Gods of Love

GODS OF LOVE is a study of love elation, praise of sensual love. A poetic love story. Two performers - Maria Magdalena Kozlowska and Oskar Malinowski - and playwright Magda Kupryjanowicz evoke on stage the state that accompanies desire, passion, delight. They explore the intensity of this experience, the emotional fever. They translate it into gestures, glances, singing, choreography. From micro-activities observed in everyday life, they arrange contemporary love rituals. They evoke the myth of Eros and Psyche, as well as other representations of amorous deities from mythology and religious practices. At the same time, they look at the act of love through the diagnoses of the contemporary humanities, including bell hooks, Catherine Malabou, Terrence Real, on contemporary relationships, the cult of individualism and emotional self-sufficiency. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Magda Kupryjanowicz is a playwright and screenwriter. She graduated in ethnology and theater knowledge from Jagiellonian University, and in dramaturgy from the Academy of Theater Arts in Cracow. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in screenwriting at the Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theater in Lodz. In her recent productions, she has been keen to address issues related to ecocriticism and posthumanism. In addition to her work in the theater, in recent years she has increasingly turned to the medium of film in her work. She co-authored the screenplay for the film essay “Non-Duality,” directed by Tomasz Węgorzewski (co-produced by vnLab PWSFTviT and WFO in Lodz), as well as the documentary film “Cast,” directed by Wendelien van Oldenborogh (produced by the Museum of Art in Lodz). She is currently developing scripts for three full-length feature films. As a playwright, she has collaborated with, among others, Christiane Huber: “Scratching Trees” (Lothringer Halle 13, Munich),Tomasz Węgorzewski: “Moses” (Polish Underground Theater), ‘Psychosis’ (Stefan Żeromski Theater in Kielce | Nowy Teatr in Warsaw), "Wampir. Trauerspiel“ (Polish Theater in Bydgoszcz), ”November. A Hysterical Romance“ (Aleksander Fredro Theater in Gniezno), Ewelina Marciniak: ‘Sommernachtstraum’ (Theater Freiburg), ”The Jakub Books“ (Powszechny Theater in Warsaw), ”Portrait of a Lady" (Wybrzeze Theater in Gdansk), Katarzyna Szyngiera: “Sferia” (Polish Theater in Bielsko-Biała). Maria Magdalena Kozlowska is a singer, music and lyricist, actress, performer and director. She has lived in Amsterdam for several years, where she graduated from DAS Theatre. She is affiliated with the Frascati Production House. Her work has been shown by Holland Festival, Belluard Bollwerk Festival, Santarcangelo Festival, MSN and KW, among others. She is interested in experimental voice work, both on stage and in the open air or public space. She carries out opera projects with classical musicians and with artists from the performing arts. Recent projects include “Teach Me Not!” with choreographer Wojciech Grudzinski at ICK Danse Amsterdam and “Polish Project” at the O. Festival in Rotterdam. The figure of the singing woman recurs in her performances and video works. With Maria Tobola, she co-founded the duo Małpeczki, in which they made a series of videos with ironic commentary on the absurdities of reality. Among other things, she collaborated with Marta Ziółek in the performance “Do Yourself” at Komuna Warszawa Theater. In 2022, at the Contemporary Theater in Szczecin, she directed the play “Seals,” for which the text was written by Magda Kupryjanowicz. Oskar Malinowski is an actor, dancer, performer and choreographer. He is a graduate of the Krakow PWST at the Department of Dance Theater in Bytom. Scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage for artistic achievements. He cooperates with the most important theater stages in Poland. With the performance “Cezary goes to war”, directed by Cezary Tomaszewski, he performed at festivals in New York, Munich, Santiago de Chile, Edinburgh, Brussels and Salzburg. The production received the award for the ensemble at the International Theater Festival Divine Comedy in Krakow and is counted among the most important theatrical events of recent years. He has produced original plays: “something/someone” and “Couple No. 1”. Both of these projects are distinguished by self-creation and comedy. He has collaborated, among others. Among others, he worked with Marta Ziółek (``Lord, it's only dancing,‘’ Studio Theater in Warsaw), Agnieszka Jakimiak (“My first rave,” New Theater in Lodz), Ewelina Marciniak (“History of violence,” Fredro Theater in Gniezno), Zdenka Pszczolowska (“The Ghosts,” Wybrzeze Theater in Gdansk), Daria Kubisiak (“Unmanly,” Old Theater in Cracow), Wojciech Grudzinski (“Rhodes,” Komuna Theater Warsaw), Ania Nowak (“Languages of the Future/Future Tongues,” Nowy Theater in Warsaw).