Epitaph is a performance piece that utilizes sound and ritual to collectively honor the Polish Jewish poet Zuzanna Ginczanka through the practice of anninut; the period of mourning between death and burial that precedes sitting shiva in Jewish tradition.
While not confirmed, it is presumed that in 1944, Ginczanka was shot and killed at the German Nazi Concentration Camp in Krakow-Plaszow, which serves as the site of this performance.
This piece is a humble tribute to a powerful poet whose words, 80 years after they were written, still resonate, and who was more than likely never given the chance to properly be mourned.
WHEN?
Sunday, June 22, 2025, 2:00 PM
WHERE?
The Grey House, 3 Jerozolimska St. (meeting point)
The process of developing the project was supported and consulted by the following people: Marcio Rivera, Agata Araszkiewicz, Zuzanna Hertzberg, Artur Wabik, Meital Yaniv, Patty Chang and Kim Zumpfe.
The 9th edition of FestivALT is made possible thanks to the support of the Matanel Foundation and Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund and takes place as part of the project “ReActMem: Rescue Memory – Activism, Art, and Public Memory,” which is co-financed by the European Union under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV 2024–2026) program.
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