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Filip Markiewicz: CELEBRATION FACTORY

19 MAY - 15 JUL
Opening night: Friday 19 May 2017, 6–8pm
Co-commissioned by NN Contemporary Art

“Europe is Lost” sings the British spoken word artist Kate Tempest in her protest song of the same name.

The headlines of the international media announce the crisis, some even talk of war. The French singer Jeanne Added sings elsewhere “A war is coming”. Today’s Europe is evidently in a challenging period since the crisis of migrants, the rise of populist parties and terrorist attacks. Beyond these events the consumer society and the world of entertainment continues to perform. Despite the terrorist attacks, people continue to make art, attend rock concerts, go to the theatre, dance, go clubbing…