FESTIVAL CENTRE Day #2

Meetings | Dance | Small Festival

What is it about?

The Festival Centre is a space for joint activities, lectures, workshops, understanding and exchange of ideas.. A shared, warm and welcoming space. The Festival Centre is a meeting place for all those who create neighbourhood culture!

Sunday at the Dialogue Centre will be a place for creative activities and inspiring conversations. The programme includes:

Student Art Fair 10:00-16:00

On the first weekend of the Festival, we invite you to visit the Student Art Fair between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.! The fair will be an exhibition space for students from the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. You will have the opportunity to see the work of emerging artists from our Academy and purchase unique, designer items with soul! Paintings, drawings, ceramics and other handicrafts!

If you would like to join the Fair as an exhibitor, please write to: p.rembowski@centrumdialogu.com!

Repair Café with the Local Activity Centre 10:00-16:00

The repair café will be a place, as the name suggests, for repairing things that can be repaired and do not need to be thrown away! The repair café will be run by senior citizens from the Local Activity Centre at 11 Pomorska Street.

The repair café will be a space decorated in the spirit of zero waste! It will draw attention to the problem of throwing away things that are still in good condition – or those that can actually be repaired! Next door, we will learn how to repair old clothes, and sewing machines will be available for use. How should they be used? Our senior citizens will teach us everything we need to know!

Free admission

Screen printing with BLOT studio 10:00-16:00

A unique opportunity to print the Festival logo on a commemorative bag or T-shirt using one of the oldest and most noble techniques of finishing clothes, originating in the Far East.

River of Clothes – workshops on an artistic and educational installation for children 10:000–12:00

Interactive textile workshops during which participants, under the guidance of educators and artist Martyna Konieczny, will combine design and styling with issues of ecology and consumer responsibility.

Ticketed admission

Centre for Good Conversation: European colonialism, Łódź factories and white domination 12:00

Host: Monika Bobako
Guests: Margaret Ohia-Nowak, Wiktor Marzec, Piotr Puchalski
A conversation about the legacy of colonialism in the context of Łódź’s industrial history and its links to global processes of domination. The meeting will be interpreted into English.

I accompany you/myself – exhibition of post-residency work by Kania/Kimaty 13:30

Dance and performance by a duo who, during their residency in Łódź, explored the theme of relationships – with oneself and with other people – in everyday life.

Festival Information Point 10:00-16:00

During the opening hours of the Dialogue Centre and Festival Centre, you will have the opportunity to ask any questions at our information point! Our volunteers will answer all your questions! We invite you to visit us!

Who is it for?

For people who are curious about the world and open to creative experiences – families with children, lovers of art, design and ecology, as well as those who want to discuss important social and cultural phenomena.

Why is it worth it?

The Festival Centre is a space where you can experience art in many forms in a single day – from student fairs and creative workshops for children, through in-depth discussions on important social issues, to moving dance performances. It is an opportunity to meet artists, talk, exchange ideas and spend time together in the unique atmosphere of the festival.

Availability

The Dialogue Center building is accessible for people with mobility impairments. It features wide, non-automatic entrance doors without thresholds and an accessible restroom. In front of the building, there is a large parking lot with marked spaces for people with disabilities. Assistance dogs and guide dogs are welcome in both the building and the auditorium. There is a lift in the building.

Parking entrance from Wojska Polskiego Street.
Nearby bus and tram stops: Wojska Polskiego/Centrum Dialogu, Wojska Polskiego/Sporna.

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