ZBIGNIEW WARPECHOWSKI – CHAMPION, 1978 (1-2/2)
Biennale of the Young – Sopot, 1978
I have presented an idea, a motivation, which has brought to the idea of preparing myself to a series of performances entitled „Champion of Golgotha”. The basic points: 1. Idolatry – thoughtless and brainsick adoration, creation of idols by managers and thoughtless yielding to them. 2. Way of the Cross – XIV stations as the most important and informative drama of a man in an extraordinary condensation.
I am turning all meanings and senses around in accordance with the nature of the mechanisms of creation of idols – heroes of our times. Everything should be light, nice and pleasant, and using the occasion, advertising e.g. Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola is the equivalent of vinegar with bile given to Jesus. 3. Christ and Socrates were sentenced to death democratically, by a majority of votes.
(Zbigniew Warpechowski , THE CONTAINER. An author’s description of thirty years of a life path through the art of performance. Gdańsk 1998)
