Spring in Warsaw
collaborators led a walk in the Ghetto, in the footsteps of Israeli and Jewish youth delegations which visit the city every spring. The action was concluded in a party at Chlodna 25 club.
8 April 2009 - one day before the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Produced by: Nowy Theater
In collaboration with: Laura Palmer Foundation and A.I.R Zamek Ujazdowsky
Curator: Joanna Warsza
Duration: 18:00- into the night
Public Movement Leaders: Omer Krieger and Dana Yahalomi
Public Movement Members: Luciana Kaplun, Gali Libraider, Adily Liberman, Hagar Ophir, Michael Rosman, Saar Szekely.
Press
“…1,300 people (a number admittedly dwarfed by the 30,000 individuals who attend the official tour) the central claim of the work – tenaciously argued in the Polish press […] the Holocaust should not be understood as the property of one nation, but rather as an event in the history of humanity as a whole. […]Finally: […] the group effectively disappeared: who exactly ‘Public Movement’ were became functionally irreverent in the course of orchestrating – in-and-through public space, in the real – a deeper shift. …”
Daniel Miller, Frieze online
“…The {group] name is not only indicative of the actions they produce- orchestrating order movement through an urban plan – but also their candid attempt to inspire a shift in the audiences’ perception, literally resulting in a public movement that breaks through distilled historical narratives. Similarly , the title of the work, Spring in Warsaw, is descriptive of the performances time and place, as well as its tenor. Thus in acknowledging history by physically engaging with its markers — they make an effort to look forward to what is to come, rather then what has passed.”
Yaelle Amir, Viz. Inter-Arts