Communing along the Borderline. Merits of the “Borderland” Centre and Jerzy Grotowski’s “Active Culture” Cover Image

Obcowanie na pograniczu. Wartości Ośrodka „Pogranicze” a wartości „kultury czynnej” Jerzego Grotowskiego
Communing along the Borderline. Merits of the “Borderland” Centre and Jerzy Grotowski’s “Active Culture”

Author(s): Przemysław Radwański
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Social Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: “Borderland of Arts, Cultures and Nations”; Krzysztof Czyżewski; Jerzy Grotowski; active culture; Laboratory Theatre;

Summary/Abstract: There exists a fundamental congruence between the values of “active culture” envisaged by Jerzy Grotowski and the merits of the “Borderland Centre of Arts, Cultures and Nations”, enabling to treat the latter as the heir of the first. Heritage is by no means a simple continuation but a transformation and original development of Grotowski’s axiology at a different time and in a different political and social context. The supreme value of “active culture”: brother/joint-/communing is developed as bridge/neimar/communing. The form of the work-stream and cultural reserves are replaced by the agora and lengthy duration.

  • Issue Year: 352/2026
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 121-130
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish
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