Performance: Ewa Poniatowska

We were too poor to spend our vacation in the country, is a new performance by Ewa Poniatowska exploring borders, smuggling and Polish commercial tourism in the 1970s-1990s. The work stems from her research into black markets and the history of underground commerce in communist countries. Featuring a musical score by Ewa, and performed with Kazumi Nishimura. ARTIST BIOS Ewa Poniatowska is a Polish artist based in London. Her practice spans across visual art, performance and music, often playing with symbols of desire and facades of luxury. Poniatowska is also the co-founder of RSVP, a nomadic platform for performance and live-art and one half of an experimental music and performance duo Rat Section. Kazumi Nishimura is a Japanese artist and performer based in London. Her practice brings together dance, food, and visual expression, drawing on her experience as a dancer, and private dining chef. Through her work with nyotaimori, she explores ritual and intimacy from a female perspective, considering the body as both a medium of expression and a site of encounter.