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Thirty-two national and institutional pavilions are participating in the 15th anniversary edition of the Gwangju Biennale. This year, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute is organizing an exhibition as part of the Biennale for the first time. The Polish exhibition was created in cooperation with the WRO Art Center, and the following people were invited to participate in the project: Przemysław Jasielski, Alicja Klich, Madina Mahomedova, IP Group (Dominika Kluszczyk, Bogumił Misala, Jakub Lech) and Maciej Markowski.
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The curator of the Polish Pavilion at this year’s Gwangju Biennale, Paweł Janicki, inspired by, among others, the diagnoses of the philosopher Byung-Chul Han, gives voice in the project Katastematic Pleasures to creators opposing the stream of media infotainment, proposing a story about other pleasures developed in the language of contemporary media art – a language that offers something more than just the use of new technologies in artistic creation. Media art becomes a space for expressing emotions and shared existence, a place for dialogue between various cultures, where images of the past intertwine with the experiences of the present and visions of the world to come.
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‘Global Warming Control Unit’ by Przemysław Jasielski, 2010, interactive device used to reduce negative effects of global warming, photo: courtesy of artist
Przemysław Jasielski, an artist who creates at the intersection of engineering, artistic and scientific practices, constructs his own machines that image the world. In doing so, he reaches for images of the future created in the past – modernist visions, those coming from socialist-realist propaganda and those from old sci-fi. The IP [Identity Problem] Group collective, combining visual and performing arts through the use of sound, video and architecture, creates an immersive space that makes a meditative immersion in the present possible. Madina Mohamedova, in cooperation with Frederik De Bleser, asks the question of how virtual reality affects our understanding of gender identity and does so using AI technology – created not by one of the models of industry giants but by an independently developed system. Alicja Klich, combining the roles of a craftswoman, designer and artist, using tools as diverse as a sewing machine, a film camera and a computer, asks fundamental questions: for whom does art itself exist, and how does its circulation work. Finally, Maciej Markowski pokes fun at the audience by constructing audiovisual and robotic works that disrupt perceptual patterns.
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The presentation is also complemented by works from the collection of Centrum Sztuki WRO (WRO Art Center) – an institution focused on media art, with a history dating back to the beginnings of the Polish transformation and a collection covering an even longer period: from the dawn of media art in the 1960s. Aimed at a wide, international audience, the presentation in the Polish Pavilion encourages reflection on the role of those media that are only conventionally called new, as well as the actual latest technologies in today’s artistic landscape, as well as our place in the local and planetary system of relations and inclusion in the multi-threaded story of contemporary times.
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‘Sztuka już nie jest dla mnie’ (‘Art Is No Longer for Me’), by Alicja Klich, photo: courtesy of artist
The exhibition will include Alicja Klich’s screen-printing workshops: Sztuka już nie jest dla mnie (Art Is No Longer for Me), complementing the objects presented by the artist. Together with the author, the participants will use the screen-printing technique to apply the title message in a selected language to clothing (or any textile product, such as pillows or shopping bags) brought by attendees.
Opening: 5/09/2024 at 5pm
Venue: leeleenam studio
Screen-printing workshops by Alicja Klich – Art Is No Longer for Me – will take place during the opening, along with DJ sets by Tola Kita aka Luciolla. Alicja Klich’s screen-printing workshop dates:
- 5/09, 5:30pm
- 7/09, 2pm
- 5/10, 2pm
- 6/10, 10am
Venue: leeleenam studio