A collective fantasia inspired by the work of Andy Warhol 

script, direction and set design: Krystian Lupa
costumes: Piotr Skiba
dramatic cooperation: Iga Gańczarczyk, Magda Stojowska
music: Mieczysław Mejza
film materials:Łukasz Banach

featuring: Iwona Bielska, Bogdan Brzyski, Iwona Budner, Joanna Drozda, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Zbigniew W. Kaleta, Urszula Kiebzak, Sandra Korzeniak, Adam Nawojczyk, Marta Ojrzyńska, Piotrek Polak, Piotr Skiba, Katarzyna Warnke, Tomasz Wygoda, Małgorzata Zawadzka, Krzysztof Zawadzki and Szymon Kaczmarek (WRD PWST), Łukasz Hołuj / Rafał Libner

premiere: 16 February 2008, Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theater in Krakow

 


 

This play is ahistorical, built on improvisation, a fantasia on the theme of Andy Warhol, his Silver Factory, and the people who moved through it and co-created its myth. This concerns both the events taking place and the figures on stage, who are variations on the themes of real people, the legendary Factory regulars. The point of departure was not just the artist’s biography, but also the culture of the 1960s, which is symbolized by Warhol, and which – in Krystian Lupa’s opinion – is echoed in contemporary culture. The conversations and creative exploration of the group centered on the improvisational condition in man, and its natural sources, which Warhol used in his experimental films. A second important process in working on Factory 2 was to ‘create the film that Andy Warhol never made,’ as a metaphor for a certain process set in motion by Lupa and his actors, who were constantly accompanied by the rolling camera.

 

Krystian Lupa – (b. 1943) is a total artist: a theater director, playwright and writer. In 1969 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, and in 1978 from the directing department at Krakow’s Acting Academy. He has made his name with his adaptations of Russian (Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Mikhail Bulgakov) and Austrian (Thomas Bernhard, Robert Musil, Hermann Broch) literature. He has made many outstanding theatrical productions. Winner of the prestigious European Theater Award (2009). His most recent production is Triptych. Marilyn, performed at the Dramatyczny Theater in Warsaw.