Młode Wilki 25 TEKHNÉ Sound Sessions

The Young Wolves Festival has been held annually since 2014 by the Academy of Art in Szczecin. Based on an open call for submissions, it has gained recognition as one of the most important showcases of emerging art in Poland. The Jury reviews the applications from individuals or artistic collectives (students of Polish art universities) and selects the best entries which are then featured at a group show. The authors of the awarded projects come to Szczecin to participate in the Festival events. Aside from the competitive aspect, the Young Wolves Festival thus serves as a space for interaction for the youngest generation of artists – a forum through which contemporary art students and invited guests can exchange their knowledge and experience. It provides a platform in which significant contemporary artistic, social, and political issues are critically and constructively examined within the context of an actual in-person meeting. Young Wolves Festival supports emerging artists who are at the early stages of their careers. It is an opportunity for them to gain visibility and become part of a wider artistic landscape. A number of participants of the previous editions of the Festival are now renowned artists, including: Jana Shostak, Grażyna Monika Olszewska, Adelina Cimochowicz, Bartosz Zaskórski, Marta Krześlak or Horacy Muszyński.

The 2025 edition of the Young Wolves Festival is a collaboration within the framework of the TEKHNÉ – Be Aware of Sound project, funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and the City of Szczecin. Six European institutions involved with TEKHNÉ aim to explore the emancipatory potential of technology in music and sound art. From May 11 to 17, emerging artists from Poland, Portugal, Belgium, Latvia and Germany will meet in Szczecin. They will present their sound art projects – sound installations and objects, radio plays, audio walks, recordings of experimental music – individually and at a group show at TRAFO. The exhibition opens on May 15 (Thursday) at 7 p.m. The festival programme features lectures by invited sound art experts: Caroline Profanter (Qo2 Belgium), Jan Rohlf (CTM Festival Berlin), Antoni Michnik (Kwartalnik Konteksty, Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences), and a visual-sound event by the students of the Academy of Art in Szczecin. The project is curated by Zorka Wollny and Łukasz Jastrubczak.

PROGRAMME

May 11^th (Sunday)

TRAFO / 15:00 / PRESENTATIONS Sound Sessions
Joana de Sá, Marta Ansone, Gustave Muhozi, Kayla Elrod, Alicja Gaszta, Joanna Dreczka, Gosia Trajkowska, Paulina Pikiewicz, Julia Kamieńska

TRAFO / 20:00 / CONCERT
Dj-set by Ana Kulak, Radosław Hada-Jasikowski, Sonik Landsberg

May 12^th (Monday)

CentrumCentrum / 16: 00
Jess Zamora-Turner Sembrar Choclo – A Collective Planting

May 14^th (Wednesday)

GRODZKA 7 / 18:00 / EXHIBITION PĘTLARIUM
Ana Kulak, Alex Libertad, Radoslaw Hada-Jasikowski, Andrei Kharchanka, Sonik Landsberg
Curatorial support: Dobro Hada-Jasikowska

TRAFO / 20:00 / CONCERT
Sound Sessions Ensemble

May 15^th (Thursday)

ZONA / 17: 00 / EXHIBITION THE UNBOUNDED NATURE OF A BORDER
Natalia Vatsadze, Ayuna Shagdurova, Alberto Lomas, Laureta Hajrullahu
Curator: Agata Rogoś Weiss

TRAFO / 19: 00 / EXHIBITION Young Wolves 25 / TEKHNÉ Sound Sessions
Joana de Sá, Marta Ansone, Gustave Muhozi, Kayla Elrod, Alicja Gaszta, Joanna Dreczka, Gosia Trajkowska, Paulina Pikiewicz, Julia Kamieńska
Curatorial team: Zorka Wollny, Łukasz Jastrubczak, Józef Jakacki, Andrzej Witczak

TRAFO / 20:00 / CONCERT
Sound Sessions Ensemble

May 16^th (Friday)

TRAFO / 16: 00 / LECTURES
Caroline Profanter (Qo2 Belgium) Jan Rohlf (CTM Festival Berlin), Antoni Michnik (Kwartalnik Konteksty, Instytut Sztuki PAN)

May 17^th (Saturday)

NEW SCHOOL in Kopice / 20: 00 / PERFORMANCE + CONCERT
Jakub von Gunten, and the moving objects
Zofia Białkowska, Hanna Ceniak, Karolina Grygier, Radosław Hada Jasikowski, Andrei Kharchanka, Ania Kałwa, Marta Marianna Kubiak, Ana Kulak, Sonik Landsberg, Kosma Maliszewski, Karol Pabich, Marcella Poroszanka, Agata Radziszewska, Ksenia Zalutskaya, Nika Ziółkowska
curatorial team: Anna Maria Karczmarska, Mikołaj Małek, Małgorzata Mazur, Łukasz Jastrubczak

Screening of films from the Department of Experimental Film (Academy of Art)
Curator: Magdalena Szymków