The We Do Festival of Polish Contemporary Arts & Culture returns for its 7th edition this October, bringing five days of inspiring workshops, live performances, concerts, and film screenings. Celebrated as one of the most vibrant Polish cultural festivals abroad, We Do showcases contemporary art that is bold, inclusive, and international in spirit. Sign up for OFFICAL OPENING HERE.
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This year’s theme, Turning Point, highlights the festival as a space of change, dialogue, and transformation. More than an event, it is an invitation to experience Polish creativity at its most dynamic — where tradition meets experiment, and where audiences and artists together spark new ideas.
Join us to celebrate strength, creativity, and cross-cultural dialogue, discovering how craftivism — art as activism — can forge new pathways of expression.
All festival events are free of charge, but advance registration is required to secure a place.
Programme
Sign up for OFFICIAL OPENING event:
when: 15.10 at 19:00
where: Ingensteds, Brenneriveien 9, 0182 Oslo
Workshops
(free entrance after registration)
WORKSHOPS ON DYING
15 – 18 OCT – Four separate one-day workshops (choose one group only)
15.10 | Group A | 15:00–18:00
16.10 | Group B | 17:00–20:00
17.10 | Group C | 17:00–20:00
18.10 | Group D | 17:00–20:00
19 OCT – Presentation of workshop results
(time to be arranged with the tutor).
Place: CRUCIBLE HUB, Fredensborgveien 22G, 0177 Oslo
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We invite you to an intimate and transformative experience where participants will reflect on life, death, and the things they value most. Inspired by Japanese death-experience journeys (Shi no taiken ryokō), the workshop offers a safe space to confront mortality while rediscovering what makes life meaningful. Through guided exercises and shared stories, participants will reconnect with forgotten desires and open conversations often avoided.
WORKSHOPS WHAT CAN BE SEEN AND WHAT CANNOT BE SEEN
15 – 18 OCT – 4 days workshops + final day with presentation (choose one group only)
15 –18.10 | Group A | 13:00–15:30
15 –18.10 | Group B | 17:30–20:00
19 OCT – Presentation of workshop results
(time to be arranged with the tutor).
Place: CRUCIBLE HUB, Fredensborgveien 22G, 0177 Oslo
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We invite you to explore the roots of photography, where natural processes, light, and imagination take center stage. Guided by Paweł Kula, participants will discover how to make images without a camera—using plants, sunlight, pigments, and self-built optical toys. The workshop is a playful yet profound journey into the connections between art and science.
WORKSHOPS DIVING INTO CONSCIOUSNESS
15 – 18 OCT – 4 days workshops + final day with presentation
15–18.10 | 16:00–20:00
19 OCT – Presentation of workshop results
(time to be arranged with the tutor).
Place: Rom for dans, Marstrandgata 8, 0566 Oslo (entrance: Stockholmgata) Oslo
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We invite you to a unique exploration of presence — a practice that expands awareness and deepens connection with ourselves and with others. Drawing from contemporary dance, somatic practices, and meditative traditions, this workshop invites participants to slow down, listen, and cultivate a heightened sensitivity to body, emotions, and surroundings.
Join us and save your spot for ambient session live act:
Documentary Film Screenings with free entry
Cinemateket, Dronningens gt. 16, 0105 Oslo
⚬ 17:30, 16.10.2025, “Child of Dust” by Weronika Milczewska
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⚬ 18:30, 17.10.2025, “Abakamania” by Róża Fabjanowska and Sławek Malcharek
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⚬ 20:30, 17.10.2025, “ROOT AND ALL THE REST” by Kasia Mateja
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⚬ 17:00, 18.10.2025, “Trust Me” by Joanna Ratajczak
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FINAL SHOW
Join us and save your spot for FINAL SHOW with KOSY music project SŁOWIANIE:
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