Through embodied practices, rituals, and artistic experimentation, we will work with personal and collective histories, forgotten narratives, and queer perspectives – and explore archives as living spaces for memory, resistance, and collective storytelling.
This event is part of the seminar
PERSPECTIVES ON: MOVING ARCHIVES.
Participation is FREE, but as there are a limited number of spots, please remember to register via the link.
The workshop embraces the ephemeral and looks into gaps and absences, magical objects, hallucinations, and dreams as unconventional archival materials. It questions who creates history, whose stories are preserved, and how the invisible, the imagined, and the forgotten can become part of an archive.
Together, participants explore archives as tools for empowerment, care and for imagining alternative futures.
Vala T. Foltyn is a performance and installation artist, queer witch, and artistic researcher. She is the founder of Lamella Queer Arts in Poland. With a background in cultural anthropology, dance, and embodied practices, she is the author of Szwedzka 8 (2024), published by Art Hub Copenhagen, exploring archives, queer resilience, and witchcraft.
Her performances have been presented at Bergen Assembly and the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (MSN). She holds an MA in Cultural Anthropology from Jagiellonian University in Kraków and an MFA in Artistic Research from Malmö Art Academy (2022). She has been an artist-in-residence at Art Hub Copenhagen and HAUT.
