Arts Territory

Arts Territory www.artsterritory.org We hope to inspire new, challenging art and facilitate dialogue between artists internationally.

Initiated as a vehicle to develop creative links between Polish and UK artists and to provide a support network for international creatives interested in engaging with Polish arts, Arts Territory has developed into wider territories of investigation. Our artistic programming is dedicated to new commissions and cross-border collaborations, development of politically informed, critical discourses that explore issues of transnationalism, identity and cultural heritage in a contemporary art context. Arts Territory fulfils its mission in a variety of ways including exhibitions, festival, through commissioning, research projects and publications, presenting works by UK based and international artists.

Thank you, Polish Institute in Rome ✨🇵🇱We are truly grateful to the Polish Institute in Rome for their continued support...
07/07/2025

Thank you, Polish Institute in Rome ✨🇵🇱

We are truly grateful to the Polish Institute in Rome for their continued support.
It means a lot to know we can count on your help — once again, your presence and commitment played an important role in the realisation of Memories of Water, Memories of Air in Venice.

Thank you for being part of this journey with us!

1. Paweł Sakowicz, Storm, part of: „Memories of Water, Memories of Air”, organised by Ditto Foundation & Arts Territory, Venice 2025, photo: Clelia Cadamuro

2. Rafał Zajko / Zoee, Denim III, part of: „Memories of Water, Memories of Air”, organised by Ditto Foundation & Arts Territory, Venice 2025, photo: Clelia Cadamuro

3. Fugaz Collective, Volumen 2, part of: „Memories of Water, Memories of Air”, organised by Ditto Foundation & Arts Territory, Venice 2025, photo: Clelia Cadamuro

4. Konrad Smoleński, Waiting Room, part of: „Memories of Water, Memories of Air”, organised by Ditto Foundation & Arts Territory, Venice 2025, photo: Clelia Cadamuro

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Supported by: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, ,

This project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund.

Cultural event of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU.



Thank you, Voelkel Foundation 💧💨We extend our thanks to the for their support during Memories of Water, Memories of Air...
07/07/2025

Thank you, Voelkel Foundation 💧💨

We extend our thanks to the for their support during Memories of Water, Memories of Air in Venice.

Thank you for being with us — for sharing our values, our vision, and these powerful days of art, dance, sound, and encounters. Your partnership was an essential part of what made this project possible.

1. Monika Błaszczak, Clay, part of: „Memories of Water, Memories of Air”, organised by Ditto Foundation & Arts Territory, Venice 2025, photo: Clelia Cadamuro

2. Karolina Łebek, sanare, part of: „Memories of Water, Memories of Air”, organised by Ditto Foundation & Arts Territory, Venice 2025, photo: Clelia Cadamuro

3. felicita, kupalnocka/gry wodne, part of: „Memories of Water, Memories of Air”, organised by Ditto Foundation & Arts Territory, Venice 2025, photo: Clelia Cadamuro

4. Gaetano di Gregorio, Water Breaks, Water Builds, part of: „Memories of Water, Memories of Air”, organised by Ditto Foundation & Arts Territory, Venice 2025, photo: Clelia Cadamuro

Organised by: ,

Supported by: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, ,

This project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund.

Cultural event of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU

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We are honoured to share that this year’s edition of Memories of Water, Memories of Air was part of the Cultural Program...
04/07/2025

We are honoured to share that this year’s edition of Memories of Water, Memories of Air was part of the Cultural Programme of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

It was a privilege to contribute to this important moment with a project that celebrates artistic exchange, critical reflection, and shared experience.

🎭 This project was co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund — thank you for the support that made it possible.

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Supported by: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, ,

Last night’s Fugaz Collective gave us a true feast for the senses — a tasting banquet filled with scent, flavor, and st...
29/06/2025

Last night’s Fugaz Collective gave us a true feast for the senses — a tasting banquet filled with scent, flavor, and storytelling. Aromas of the Sahara mingled with the humid breath of the Amazon, creating a moment suspended between two worlds.

The air was filled with the scent of lavender, mist rising over shells, olive oil infused with dill and smoked paprika, and the sweetness of the peach — an ephemeral composition of textures and moods, lingering just long enough to disappear.
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Organised by: ,

Supported by: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, ,

This project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund.

Cultural event of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU

On the second day of Memories of Water, Memories of Air, we experienced the powerful performance STORM by Paweł Sakowicz...
29/06/2025

On the second day of Memories of Water, Memories of Air, we experienced the powerful performance STORM by Paweł Sakowicz.

With Storm, Sakowicz offers a compelling portrait of transformation through movement, in which the body becomes both the subject and object of its gaze — shifting between control and abandon, strength and exposure.

The performance is accompanied by an original score by Agnė Matulevičiūtė and costuming by Elena Marija Veleckaitė.
His performance in Venice was the second public showing of the work, following its recent premiere at Sapieha Palace in Vilnius.

Organised by: ,

Supported by: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, ,

This project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund.

Cultural event of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU

Choreography and performance: Paweł Sakowicz
Music: Agnė Matulevičiūtė ._
Costume: Elena Marija Veleckaitė
Production: Sapieha Palace, Vilnius
Co-produced by Pavilion of Dance and other Performing Arts - new branch of Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

The performance Storm is Co-organized by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the international cultural program of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2025

Yesterday at Palazzo Contarini Polignac, performed as part of the first day of Memories of Water, Memories of Air with ...
28/06/2025

Yesterday at Palazzo Contarini Polignac, performed as part of the first day of Memories of Water, Memories of Air with a deeply emotional piece.

Entitled kupalnocka/gry wodne, and presented in a new format for Venice, the piece — featuring guitar, electronics, bells, and water — blurs the lines between concert, ritual, and dream, and presents perceptive interactions between musical and atmospheric elements.

Organised by: ,

Supported by: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, ,

This project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund.

Cultural event of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU

Presented as a performative screening on a drifting boat in the Venetian lagoon, Waiting Room by is a video installatio...
28/06/2025

Presented as a performative screening on a drifting boat in the Venetian lagoon, Waiting Room by is a video installation created in collaboration with Hamed Ahmadi,

The work traces the haunting absence left by missing Kurdish migrants, drawing from the photographic archive of Shamal Husamalddin Hassan, who has spent the last four years documenting families of those who disappeared en route to Europe. Originating from Rania in Iraqi Kurdistan — a region marked by steady waves of youth emigration — the piece shifts the lens from direct narrative to atmospheric reflection, offering a poetic meditation on loss, longing, and the search for a better life.

Organised by: ,

Supported by: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, ,

This project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund.

Cultural event of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU







On the first day of Memories of Water, Memories of Air, we premiered Karolina Łebek’s new film installation sanare.The 4...
28/06/2025

On the first day of Memories of Water, Memories of Air, we premiered Karolina Łebek’s new film installation sanare.
The 4K moving image work invites viewers into a meditative loop of memory, loss, and healing — rooted in personal and collective histories of displacement.

Set against the backdrop of Krynica Zdrój and Łemko heritage, sanare reflects on ancestral trauma and the quiet rituals of reconnection, both spiritual and physical. A poetic journey back to a silenced language, a lost home, and the healing power of water.

Thank you, , for sharing this intimate and powerful work with us.

Organised by: ,

Supported by: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, ,

This project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund.

Cultural event of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU

Tonight we also experienced Monika Błaszczak’s dancing intervention responded to the Venetian air and heat, creating fra...
27/06/2025

Tonight we also experienced Monika Błaszczak’s dancing intervention responded to the Venetian air and heat, creating fragile membranes of clay and salt. Clay cultivates a poetic, sensuous approach to movement. Through a choreographic language attuned to space and its many presences — visible, ghostly, and more-than-human — the work explores vulnerability, resilience, and eroticism. The body and clay serve as parallel vessels of memory and transformation: soft, fragile, and shaped by touch and time.



Choreography and performance: Monika Błaszczak
Choreographer’s assistant: Misia Żurek .zurek
Music: Antonina Nowacka (album Lamunan)
Costume and set design: Marta Szypulska
Project partners: ,
Management:
With kind support of .berlin

Organised by: ,

Supported by: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, ,

This project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund.

Cultural event of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU

We’re thrilled to have you join our first day and fekicita’s hypnotic performance.Presented in a new format for Venice, ...
27/06/2025

We’re thrilled to have you join our first day and fekicita’s hypnotic performance.
Presented in a new format for Venice, the piece — featuring guitar, electronics, bells, and water — blurs the lines between concert, ritual, and dream, and presents perceptive interactions between musical and atmospheric elements.



Organised by: ,

Supported by: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, ,

This project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund.

Cultural event of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU

🍽✨ On the second day (28.06) of Memories of Water, Memories of Air, join us for a performative dinner with the wonderful...
26/06/2025

🍽✨ On the second day (28.06) of Memories of Water, Memories of Air, join us for a performative dinner with the wonderful Fugaz collective!

will take us on a unique culinary adventure — an immersive experience where plant-based cuisine meets contemporary artistic practice. Their gatherings are designed as emancipatory moments, inviting us to reflect deeply and critically on food and its cultural, social, and ecological significance.

An evening of taste, art, and connection not to be missed!

📍 Memories of Water, Memories of Air
Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Venice
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Organised by: ,

Supported by: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, ,

This project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund

Cultural event of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU

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26/06/2025

🌊💥 On the first day (27.06) of Memories of Water, Memories of Air, experience Gaetano Di Gregorio – Water breaks, water builds!

This live performance explores how salt and water can destroy bricks made of clay — and how what’s left can be mixed again with water and clay to form something new. A cyclical process of breaking and rebuilding, where destruction becomes the starting point for creation.

Don’t miss this unique encounter with matter, water, and transformation!

📍 27-28.06, 6:00PM-9:00PM
Memories of Water, Memories of Air
Palazzo Contarini Polignac, 874 Dorsoduro, Venice

Organised by: ,

Supported by: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, ,

This project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund.

Cultural event of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU

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