„Czarny worek trupóww bród / koniec świata / umarł Bóg” [„Black sack, corpses galore / End of the world / God is dead”] – the loss of faith in the songs written by Maria Peszek and the interviews with her Cover Image

„Czarny worek trupóww bród / koniec świata / umarł Bóg” – doświadczenie utraty wiary w wypowiedziach medialnych i artystycznych Marii Peszek
„Czarny worek trupóww bród / koniec świata / umarł Bóg” [„Black sack, corpses galore / End of the world / God is dead”] – the loss of faith in the songs written by Maria Peszek and the interviews with her

Author(s): Malgorzata Rybka, Marta Wrześniewska-Pietrzak
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: religious experience; the loss of faith in God; Maria Peszek

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the loss of faith experienced by Maria Peszek. The analysis are based on the interviews with the singer and the texts of songs written by this young and often awarded artists, that is controversial by her worldview. Maria Peszek in the songs presented in three albums: Maria Awaria, Miasto Mania, Jezus Maria Peszek has described the reasons of the loss of faith in God such as nervous breakdown. Antycredo included in her songs was discussed by Maria Peszek in different media – magazines and the Internet. She has always claimed that this experience was strictly combined with the feeling of freedom. The value of freedom is restricted to the meaning: be free from something, what is caused by singer’s egocentric point of view. Maria Peszek claims that being free from religion and God is her guaranty of happiness that is the highest value, the absolute one. Her interviews and texts of the songs are complementary and they present the picture of an artist – the woman that breaks stereotypes and norms, even if they refer to the cultural and moral taboo in Poland.

  • Issue Year: 65/2017
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 181-211
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: Polish