cluster II
In the everyday presence of béton brut, can functional use give way to the expressive, the poetic, or the personal?In Cluster II Kinga focused on grey as colour, material, and concept, exploring overlooked presence through concrete and béton brut. This cluster introduced brutalism as both architectural style and socio-political ideology, linking visibility and invisibility, ordinary and extraordinary. Works in this cluster emphasize functionality, simplicity, and form, translating the event/non-event dialogue into a tension between grey and colour, and minimalism and spectacle. Cluster II marks introduction architecture as a significant influence in her practice.

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Cluster II, which includes works such as BRUT, Dry Dances, p a n e l s, and Dry Dances.manifesto, Kinga deepened her focus on the unnoticed by engaging with grey—not only as a colour, but as a concept, material, and presence. Her interest in what escapes attention took physical form in concrete and béton brut—raw, functional materials that are omnipresent yet often overlooked.

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BRUT

Inspired by personal experiences, Kinga Jaczewska became captivated by the literal and figurative meaning of the color gray within a Western context. She explored the significance of gray in capitalist culture, the poetry that accompanies it, and the relationship between gray, expression, and color—themes previously explored in her works "Grey," "Time It Takes," and "Gabriel." With BRUT, Jaczewska chooses a more personal and therefore more literal starting point than before: Brutalism. Brutalism as an architectural movement, but also as a social system and ideology that once stood in contrast to the gleaming facade of contemporary capitalism.

Credits:
Concept and choreography: Kinga Jaczewska / Performers and co-creators: Anne-Lene Nöldner, Maisie Woodford, Kinga Jaczewska / Sound: Raphael Malfliet / Light design/scenography: Allicht (Emily Poelmans, Sander Salden) / Dramaturgy: Kasia Torz / Visual direction and costumes Eleni Ellada Damianou / Graphic design: Оlesia Bachynska

Partners:
Kunstcentrum Nona, Mechelen, KAAP, workspace brussels, WpZimmer, C-TAKT, CC Corso. With thanks to Kunst/Werk and Extra City Kunsthal;

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