group. AN HOUR WITH is for anyone in the field of art and performing arts, national and international colleagues and other people interested in the performing arts.