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The title "Meeting" is a confrontation between the Daughter and the particles of her own Father, in the broad and narrow sense of the word. These particles are the living shadows that she has been running away from all her life. They grew in her, fed on her, drained her until she was almost dry. How to find yourself in a space of void where memories are constantly evolving and nothing is as it seems? How to break free from the inner representations of the father figure?

Is it even possible?

The "Meeting" was created on the basis of 38 anonymous questionnaires containing 11 questions about the Father-Daughter relationship. It was filled by women of all ages. The questions and answers served as a starting point and inspiration. It is thanks to the collected experience of women who share the social role of a Daughter that this performance was created. Below I present questions and selected answers that I, as the author, found special in the context of this project.

1. List two words that you associate with your father, preferably those that come to your mind first. // „Longing, grief.”
2. Describe the first memory that comes to mind with your father. // „A big hand stroking my cheek.”
3. How would you describe him? // „Serious and fun. Introverted.”
4. What kind of daughter were you? // „Polite, compliant, helpful, rebellious but only internally.”
5. What has this relation taught you? // „Listening to the elderly.”
6. What were you missing in it? // „Sensitivity.”
7. What are you grateful to him for? // „For trying.”
8. What would you tell him now? // „[...] that I really need him. And that he never dies.”
9. What do you think fathers should be like? // „Present.”
10. What did your father say? (Sayings, advices) // „(to me) More luck than sense.”
11. What do you associate the following body parts with in the context of paternity: (1) hand, (2) head? // (1) „Holding hands.” (2) „Talks about things in this complicated world.”

Artistic care: Błażej Piotrowski
Music: Marcin Nagnajewicz
Art consultations: art studio, sewing workshop and Karolina Krot
Literary consultation: Iwona Mocarska
Lights: Julia Kolanek
Music: Marcelina Budz