Association Fabrykancka would like to recommend James Beckett artistic project. ‘Zakłady na Życie’ (‘Plant-Life’) is a performance and installation environment exploring Poland’s industrial past.

In English, ‘Plant-Life’ is a play on words, as a plant can be as much a photosynthetic organism as a factory, power-station, or other large industrial complex. It is in this sense the piece attempts to achieve as much as state of David Attenborough as it does anthropological glance into the life of factories across Poland.

Using relics gathered from both functioning factories and industrial ruins around Poland, the stage environment is a series of re-creations, inspired by actual workplaces and even museums, reviewing the past-times of both company and state. James Beckett has visited few places in Poland also Łódź where he was guiding by members of association Fabrykancka.

The experience allows one to zoom-in, from the larger level of infrastructure, down to the single product of the factory itself, such as a toothbrush. The tangible nature of this experience attempts to connect to histories through these found objects, in much the way a museum does with its artifacts of purported significance.

Place: The Netherlands, Utrecht, Thatre Huis aan de Werf:

concept, schrijver en regie: James Beckett

acteurs/performers: Zbigniew Maciak, Maja Magdalena Jawor, Dorothea Nikiporczyk

dramaturgie: Koen Nutters, Renee Copraij

decorontwerp: James Beckett, Lucas Steenhuis en Erik Jansen

kostuumontwerp: Janneke Raaphorst

lichtontwerp: Minna Tiikkainen

geluidsontwerp: Slobodan Bajic

techniek: Roeland van den Beemd en Slobodan Bajic

productieleider: Coosje Idhuna Kuipers

producent: Huis a/d Werf

coproducent: Wilfried Lenz, Rotterdam

met steun van: Fonds BKVB

More: http://www.festivalaandewerf.nl/detail.php?id=169