zek #2 Nikola Lutz – Plemjannitschek / Племянничек
starting from February 2nd 2025
ONLINE
Plemjannitschek / Племянничек is a live audio-visual performance with voice, electronics and interactive nota webspace, in which the short story of the same name by Maxim Znak is set to music. Plemjannitschek / Племянничек is part of the "zek" series of events that will take place in Stuttgart between 2024 and 2025. Znak's short story is part of his work "Zekameron / Зекамерон", which in short scenes gives insights into the life of prisoners in Belarus.
The series zek [зек - Russian for convict] commemorates the fate of Masha Kalesnikava, Maxim Znak and other political prisoners. Musical reflections of texts written in prison form a thread from prisoners to freedom, self-determined communication and survival. zek actively stands in the way of forgetting and nourishes the public resonance space of memory, which can be their only possible protection.
with
Nikola Lutz - electronics, voice, video
Jorge Chikiar- performance, audio
special thanks to:
Tatiana López
Jorge Chikiar
Romina Mara Toma
Khrystyna Tsurkan
Vlad Grakowski
nota.space
with the kind permission of:
edition vremja
recorded @
Gedok Stuttgart September 2024
