Naif Art Festival for four years is inscribed in the landscape Katowice Nikiszowiec. This year again we will have the honor to present in Wilson Shaft Gallery naive art from around the world. Our International Festival is the only such event in Europe, related to art, "Seventh Day", organized on such a large scale. We try to show examples of creativity from the most remote locations in order to do so overcome the barrier of borders, languages and beliefs. Cooperation with the artists' art innocent look "results in the feast of colors, dreams, and dreams. Despite various artists roots are characterized by a similar perception of the world, in particular the nooks and crannies and nuances. They appeal to our innate, children's sensitivity using pure colors and simple forms.

Program:
June 17

The film „Offside”, directed by Jafar Panahi, will open the Ars Independent Independent Film Festival.
The projection of this particular film verbalises a protest against censorship in contemporary cinema and activities, whose aim is to limit the freedom of artistic expression. In December 2010, the Iranian government sentenced Jafar Panahi to 6 years of imprisonment and banned him from making films for 20 years.

Bela Tarr will be the special guest – a director from Hungary, a legend of contemporary avant-garde , the author of a famous “Satantango” (1994). The director will visit Katowice on the 14th of June, along with Tobias Morgan, the founder of Cine Foundation International – a film organisation that fights for human rights.

In program of the festival:  BLACKSKYWHITE (RUSSIA), GRANHOJ DANS (DANMARK), KAMCHATKA (SPAIN), TEATR FORMY (POLAND), TEATR KTO (POLAND), THEATERLABOR IM TOR 6 (GERMANY),  USTA USTA REPUBLIKA (POLAND), VIA NEGATIVA (SLOVENIA) AND MORE 
+ CONCERTS: MARIUSZ LUBOMSKI & SPIĘTY

Detailed program and info 

DISCOVER KATOWICE, a project initiating the process of creating a contemporary photo image of Upper Silesia has been embraced by many familiar names in Polish documentary photography, including Rafał Milach, Kuba Dąbrowski, Tomasz Liboska, Filip Springer, Tomek Wiech, Michał Jędrzejowski and Tomek Padło.

Over a period of 30 days, the photographers will do their utmost to tame the "metropolitan urban jungle" days by exploring the CITY, its PEOPLE, STREETS and SITES in an attempt to capture all those places where a multigenerational tradition is yielding a new quality.

Movement, colour and sound will take over the Giszowiec estate on 11 June! The Katowice ECC 2016 Office will join forces with the "Szopienice-Giszowiec" Municipal Culture Centre in an attempt to bring this historic mining estate alive. On the day of the 2011 INDUSTRIAD from 10 am until 8pm, visitors will find great attractions at every turn!

A host of colourful characters and unique vehicles will grace the Giszowiec Park and the surrounding streets and squares as part of the theatre and happening parade. The estate will be conquered by motorcyclists and jugglers. A drummer parade and a street band will dazzle you with their joyful music.

On 28 May, the 10th 'Katowice for Children' International Puppet Theatre Festival will host two performances (11 am and 4pm) of the show "La Inauguración” („The Opening") by the Gus Marionetas theatre of Pamplona, Spain. " La Inauguración” is a show with no spoken dialogue where music plays a central role.

The Sunflower 2016 installation, promoting Katowice as a candidate city for the title of European Capital of Culture, has come into bloom in front of European Parliament in Brussels. Our sunflowers have been enjoying numerous visits form Brusselians and tourists alike. Join us on a photo tour of the exhibition!

A sunflower has become a symbol of Katowice as a candidate for the Capital of Culture – the sunniest of all flowers. It is a reflection of what is important in the “City of Gardens” programme: the development of the society, pro-ecology thinking, and the condensation of positive energy.

Tashweesh is an audio-visual group that brings together installation based artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme with musician and performer boikutt, combining their different practices and interests in a joint performance, using sound, music, image and text. The result is an exploration of the collision between sound and video field recordings, archive material, vocals, breaks and soundscapes.

Founded in 1979, Ars Electronica Linz is one of the leading new media art. institutions in the world. Over a period of three days, over a hundred animations from last year's edition of the festival will be shown, divided into 11 theme blocks.

Video presentation: Liaisons dangereuses: the lesson of images, the sound of images. A screening
of avant-garde films and video-art.
The programme of the show should be understood as a walk through a jungle of sounds and sensations. Sounds, music or noise are not perceived solely by the ear but also by the eye. Music creates images. It is not subservient to the image. It is its alter ego. It is the heartbeat of the body of the image. What the audience is going to realise is that images might be seen with the ear. Hearing sees.
Marc Mercier
Introduction by Samuel Bester.
The works will be shown until 17 June.