VoctEnsemble

ColophonThe seal of the craft

Colophon.

A short inscription at the end of a book, in which the printer recorded the place and the date, and who had published the work.

SigillumThe seal of the visit

the same while you are here · a new one when you return · gone when you close this page

RegulaThe rule

The page is set according to four sentences.

  • Everything waits, written faintly, before it is written in full.
  • The leaf is ruled before the first letter.
  • A photograph is drawn out by light.
  • A letter stays where it was set.

ConstructioConstruction

The site is built in Astro: static HTML, with React islands entering only where client-side state is needed. The CSS is written by hand, separately for each page.

Framework
Astro · static HTML + hydrated React islands
Scroll smoothing
Lenis · served from our own domain
Motion
CSS, variable fonts and IntersectionObserver
Data
Astro Content Collections · YAML validated with Zod
Images
AVIF and WebP in several sizes, generated at build time
Video
AV1 and H.264 · our own player, files from our own domain
Measurement
Plausible · anonymous, no cookies, servers in the EU
Privacy
all the code and every typeface come from this domain; Plausible is the only exception

TypiTypefaces

  • Cormorant GaramondChristian Thalmann · a garalde roman for headings and text
  • CinzelNatanael Gama · an inscriptional capital for rubrics and roman numerals
  • IBM Plex SansMike Abbink and Bold Monday for IBM · a sans-serif for reading
  • IBM Plex MonoMike Abbink and Bold Monday for IBM · a monospace for metadata and dates

All four under the SIL Open Font License · served from our own domain as woff2

ImaginesPhotographs

Photographs from the Spiritual Concerts. Photographs with no credit — here and across the site — come from the ensemble's own archive and belong to the foundation.

  • 2 photos · Contemplation of the Incarnation · Sacred Heart Basilica, Kraków
  • 4 photos · Nine Leaves from the Book of Psalms · St Anthony's Basilica, Rybnik
  • 3 photos · Nine Leaves from the Book of Psalms · Łódź Cathedral
  • 1 photograph · Nine Leaves from the Book of Psalms · Łódź Cathedral
  • 8 photos · Nine Leaves from the Book of Psalms · Sacred Heart Basilica, Kraków
  • 2 photos · Hymn to the Fallen · St Mary's Basilica, Kraków
  • source · 1 photograph · The Call of the Mountains · Dworek Gościnny, Szczawnica

FundatioThe foundation

The VoctFoundation works in the field of culture, the arts and the protection of heritage; VoctEnsemble is its resident ensemble. Our income is devoted entirely to our statutory purposes.

Registered office
ul. Św. Filipa 23/3 · 31-150 Kraków
KRS
0001237252
NIP
6762718992
REGON
544621525
Board
Florent de Bazelaire · Anna Marcisz · Krystian Bugalski
Statute
Statute of the VoctFoundation (PDF) , opens in a new window
Policy
Privacy policy

AuctorAuthor

Krystian Bugalski

design · code

Gratiarum actioThanks

The makers whose work built one Spiritual Concert after another — the names from the posters and the programmes.

  • Jakub Garbacz · Ars Sonora Studiorecording production · Contemplation of the Incarnation, 2024
  • Ada Bystrzycka · Multiscenalighting design · selected concerts 2024–⁠2025
  • Sebastian Kuźma · ART Agencja Rzemieślników Teatralnychvisual animation · selected concerts 2024–⁠2025
  • Radu Ropotanviolin · The Call of the Mountains, 2024
  • Krzysztof Michałek · Michał Piechnikorgan · Hymn to the Fallen, 2025
  • Fundacja Carpe Diem · Ośrodek Kultury Norwidaco-organisation · selected events

Set and struck 15 September 2026

Cracoviae · MMXXVI · Laus Deo