During British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's visit to Poland on Friday, over 100 artistic events were announced in the fields of film, theater, music, literature, visual arts and design.
These events will take place in dozens of cities across Poland and the UK as part of the Polish-British cultural season in 2025, according to Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Anna Radwan-Röhrenschef and Deputy Culture Minister Marta Cienkowska.
The official launch of the initiative will take place on March 5 with the opening of the exhibition St Ives and Elsewhere at the Museum of Art in Łódź, central Poland, featuring works from the British Council, Tate and Polish museums.
On Friday at 7:30 p.m., the Sinfonietta Cracovia orchestra will perform at London’s Barbican Centre during the Unsound Festival, presenting compositions by Miki Levi, along with Polish guitarist and composer Raphael Rogiński.
The Employees: Vision of a dystopian exploration of humanity
From Thursday through Sunday, audiences at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London’s Southbank Centre have the chance to experience The Employees, a dystopian sci-fi play directed by Łukasz Twarkowski and based on the novel by Danish author Olga Ravn.
The play explores humanity’s rapid transformation under the influence of artificial intelligence and new technologies, revealing their fascinating yet deeply unsettling impact on our identity.
Performed in Polish with English subtitles, the post-apocalyptic production invites audiences to change their vantage points throughout the show, during which the crew of a spaceship, under the watchful eye of a mysterious organization, explores a newly discovered planet far from Earth.
“This world is built on flickers; we’re never quite sure if it’s a human or a humanoid speaking,” Twarkowski told public broadcaster Polish Radio, adding that he believes humanity has entered a phase of rapid transformation.
"Our interaction with AI is both fascinating and terrifying; it’s happening so fast that we can’t foresee the consequences,” said the director, regarded as one of the most intriguing voices of his generation.
Łukasz Twarkowski. Photo: Zipi/PAP/EFE
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