text, photography, video, objects, web
2021- Ongoing project
We can see Poland changing slowly in recent years due to immigration. One of the changing areas is the language. A need to describe new phenomena is arising, and the Polish language is being enriched not only by regional dialects but also by various accents. There are also new language clichés emerging, which define different minorities. Most importantly, language is a tool for communication. People from abroad learn it to integrate with Polish society. They learn how to define themselves and others during the process. What are those definitions? What meanings do they carry?
Yulia Krivich decided to search for the answer. She has initiated the “Vocabulary” project, in which immigrants were invited to write entries, i.e. words with meanings based on their memories and feelings associated with the experience of relocation to Poland. Selected words will be displayed and visualised by the artist as photographs and objects.
The words are chosen during the Open Table meetings, to which Yulia Krivich invites people who experienced migration as well as the audience. Each person present at the meeting may propose their own terms and definitions. The Round Table formula relates to a political meeting, when the interested groups deliberate over “the fate of their species”. It is also similar to group therapy, when people with different backgrounds, of different ages and social statuses, from different countries can talk about their experiences and the process of empowerment and defining oneself in a new environment. This form helps emphasize the political dimension of everyone’s personal experience.
The words collected in this way will be posted on the dedicated website of the Vocabulary project: slownik-migracji.com
The authors of the terms and phrases included in the Vocabulary so far: Olena Babakova, Vera Zalutskaya, Nina Boichenko, Lukas Juretko, Yulia Krivich, Olena Apchel and the participants of the first Open Table meeting on 16 January 2022, held in Nowy Teatr in Warsaw.
Yulia Krivich decided to search for the answer. She has initiated the “Vocabulary” project, in which immigrants were invited to write entries, i.e. words with meanings based on their memories and feelings associated with the experience of relocation to Poland. Selected words will be displayed and visualised by the artist as photographs and objects.
The words are chosen during the Open Table meetings, to which Yulia Krivich invites people who experienced migration as well as the audience. Each person present at the meeting may propose their own terms and definitions. The Round Table formula relates to a political meeting, when the interested groups deliberate over “the fate of their species”. It is also similar to group therapy, when people with different backgrounds, of different ages and social statuses, from different countries can talk about their experiences and the process of empowerment and defining oneself in a new environment. This form helps emphasize the political dimension of everyone’s personal experience.
The words collected in this way will be posted on the dedicated website of the Vocabulary project: slownik-migracji.com
The authors of the terms and phrases included in the Vocabulary so far: Olena Babakova, Vera Zalutskaya, Nina Boichenko, Lukas Juretko, Yulia Krivich, Olena Apchel and the participants of the first Open Table meeting on 16 January 2022, held in Nowy Teatr in Warsaw.
