jazz on the shipwreck

'Ulrich Finsterwalder' is the only one concrete shipwreck which is located in Poland. Its hull is situated on the Dabie Lake, next to Inoujscie. So far, despite of the attempts, the wreck has not been used as the tourist attraction. The Boogie Brain association is trying to change it using the art for it. The ship makes a huge contrast with its green, picturesque surrounding being also a symbol of the war activity in the past. According to the policy “Floating Garden 2050”, integration of the city and the water, the concert fulfils its idea perfectly.

Artists

Antoni Gralak is known as the most creative musicians in the country. His name is associated with legendary jazz bands such as Free Corporation and Young Power or more rock oriented ones like Sfora or Woo Boo Doo, or international group called Universal Supersession. He is known as the founder of jazz rock group Tie Break. Despite the success of the last one he decided to become a solo musician in two projects YeShe and GRAAL. His music, especially GRAAL,  can be called free jazz. YeShe is a kind of drum and bass project but played in a more traditional way.
In 1999 he established the workshop Jasnachmura- right now the foundation supporting culture- where many multimedia projects, films, concerts and festivals are being made. Gralak also composes for films and theatres.
He collaborated with plenty of artists: Twinkle Brothers, Rap, Voo Voo, Automatik, Stanisław Soyka, Justyna Steczkowska, Jass Tri, Universal Supersession, Wilki, Raz Dwa Trzy, Nick Cave, Dede Bridgewater, Andrzej Smolik, Masala Sound System, Tymański Yass Ensemble, Plasti Bag, Homo Twist.

Dariusz Makaruk -  musician, producer and live electronic performer, creator of audiovisual installations with his roots in the Polish independent scene. He cooperates with many avant-garde projects as a cooproducer- a special electro-acoustic project of Michal Urbaniak and music-film project where he works with Mariusz Wilczynski, Tomasz Stanko and Wlodzimierz Kiniorski who is also a part of his established in 2002 project KINIQR & MAKARUK. He also works with the choreographer Naoko Maeshiba, Tymon Tymanski and the master of the throat singing Gendos.
He performs solo with the sensor installation controlling sound and video with the use of light. Makaruk collaborates with the Polonia Theatre and Mabel Octobre Theatre from France creating interactive systems based on his self-created software.

How to get there

In order to make the event unique the audience of the concert will be taken by the ships. For all those who are not the owners of any of its kind we provide the transport on the ships (including German oldtimers). Tickets for the transport cost 40 PLN (ca. 9 €) and are available in festival office in Szczecin, 48 Boguslawa Street, and in tourist information points in German towns of Euroregion Pomerania. The ships will be available from 8pm on 11th of July 2009. The show starts at 11pm and ends about midnight. 

To get more information about the show, how and where to get tickets transport and others please send your query to betonowiec@boogiebrainfestival.pl.

'Jazz on Shipwreck' project is supported by Foundation of Polish-German Cooperation (Fundacja Współpracy Polsko-Niemieckiej, Stiftung für deutsch-polnische Zusammenarbeit).