Performance Archive
This is Not a Toy
Derived from defensive sharp objects . Feminine and deadly adapted to inflict injury when approached. Objects include bike spokes, metal layers of blades, plastic shards all with blood dripping off the ends. The sound repeats the words "this is not a toy", "this form may cause significant harm", and "do not touch". This performance is an imagined plastic human with a heart they're desperately trying to protect, removing the organ from the body and placing it delicately in a protective display case.
Created and performed by Katarina Poljak
2022
Mountain of 1
Created and performed by Katarina Poljak
2020
Feature on PhillyCaM
BODY: Unknown
Curated and Performed by: Katarina Poljak.
2019
Anonymous and communal
Whirling through the dream of life like swarms of krill without end
Swimming in a nameless Antarctic sea into boundless ocean
All our patterns, trips, and excuses sinking into dark
blue
Nothing left except our remarkably interesting faces
Vulnerable and open
Lucky shadows on the new and improved internet
Still
Endless as the universe but without any hardware at all
A new generation of human is emerging
A kind of hybrid,
a cyborg
Part flesh, part electronic device
And in this painful period of transition
Until the kinks get ironed out
Your partner lies beside you in bed
His or her or their heart aching
His or her or their eyes closing
Turned away in frustration
More and more of us becoming
Anonymous and communal
People identifying themselves by mutating a collection of usernames
Photoshopping their selfies
The leaden suitcases filled with dreary outdated shit we've been dragging around
Every last one of us auctioning ourselves off to the highest bidder
Guarding our self images, our success and failure
I turn away from this dumb-show
And ask myself, now what
Now that I’ve figured out
This life is a dream
The world as we know it a flash in the pan
Fool’s gold
Now that I understand
Now what.
BLACKLISTED
Performers: Katarina Poljak, Grace Malone
Directed by Katarina Poljak Choreographed by Katarina Poljak in collaboration with Grace Malone
Glass Body Live Performance
Performers: Micah Love, Bailie Johnston, Andrew Smith, Jinsei Sato, Ada Fujita, Sav, Caroline Bradbury, Nicole Bradbury, Jamaal Bowman
Music By Noah Fawks and Sam Bekt
install
Created and performed by: Katarina Poljak