Otucha is a Polish word that describes an act of care between two beings. To give otucha is to lift someone’s spirits—to offer encouragement and comfort.
At the heart of Otucha Collective’s work lies a deep commitment to exploring the many dimensions of the human voice. The collective is particularly drawn to its healing, empowering, and community-building qualities, especially in the context of social relationships and ecological awareness.
Over time, Otucha has cultivated a shared repertoire that includes traditional folk songs from Slavic musical heritage, original compositions, and improvised vocal elements. For the collective, traditional folk songs are living sound beings—vessels that carry embodied memory and ancestral knowledge. These songs, without fixed origin or ownership, flow through the singing body, offering a timeless wisdom. Singing together, in this view, becomes an act of care, connection, and nourishment within a community.
Otucha shares this voice practice through concerts, workshops, and site-specific performances. A core value of their work is bringing the voice out of enclosed spaces and into open environments—responding directly to the acoustic and emotional qualities of a given place. Vocal interventions, often co-created with audiences, blend song with participatory voice work and are tailored to specific moments and settings.
Otucha Collective: Paulina Miu Kühling // Agnieszka Bulacik // Ola Zielinska // Julia Legezynska // Ewa Brokos
Instagram: @otucha_collective
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