Dust: Grotowski’s Last Performance
Apocalypsis cum figuris in photographs by Maurizio Buscarino
21 September – 1 November
Open Monday - Saturday from 9.30am - 11pm
and Sunday 12pm - 7pm
Olivier Exhibition Space
Jerzy Grotowski ranks alongside Bertolt Brecht and Konstantin Stanislavsky as one of the 20th century’s leading theatre directors. He stopped making performances in 1969, spending more of his life working beyond rather than in the theatre, but the impact of his Teatr Laboratorium and ‘poor theatre’ still resonate widely today. This exhibition captures Grotowski’s last performance and his movement away from the theatre. Shot in 1979 in Milan, it is testament to an extraordinary feat of photography, capturing legendary actors at work in the near darkness of an almost ritual-like performance.
Photo © Maurizio Buscarino
POLSKA! YEAR comprises over 200 projects presenting the most interesting achievements of Polish culture to the UK audience. POLSKA! YEAR is a joint initiative by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The cultural programme is coordinated by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, which is responsible for the promotion of Polish culture abroad.
To find out more visit www.PolskaYear.pl
Dust: Grotowski’s Last Performance finished on: 1 November 2009
