On Saturday, 07.10.2006, Creative Commons Party started with the concerts of Percival Schuttenbach and KredenZ. Creative Commons Party is a mini concert series with local rock bands. In our interview, the organizer of the event - Małgorzata Burnecka from (r)ewolucja - explains what it is all about and why it carries the [...]

  Sunday, 01.10.2006, Mleczarnia. The “Enjoy Mondays” - a series of concerts and exhibitions on Mondays - started with the exhibition of the works by Aleksandra Karbowniczek. We filmed the opening reception of this exhibition and interviewed the artist and also Przemysław Raczek, one of the organizers of the festival. Video download (iPod video [...]

  12-18.09.2006, the 4th Sesshin took place at Horakuji, Wrocław, in the presence of a Japanese Buddhist teacher - Yamada Bunryo. “Sesshin” is one week of intensive zen training, and Sesshin with Yamada Bunryo Roshi in Wrocław is held every year since 2003. We interviewed Bunyu who is responsible for the organization of [...]

  This is the 2nd part of the 2-part video snapshot from the opening of the exhibition “CROSSING” (15.09.2006 at Galeria Entropia). In this video, you will see the performances by Krew z kontaktu (PL) [silence, noise, improvisation] and Redglaer & Wanda Gala (USA) [noise and movement] Galeria ENTROPIA is open Mon-Fri, 13:00-19:00. The exhibition “CROSSING” [...]

  Here is the 1st of 2-part video snapshot from the opening of the exhibition “CROSSING” (15.09.2006 at Galeria Entropia). “CROSSING” is a collaborative project of 5 young artists. They are all from different countries and they met in Weimar where none of them was native. We asked what motivated them to do an [...]

  The final episode of the Wrocław Summer video podcast series features Japanese Garden. Japanese Garden forms part of Szczytnicki Park. Szczytnicki Park was established in 1785 and it is the biggest and the oldest park in Wrocław. Japanese Garden was originally built in 1913 and reconstructed countless time in its history. The video [...]

  The 3rd episode of the Wrocław Summer video podcast series vists Hala Ludowa. Hala Ludowa (”People’s Hall”) was originally called “Jahrhunderthalle,” designed by a German architect Max Berg and built in 1913. It was the biggest concrete architecture in the world to be built. The video features “kiori no ride” by dimitris diavatis :: [...]

  On 02.08.2006, we followed a group of young people to the roof of the “Helios cinema” building. They clean the windows of high buildings as their Summer job. Still new to this business, they shared with us their excitement and thoughts about working at 50m above the ground, with only one rope [...]

  This episode features Ostrów Tumski. It is the oldest area of the city of Wrocław and its heart is the St. John the Baptist Cathedral. Just like any other part of the city, Ostrów Tumski has been subjected to many changes in its history, and what we have today is the result [...]

  During this Summer holiday season, the WrocławWeekly podcast brings you the images and sound from the city of Wrocław and the area nearby. The first episode of the series presents the Rynek of Wrocław. “Rynek” means in Polish a “market place.” “Rynek” in Wrocław is the city’s main square and constitutes the heart [...]