MKiDN Scholarship 2025
As part of the MKiDN Scholarship, I have conducted a research on the topic of borders.
We all experience them in different ways, with various intensities. Be it national borders, which seem even thicker in the time of conflict, borders between humans like racism or class, which divide and separate us or personal borders that we build to protect and define ourselves.
We create, establish and practice borders at the same time giving them the right to exist, for both productive and destructive reasons. One thing is sure - they are abstract and conventional so as long as we continue acknowledging them - they will exist and expand.
If you wish to share your thoughts on the topic of borders, please fill out this survey. It will support and enrich my research. Thank you!
Interviews
I have interviewed 12 artists from different backgrounds who are experiencing borders in various circumstances.
These are personal stories and do not represent the general experience of people facing borders.
On migration of Hungarian Artists
with Zsu Zsuró
Zsu Zsuró is a Hungarian Art Researcher & Curator, PhD candidate researching socially engaged art practices in the Hungarian diaspora.
On belonging
with Yelyzaveta Tereshonok
Yelyzaveta Tereshonok is a Ukrainian dancer based in Poland, where she studied contemporary culture and is currently part of Krakowski Dance Theatre as well as involved in many independent projects.
On connections during the pandemic
with Manuel Kisters
Manuel Kisters is a German artist, currently a border member of the Verein darstellende Künste for the political representation of Cologne performing arts scene.
On differences
with Isadora Franco
Isadora Franco is a Brasilian dancer, performer and teacher, currently based in Brasil, where she works as the artistic director of Companhia Municipal de Dança de POA.
On differences
with Isadora Franco
On dreams
with Mizuki Kori
Mizuki Kori is a Japanese dancer, performer and dance teacher currently living and working in Brussels.
On responsibility
with Alevtina Senik
Alevtina Senik is a Russian media artist, curator, and researcher in the field of digital and analogue technologies, with a focus on the intersection between art and science. She holds an MA in Liberal Arts and Sciences and is currently pursuing a second MA in Digital Media at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen in Germany.
On recognition
with Raz Mantell
Raz Mantell is an Israeli dancer, trained at SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in Austria and graduated from Maslool Professional Dance Program in Israel. She is a core member and a founder of nein9 kollektiv.
On personal borders
with Zaher Kais
Zaher Kais is a Lebanese actor, dancer and artist, known for movies like Al Hayba, From the End and Homemade. He works and acts artistically and culturally both in Lebanon and Europe.
On climate
with Oto Hudec
Oto Hudec is a Slovakian artist and activist living and working in Košice, Slovakia. His projects often use stories and utopian visions to explore climate change, globalization, migration, and the life of minority communities.
On location
with Dawid Marzec
Dawid Marzec is a polish dancer and creator of Puszcza space in Ksawerów. He works in film, dance and culture as well as develops and leads youth cultural projects and initiatives. He has graduated from the Academy of Music in Łódź, Poland.
On possibilities
with Alexandra Morales
Alexandra Morales is a costarican curator, producer, artistic co-director of Unusual Symptoms Company in Theater Bremen. Throughout her projects and initiatives she advocates for inclusive and diverse art practices.
Realised within the framework of the scholarship of the Ministery of Culture and National Heritage of Poland
