Question: Live research Kasi Witek

Who was Pythia? A fairy in a trance conveying the words of the gods. Her chaotic words were written down and arranged in verse prophecies by the priests. The phrase “to speak as Pytia” or “Pytyan answer” means a statement that is vague, mysterious and ambiguous.

For two weeks, for two hours a day, in the Bunker Sztuki space you will be able to observe and accompany the dance artist, Kasia Witek, in her movement research work. The starting point of the work is the assumption that the body, as intelligent and deeply intuitive, can reveal answers to us where words fail. Not everything is a word.

The main theme of the project is the thought of the artist Katie Coe: “Let the moving be the solving.” Through improvisation, intuitive movement and practices bordering on somatics and working with presence, the artist explores questions — both her own and those posed by visitors to the gallery.

The course of a single intervention:

The artist will be present in the gallery space for two hours. Every meeting begins with the same gesture — writing down the question that will be faced on the move on the day. The question hangs on the board, visible to all visitors. From that moment on, movement becomes a process of thinking — a way of looking for answers where words are not enough.

Visitors can observe from the side, join the movement or leave their own question on the board — becoming part of the research. Within two hours there will be short pauses. There is no one way to be here: you can stay for a while or longer, watch in silence, or join in the movement.

Every day, a different question, a different intervention.

photo: K. Schubert

Katarzyna Witek is a dance artist, choreographer and performer working between Great Britain and Poland. A graduate of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds, a postgraduate program in Dance Theatre at the Royal Holloway University of London and a Master's degree at the London Contemporary Dance School (with distinction). Nominated for the British Arts Foundation Awards in the Choreography category in 2025. As a choreographer she has collaborated with the National Old Theatre in Krakow, AST in Krakow, Teatreme Lalka in Warsaw, Wrocław Opera. He regularly develops his own choreographic practice including installation, site-specific performance, video and activities in gallery spaces. In December 2024, the premiere of her original performance “Cantaten” took place at MOCAK in Krakow. Her rich work includes “Solastalgia” (2023), “Memory Score” (FestivalT, Krakow 2020), “one wall of me” (2019), “The Matter of the Soul” (2018) and the installation “You, Passing” (2015). As a performer, she has collaborated with renowned choreographers in the UK and internationally (including Rosemary Lee, Lea Anderson, Joe Moran, Renaud Wiser), appearing in institutions such as the Victoria and Albert Museum or LSO St Luke's with the musicians of the London Symphony Orchestra. In 2025, she choreographed “The Peace of Wild Things” for graduates of the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. The project “The Matter of the Soul”, realized with the bell artist Kat Austen, was opened by Greenpeace Hub during the UN COP24 climate summit in Katowice. Winner of Exit Visa Residency at The Place (London), member of Chisenhale Dance Space. Her work has been supported by Arts Council England, Krakow Choreographic Centre, Leeds Inspired Fund and other institutions in Poland and the UK.

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