“LUMO: The Tower of Babel”
directed by Krzysztof Garbaczewski
Direction, music, DPN software: Krzysztof Garbaczewski
Dramaturgy: Rébecca Pierrot
Multimedia: Krzysztof Garbaczewski, Radomir Majewski
Set design: Jan Strumiłło
Costumes: Sławomir Blaszewski
Lighting: Marek Kozakiewicz
Performers: Paweł Smagała, Andrzej Szeremeta
Digital Perform Network: Predrag Terzić (Pedja, FMK Belgrade / Serbia), Kostadis Mizaras, Chrysanthi Badeka, Anastasios Theodoropoulos (GR Hub / Greece), Billy Clark (CultureHub / USA), Max Nowotarski (Ukraine)
Production: Barbara Żarinow / ROZDROŻA Centre / Percepcje. New Forms of Art
Lubelskie Zakłady Tytoniowe, 1 M. Smoluchowskiego Street
4 September 2026, 7:00 p.m.
5 September 2026, 7:00 p.m.
Duration: 90 minutes
“LUMO: The Tower of Babel” is the first part of an international theatre project inspired by Ludwik Zamenhof and his dream of a language capable of connecting people across borders. Together with an artistic team and partners from Poland, Ukraine, Serbia, Greece and the United States, Krzysztof Garbaczewski creates a hybrid performance in which theatre meets digital technologies, 3D visualisations, music and networked performance.
The starting point is the symbolic meaning of Esperanto—not as a project for a single universal language, but as an idea of mutual understanding, solidarity and a shared space for diverse experiences. “The Tower of Babel” asks whether communication is still possible in a world divided by languages, conflicts and technologies, proposing theatre as a laboratory for a new, multidimensional language.
