Chronicle

2004 / / February Project start / Elaboration of project conception / The German-Polish expert committee defines the needs and priorities for a lively German-Polish cultural exchange oriented on the present in the areas of theatre, literature, visual art, music, dance, media arts / Members of the German-Polish expert committee (“scouts”) collect project proposals in Poland and Germany / Elaboration of an overall programme for German-Polish cooperation projects for the years 2004-2006
February 1st workshop of the German-Polish expert committee held in Berlin
April 2nd workshop of the German-Polish expert committee held in Kraków
June 3rd workshop of the German-Polish expert committee held in Sejny
August Two workshops with representatives of the expert committee and Polish and German cultural institutions held in Berlin
October Launch and realisation of cooperation projects with partners in Germany and Poland / Allocation of research assignments to artists and curators from Germany and Poland (“Ambassadors”)

2005 / / Development and realisation of twenty cooperation projects in different cultural sectors with partners in Germany and Poland / “Ambassadors” research programme
April Publication of the overall programme “Büro Kopernikus. German-Polish Cultural Projects” / “Unwanted Heritage - Ungeliebtes Erbe”, an architecture exhibition with accompanying events in Gdańsk
May German-Polish hip-hop concert in Słubice / Architecture exhibition “Unwanted Heritage – Heimat Moderne” in Leipzig / Premiere of the theatre piece “Skarbek” in Bytom / Guest performance of “Skarbek” in Berlin
July Broadcasting launch of the artists’ radio “Radio_Copernicus” on FM in Stralsund and on the Internet
August “Radio_Copernicus” broadcasts from Stralsund / “Elektropopklub” opens in Bytom / 1st workshop of “The Futurism of Industrial Cities” in Wolfsburg
September “Radio_Copernicus” broadcasts from Warsaw / 2nd workshop of “The Futurism of Industrial Cities” in Nowa Huta / Opera guest performance “Landscape with Distant Relatives” in Warsaw / Study trip to the Upper Silesian industrial area and Nowa Huta / “Move the Mount”, laboratory for dancers and choreographers in Jagniątków / “SFX: Publiczność – Spontaneous Publics”, exhibition and interventions in Münster
October Publication of the “Skarbek” catalogue / “Mobile Academy Black Market”, installation in Warsaw / “Elektropopklub” opens in Wolfsburg / “The Mousetrap”, an international conference on the role of the institution in contemporary curatorial praxis in Gdańsk
November “Radio_Copernicus” broadcasts from Berlin / Guest performance and co-productions from Frankfurt on the Main at the international theatre festival “baz@rt” in Kraków
December “Radio_Copernicus” broadcasts from Wrocław / Launch of the apartment artist project “Invitation” in Warsaw / Exhibition “The Futurism of Industrial Cities – 100 Years Wolfsburg/Nowa Huta” in Wolfsburg / Theatre festival “Europe Learning – Frankfurt meets Krakow” in Frankfurt am Main / “Radio_Copernicus” ceases broadcasting

2006 / / Development and realisation of cooperation projects in different cultural sectors with partners in Germany and Poland / “Ambassadors” research program
February Publication of the catalogue documentation “Radio_Copernicus. The German-Polish Artists’ Radio”
AprilThe Mechanics of Oblivion. Phenomena of Oblivion and Marginalization in the Visual Art of the Last Twenty Years”, German-Polish conference in Dresden / Guest performance by “Elektropopklub” in Dresden / Exhibition and conference “Odra-Oder” in Frankfurt (Oder)
May Football Talk Show “Germany against Poland” in Gelsenkirchen / Presentation of the football film “What happened in Frankfurt on July 3 1974?” in Gelsenkirchen and Berlin / Presentation of “Büro Kopernikus” activities during the International Warsaw Book Fair
JuneEwa Partum – The Legality of Space”, exhibition and performance workshop in Gdańsk
August and SeptemberMobile Academy”, interdisciplinary summer academy in Warsaw
OctoberVeronika Blumstein – Moving Exiles. Festival for Invention and Choreography” in Bremen / “The Futurism of Industrial Cities – 100 Years Wolfsburg/Nowa Huta”, exhibition, lecture series, and interventions in Nowa Huta and Kraków
NovemberTransfer!” theatre project in Wrocław / “RadioSimulator” broadcasts from Kraków and Bytom in the Internet
December” exhibition on the role of experiments in art and film in Warsaw / Workshop on the future of German-Polish cultural cooperation and final meeting between the project partners in Berlin / Publication of “The Futurism of Industrial Cities – 100 Years Wolfsburg/Nowa Huta” / Publication of “The Mechanics of Oblivion” / Publication of “Ewa Partum” / Publication of the online documentation “Büro Kopernikus. German-Polish Cultural Projects 2004-2006” with website archive

2007 / / Publication of the conference documentation “Odra-Oder” / Publication of the book “Polish Miracles. A Glossary”