NIC |Czajkowska/Bernadowski/Sutor| premiere Universal Art Design | performance

“NOTHING” is not a lack, but a potential.

The performance shows a day at work in the Nothing Service Office of the Museum of Nothing—an institution that seriously catalogs absence and presents exhibits such as emptiness, ether, vacuum, and nothingness. In the convention of theater of the absurd, small, ordinary, sometimes comical office rituals slowly turn into a silent alarm: what happens when work loses its meaning and every action becomes commercialized? The creators offer various variations on the theme of “nothingness”: both in the experience of this state and in the meaning of the word itself. It is a light comedy that gradually reveals a bitter reflection on a system in which action is sometimes only a pretense.

An integral part of the performance is audio description, which accompanies the show and will be available to all viewers.

Concept: Monika Czajkowska, Paweł Bernadowski,

Direction, screenplay, and dramaturgy: Monika Czajkowska,

Performance: Paweł Bernadowski,

Music: Filip Grycmacher,

Dramaturgical consultation: Julia Holewińska,

Accessibility consultation: Krystyna Borkowska.

The Universal Art Design project is co-financed by the European Union under the Creative Europe program. The views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the European Union or the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA are responsible for them.

Co-financed by the Local Government of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province.