Karolina Markiewicz + Pascal Piron
Exhibitions
2017
Side-Effects of Reality, Centre d'art Dominique Lang, Dudelange / LU
Homeland, Cité des Arts, Paris / FR
Rencontres internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin / DE
Homeland, Argos Centre for Art and Media, Brussels / BE
Rencontres internationales, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris / FR
2016
Blackbox, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg / LU (solo)
The present is yours, the future is mine, Cercle Cité, Luxembourg / LU
2015
The Silver Lining, Collateral Event of the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, Venice / IT
A few poeple laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent, CAPE, Ettelbruck / LU
Some poeple laughed, some people cried, most people were silent, neimënster, Luxembourg / LU
Wo das gras grüner ist, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz / LI
Rencontres internationales, Berlin 2015, Haus der Kulturen, Berlin / D
2014
Rencontres internationales, Paris 2014, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris / F
Fail, Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg / LU
Angste Povera / PNSL Collective, Carré Roteondes, Luxembourg / LU
Founders of Kulturstruktur video talks
2013
Everybody should have the right to die in an expensive car, Kiosk (commissioned by AICA), Luxembourg / LU
Theater
2015
Philoktet, theater play, CAPE, Ettelbruck / LU
Philoktet, theater play, opderschmelz, Dudelange / LU
Philoktet, theater play, neimënster, Luxembourg / LU
Film Festivals
2017
Festival International du Film de Nancy, Nancy / FR
2016
Festival du film de la ville de Québec, Québec / CA
European Film Weeks, Helsinki / FI
One World Film Festival, Bucharest / RO
4th Silk Road Festival, Dublin / IR
2015
5th EU Human Rights Film Days, Ankara & Istanbul, TR
Rencontres Internationales, Berlin 2015, Haus der Kulturen, Berlin / D
2014
Rencontres Internationales, Paris 2014, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris / F
Bio
Karolina Markiewicz and Pascal Piron’s collaborative work creates links between film, visual arts and theatre. At the center is the individual person as part of a human community, oscillating between resignation and hope.
Karolina Markiewicz studied political science, philosophy and theatre and works as a film and theatre director. Pascal Piron studied visual arts and works as an artist and film director. Both work as teachers.
Their cooperation started in 2013 and allowed Pascal Piron to take a step away from painting and to look at image from a different way, not only when it comes to two-dimensional perspective, but also space. For Karolina Markiewicz, it was an occasion to come back to research about directing and literary writing as well as to finalise a documentary project from 2008. The result was their documentary video installation “Les Formidables” (2014), which tells the story of five young migrants in Luxembourg. In 2014, they founded the video blog kulturstruktur.com.
In 2015 they worked on the project Philoktet, which includes the homonymous play by Heiner Müller and an exhibition relating the Greek tragedy to Robert Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb. As part of the preparations for this work, Karolina Markiewicz participated at a workshop held by Romeo Castellucci organised during the Theatre Biennale in Venice in 2015.
At the same time they released their second documentary Mos Stellarium, produced by Tarantula and supported by Film Fund Luxembourg. The documentary (52 minutes) follows six young refugees in Luxembourg. Part of this project is the installation of Mos Stellarium, which offers different parts of the movie simultaneously, thus giving a non-linear reading of the film. Karolina and Pascal have participated at the 56th Venice Art Biennale in 2015, with this video installation.
The documentary premiered in Luxembourg in 2015 and was shown at different festivals (Festival du film de la ville de Québec, European Film Weeks (Helsinki), One World Film Festival (Bucharest), 4th Silk Road Festival, (Dublin)).
The most recent works are a series of short films entitled Side-Effects of Reality, shown in a solo exhibition at Casino Luxembourg - Forum d’art contemporain in Luxembourg (2016), at Rencontres Internationales in Paris (2017) and Argos Centre for Art and Media in Brussels (2017). They explore history in a poetic way, creating myths of the present by transforming the past of certain locations into a metaphorical narrative. Upcoming exhibitions include Luxembourg (late 2017), Berlin (late 2017) and Taipei (2018).
Karolina and Pascal are currently working on a feature film.