VI. The Lovers // SIKSA (photo: Piotr Macha, makeup: Gosia Ce, Marysia Ciernioch)
formal partnerships, cooperation, balance, harmony, relationships, community
The Lovers card encourages the search for beauty and the celebration of many kinds of love - physical, spiritual, sisterly, fraternal, friendly, parental, interspecies... It reminds us of the value of stable relationships that do not strain either side and the need for belonging. Archetypal Lovers is a balanced combination of different qualities, mutual respect of community, energy exchange. For harmony, one should take only as much as one needs, no more. The card also points to the long-lasting consequences of contracts and vows that bring people together. It reinforces mutual care within a group and a sense of security. It reminds us that desire in spring is the fruit of autumn.
SIKSA Duo is Alex Freiheit and Piotr "Buri" Buratyński. They form a performative-musical duo SIKSA. They co-create the Lighthouse on Wenei, a grassroots initiative that aims to create a friendly place for the inhabitants of Gniezno and to carry out artistic projects. Alex Freiheit sings about modernity in all its shades - sometimes about light, as in the fairy tale Wonderful and Useful, other times about darkness and violence, as in Revenge of the Enemy. SIKSA is a representative of the punk choreographic turn. They have played over three hundred concerts in Poland and abroad: in clubs, squats, art galleries. Together with Konstanty Usenko, they created music for the theatre plays Kaspar Hauser and On Deeds That Destroy a Story. SIKSA is a character who repeatedly dies on stage and is reborn from ashes. He touches upon political and social themes, intimate and personal issues. She always speaks only for herself, which does not prevent one from identifying with her. SIKSA is maturing, no longer a rebellious teenager - it is a well-thought-out interdisciplinary and conceptual activity, not just a stage-music event. In 2017 she released her first album Stabat Mater Dolorosa, for which she made a film together with Piotr Macha. The creators live and work in Gniezno.
The Lovers card encourages the search for beauty and the celebration of many kinds of love - physical, spiritual, sisterly, fraternal, friendly, parental, interspecies... It reminds us of the value of stable relationships that do not strain either side and the need for belonging. Archetypal Lovers is a balanced combination of different qualities, mutual respect of community, energy exchange. For harmony, one should take only as much as one needs, no more. The card also points to the long-lasting consequences of contracts and vows that bring people together. It reinforces mutual care within a group and a sense of security. It reminds us that desire in spring is the fruit of autumn.
SIKSA Duo is Alex Freiheit and Piotr "Buri" Buratyński. They form a performative-musical duo SIKSA. They co-create the Lighthouse on Wenei, a grassroots initiative that aims to create a friendly place for the inhabitants of Gniezno and to carry out artistic projects. Alex Freiheit sings about modernity in all its shades - sometimes about light, as in the fairy tale Wonderful and Useful, other times about darkness and violence, as in Revenge of the Enemy. SIKSA is a representative of the punk choreographic turn. They have played over three hundred concerts in Poland and abroad: in clubs, squats, art galleries. Together with Konstanty Usenko, they created music for the theatre plays Kaspar Hauser and On Deeds That Destroy a Story. SIKSA is a character who repeatedly dies on stage and is reborn from ashes. He touches upon political and social themes, intimate and personal issues. She always speaks only for herself, which does not prevent one from identifying with her. SIKSA is maturing, no longer a rebellious teenager - it is a well-thought-out interdisciplinary and conceptual activity, not just a stage-music event. In 2017 she released her first album Stabat Mater Dolorosa, for which she made a film together with Piotr Macha. The creators live and work in Gniezno.