Dok Night- SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA: THE EIGHTH DAY OF THE WEEK Directed by Aleksander Ford
Every Thursday there’s a Vegan Dinner accompanying an exhibition opening/closing, a live performance, live music, movie screening or … Come meet other people interested in art and activism, good food and great prices. Bring your favourite game and your friends. Or meet new people at the bar.
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19 Vegan Food by JAER Kitchen
20:30 SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA Presented by Jeffrey Badcock A series of socially engaged movies, screened once a month on Thursdays. Touching on such hot topics as immigration, homelessness, racism, education, radical gender propositions, the pandemic and gentrification, these films not only explore visionary politics, but are also chosen to stir our imagination and creativity. The essence of cinema is the collective experience, and these screenings are aimed at creating intimate communities again in an increasingly hectic and fragmented world.
THE EIGHTH DAY OF THE WEEK 1958 (Ósmy dzień tygodnia) Directed by Aleksander Ford 83 minutes In Polish with English subtitles
This is a pretty much unknown, film hardly ever shown outside of its homeland Poland. It takes place in the ruins of Warsaw after World War II, after the entire city was heavily destroyed and crowds of people were left homeless. This flick paints a pretty incredible picture—despite all the poverty, destruction and homelessness, people are not moping around sluggishly depressed—instead they are living it up, despite of the situation. We are tossed into a pressure cooker of burning feelings, a need for passion, a willingness to walk along the edge, taking risks—a generation with nothing to lose. Not enough work, no housing, no money, no future.
So into this haywire scenario we have two outsiders who meet, and despite all the chaos, they are drawn to each other and want to fall in love. But everything is difficult—especially finding a place to have sex. Where can one make love in the ruins of a over-packed city? She is living with her parents and alcoholic brother in a cramped space, his apartment has just collapsed from bombing assaults during the war. Wow, what a world is revealed in this flick… so much restlessness, such deep melancholic moods. Such yearning.
Based on a novel penned by cult-writer Marek Hłasko, this film was banned after it was made, and wouldn’t be seen for another 20 years. During those years of banishment it became a legend in Poland. This is an East-bloc film noir—not a cynical noir about crime or gangsters—but about the need for love, all wrapped in shadowy razor-sharp, crystalline black-and-white cinematography. It’s a haunting time capsule of a world in collapse 70 years ago, but which could also be our future if we aren’t careful. Starring Zbigniew Cybulski and and Sonja Ziemann.
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Monthly exhibition Hidden Faces by Viktor Lantosh
About the “Hidden Faces” project
“Hidden Faces” is the result of roughly one year of photographic exploration across Amsterdam and beyond. The series reveals how non-living objects can form expressive “faces” that seem to watch over the city. Viktor hopes attendees will approach the exhibition with curiosity—open to discovering something playful, unexpected, even whimsical in their everyday urban environment: “I want people to step out of their daily routines and look at their city with fresh eyes. The buildings and objects around and look at their city with fresh eyes. The buildings and objects around us hold stories… all we need is a moment of attention to see them.”
THE EIGHTH DAY OF THE WEEK 1958 (Ósmy dzień tygodnia) Directed by Aleksander Ford 83 minutes In Polish with English subtitles
This is a pretty much unknown, film hardly ever shown outside of its homeland Poland. It takes place in the ruins of Warsaw after World War II, after the entire city was heavily destroyed and crowds of people were left homeless. This flick paints a pretty incredible picture—despite all the poverty, destruction and homelessness, people are not moping around sluggishly depressed—instead they are living it up, despite of the situation. We are tossed into a pressure cooker of burning feelings, a need for passion, a willingness to walk along the edge, taking risks—a generation with nothing to lose. Not enough work, no housing, no money, no future.
So into this haywire scenario we have two outsiders who meet, and despite all the chaos, they are drawn to each other and want to fall in love. But everything is difficult—especially finding a place to have sex. Where can one make love in the ruins of a over-packed city? She is living with her parents and alcoholic brother in a cramped space, his apartment has just collapsed from bombing assaults during the war. Wow, what a world is revealed in this flick… so much restlessness, such deep melancholic moods. Such yearning.
Based on a novel penned by cult-writer Marek Hłasko, this film was banned after it was made, and wouldn’t be seen for another 20 years. During those years of banishment it became a legend in Poland. This is an East-bloc film noir—not a cynical noir about crime or gangsters—but about the need for love, all wrapped in shadowy razor-sharp, crystalline black-and-white cinematography. It’s a haunting time capsule of a world in collapse 70 years ago, but which could also be our future if we aren’t careful. Starring Zbigniew Cybulski and and Sonja Ziemann.
