Chris Watson & Izabela Dłużyk

present “Białowieża”

Located between Poland and Belarus, the Białowieża Forest is the last remaining example of Europe's pristine and unspoilt natural landscape. Over the last hundred years, much like a great part of Earth's ecosystems, it has been the scene of a series of events that have threatened its equilibrium and survival. In recent years, its wilderness has once again placed it at the centre of a humanitarian tragedy unfolding in the border region, mainly due to the passage of refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach one of the possible gateways into the European Union. What kind of life and pulse is there in such a place, where millennia of history coexist with yet another sad episode of our civilisation? Chris Watson and Izabela Dłużyk, two masters of the art of recording and reinterpreting nature, have plunged into the heart of the Białowieża Forest this year in order to bring us a chunk of its breathing, alternating between the magnificent gush of natural life and the howl of death. The multi-channel sound system concert and installation, which takes place in the dark, is also a rare opportunity to travel back in time.