LUXEMBOURG.- The exhibition Stronger than memory and weaker than dewdrops by Karolina Markiewicz and Pascal Piron brings together never previously shown works and new productions around recurring themes in their artistic partnership: identity and otherness in a constantly changing world, the meeting and confrontation of cultures and populations, the repetition and transmission of history and histories.

To enter the exhibition is to enter a universe where reality meets myth and politics merge with poetry. Borders materialise and dissolve, articulating a space between constraint and freedom – the freedom of visitors creating their own associations or writing their own stories as they progress through the exhibition.

The title is a verse from the poem If I Were Another by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008). At times, the exhibition is inhabited by a special guide, an incarnation of the poet Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008). He wanders through the spaces reciting poems and making eye contact with visitors in order to initiate a discussion, share experiences and explore new perspectives.

Karolina Markiewicz and Pascal Piron’s collaborative work since 2013 creates links between film, visual arts and theatre. The individual person at the centre is part of a human community, oscillating between resignation and hope.

Karolina Markiewicz studied political science, philosophy and theatre and works as an artist, a film and a theatre director. Pascal Piron studied visual arts and works as an artist and film director. Both also work as teachers with high school students with an immigrant background or in exile. Karolina Markiewicz also teaches at the University of Lorraine.

Their artistic work ranges from documentary and fictional cinema to virtual reality films, from writing, painting, photography, and theatre and performance. The artistic techniques used are essential and vary according to the topics covered and the stories told.