Maria Magdalena Kozłowska - The Polish Project

The Polish Project

Conversations with Polish migrant workers gave rise to a raw, lyrical performance full of rhythm, breath and honesty. Their voices, recorded, sung, whispered, resound between scaffolding tubes, bodies and speakers. The boundaries between work and art, between document and imagination, blur.

Using opera, choreography and video as tools, Maria Magdalena explores the fragile balance between identity, physicality and economic reality. The performance is an ode to invisible labour, to lost ideals, and to the resilience of people who continue to build, to houses and to themselves. In this universe, the ethics of art and labour are inextricably linked: both require dedication, challenge physical limits and carry the risk of exhaustion or even demise. Working without protection can be deadly, as can continuing to dance when you are already falling. Here, art and labour not only form an identity, but also a class, always on the edge of the abyss. The Polish Project will have its world premiere during Julidans 2025.