The Flow Quartet is the name of the four projects directed by Chris Baldwin for Wroclaw, European Capital of Culture, 2016. They told the story of Wroclaw to itself, to Poland, to Europe and beyond. The Flow Quartet consisted of four interlinked projects:
Mosty (Bridges) June 2015
Przebudzenie (Spirits of Wroclaw) January 2016
Flow I and II June 2016
Niebo (Sky) December 2016
Each project had a performance designed for nationwide and European audiences.
As in all quartets this was a work for four instruments or voices:
* PEOPLE: the voices of artist citizens associated with the stories of Wroclaw/Breslau
and the diasporas of the city now living around the world – predominantly in
Germany, Israel, Ukraine and Czech Republic.
* SPACE: the public and open spaces, bridges, river, roads and parks of Wroclaw.
* SOUND and DESIGN: New music and design were developed as the result of both intercultural collaborations and a celebration of the palimpsest nature of this city. We commissioned music and designs from Polish lighting magicians and floating object builders to French Spirit makers, bringing the city as manuscript into dramaturgical relief.