Love letter to water

“Love letter to water” has its origin in the book Elif Shafak There are rivers in the sky. The author of the book weaves together the stories of people who lived in different eras and parts of the world - from ancient Mesopotamia and the shores of the Tigris, to nineteenth-century London on the Thames, to the present day. The drop of water that unites the protagonists of the novel wanders between rivers, rain, snow, human body and tears, becoming a silent witness storing traces of love, birth, violence and loss. Humans are and always will be “warring water” that will never know peace, writes Elif Shafak.

Fragments of the novel There in the Sky Are Rivers will merge in a single stream with fragments of the Epic of Gilgamesh, which is one of the oldest surviving literary works of mankind. The two texts are thousands of years apart, but they are united by water, circulating in rivers, clouds and human blood. Water remembers. This is what people forget, writes Elif Shafak. The event will be accompanied by live music.

Małgorzata Szydłowska — scenographer, director of the House of Utopia — International Centre for Empathy, deputy director of the Łażnia Nowa Theatre for theatrical productions. A graduate of scenography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and a lecturer at this university. She designed scenography and costumes for dozens of performances staged in drama, opera and musical theatres in Poland and abroad. Together with Bartosz Szydłowski, she created three cultural centres in Krakow: the Łażnia Theatre, the Łażnia Nowa Theatre and the House of Utopia. Author of the innovative concept of reconstruction and adaptation of the post-industrial space of school workshops halls for the needs of the Łażnia Nowa Theater and the arrangement of its interiors and stages. Originator and curator of the educational series “Thinking Hand” dealing with popularization and promotion of theatrical craft in Poland. He creates installations, exhibitions and multimedia projects.