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SUMMARY:The House of Orion: Julia Fiedorczuk and Alexandra Grant in conversation
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DESCRIPTION:As part of the accompanying programme to the exhibition Iliggocene – The
Age of Dizziness at KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, writer
and poet Julia Fiedorczuk and artist Alexandra Grant come together for a
conversation about literature, visual art, ecology, and collaboration
across disciplines and borders.
The discussion will focus on the artists’ recent collaborations,
including Grant’s interpretation of selected passages from Fiedorczuk’s
novel The House of Orion in her painting Mintaka, currently presented
within the exhibition Iliggocene – The Age of Dizziness. The conversation
will also offer insight into two upcoming publishing projects developed
together with X Artists’ Books.
Rooted in a shared commitment to women’s rights, social and environmental
justice, and transnational dialogue, the evening explores how artistic and
literary practices can respond to the urgencies of the contemporary world.
More information about the exhibition Iliggocene – The Age of
Dizziness:KINDL Exhibition PageEvent in EnglishFree entry
About the speakers
Julia Fiedorczuk
[caption id="attachment_12353" align="alignnone" width="195"] Julia
Fiedorczuk by Albert Zawada[/caption]
Julia Fiedorczuk is a writer, poet, translator, and professor at the
University of Warsaw. Her work explores the relationship between human
beings and their planetary environments and emphasises the world-making
power of literature. She is the author of novels, short story collections,
poetry volumes, and essays, including The House of Orion, Under the Sun,
and A Cyborg in the Garden: Introduction to Ecocriticism.
Fiedorczuk is the recipient of the Wisława Szymborska Prize and has been
nominated for the Nike Literary Award and the Julian Tuwim Lifetime
Achievement Award. Her works have been translated into more than twenty
languages and presented at literary festivals worldwide.
Alexandra Grant
[caption id="attachment_12354" align="alignnone" width="196"] Alexandra
Grant by Ryan Doyle[/caption]
Alexandra Grant is a Los Angeles-based artist who, through an exploration
of the use of text and language across various media — including
painting, drawing, sculpture, film, and photography — probes ideas of
translation, identity, dis/location, and social responsibility. Grant
frequently collaborates with artists, writers, and philosophers, often
developing intricate paintings and sculptures inspired by specially
commissioned texts. Her collaborators have included author Michael Joyce,
actor Keanu Reeves, artist Channing Hansen, and philosopher Hélène
Cixous, among others. Having spent significant parts of her childhood and
adolescence living in Mexico, France, and Spain, Grant’s artistic
practice is shaped by questions such as: How do the languages we speak and
the images we see shape the way we think and exchange ideas? And how can
artists and writers contribute to culture in an increasingly
technology-driven world?
[caption id="attachment_12355" align="alignnone" width="910"] Credits:
Alexandra Grant, Mintaka, (after Julia Fiedorczuk’s “The House of
Orion”), 2026. Silkscreen, acrylic paint, acrylic ink, sumi ink on
paper. Photo ©Andrea Rosetti. Courtesy of the Artist and carlier | gebauer
Berlin/Madrid.[/caption]
 
 
 
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