Young critics and curators from Poland present a vibrant showcase of the most happening phenomena in Polish art, architecture design and sound art
"Spoken Exhibitions" are a virtual tour through a wide range of genres and media led by the youngest generation of artists and critics from Poland. The first stop on the project's European Tour was Brussels, with an evening hosted by the Wiels Centre on the 28th of August, 2011. For the third installment, the project heads to the Spanish capital.
Grzegorz Piątek and Jarosław Trybuś (Golden Lion for best national participation at Venice Biennale 2008) Sebastian Cichocki (chief curator at Warsaw's Museum of Modern Art, curator of the Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2011) and Michał Libera (historian, critic and theorist of music) present an overview of the current art scene in Poland, with references to the groundbreaking currents in the Polish culture and art of the second half of the 20th century, in a radio play format that engages listeners in a debate on the state of Polish art.
Museo Reina Sofía’s programme revolves around two main goals - to reevaluate the function and constitution of museums today and to pursue an alternative to the historical models for this institution. The Museum is envisaged as an institution that is capable of generating new spaces open to sociality and debate in the public sphere. Projects hosted by the museum aim to question frameworks for alternative narrative(s) to modern history, to think through new forms of intermediation, and to reconsider the viewer - not as a passive subject or consumer, but as a political subject with agency.
For more information on the project, see: "Spoken Exhibitions" - Virtual Tour of the Polish Art Scene
Date: 10th of November
Location: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Organisers: Bęc Zmiana Foundation, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Project cofinanced by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.
Source: Bęc Zmiana Foundation, Adam Mickiewicz Institute