Cultural analogies ;)
Sometimes a song says more than a court file
A space for cultural commentary on this story — songs, poems, scenes that resonate with what happened here. Science and law speak their own language, but sometimes it takes a raven, ghosts, a Slavic saga, Rob Bailey and Hamlet to say it right.
#01
Wpływy i chamstwo
Mia Hipnosis — from the series Kruk i Duchy | The Slavic Saga
Nieliczni stali za nim jak skała, reszta hołoty radośnie milczała.
#02
Całujcie mnie wszyscy w d…
words by Julian Tuwim, performed by Piotr Hryń — play Tuwim for Adults, Teatr Roma
Pocałujcie mnie wszyscy w dupę
#03
Reduta Ordona
Adam Mickiewicz — Bernard Zygier's recitation scene from the film adaptation of Syzyfowe prace by Stefan Żeromski
Why here? Where force is set upon right, God fires the cannons. The scene where Polish youth under Russification regain their voice through a poem. When the state uses force to silence — the word itself becomes a fortification.
#04
Try 'n Hold Me Back
Rob Bailey & The Hustle Standard
Spróbujcie mnie powstrzymać”
#05
Potęga smaku
words by Zbigniew Herbert, music & performance by Przemysław Gintrowski
Why here? It did not require great character at all — / our refusal, disagreement and stubbornness. / We had a scrap of necessary courage / but essentially it was a matter of taste. Herbert explains why some people simply cannot go along — even when going along would pay very well.
#06
Beast
Rob Bailey & The Hustle Standard
Zły
#07
Autoportret Witkacego
words by Jacek Kaczmarski, music and performance by Przemysław Gintrowski
Ale tknąć się nikomu nie dam i jeśli trzeba będzie sam odbiorę światu.
#08
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
I am your man
#09
Spać, nic więcej
Obywatel G.C. (Grzegorz Ciechowski) — from the album Stan Strachu (1989), soundtrack to Janusz Kijowski's film. Lyrics: Hamlet's soliloquy (Act III, sc. 1).
Gdybym sam mógł zamknąć ów rachunek kawałkiem stali. Zamknąć ów rachunek.
I am not done
The playlist keeps growing — more tracks will come as life throws up the next analogies.