It may be the youngest gallery in Warsaw, but Turnus on Wolska Street is quickly making its mark as one of the most important locations on Warsaw's art scene.
The gallery on the mezzanine makes up the heart of Turnus, but the ground floor containing the cafe is also brimming with constant activity. Visitors can browse through the books on sale, check out a concert or poetry reading, attend a film screening, or even catch a game of chess or scrabble — as part of their regularly organised league tournaments.
For its creators, Marcelina Gorczyńska and Kamila Falęcka, who met at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Turnus is most of all a meeting place — just as much for friends meeting for a coffee as for people turning up to their latest art show. Preferring to go beyond the standard model of individual exhibitions, they place an emphasis on socialising and conversations — or 'dating' in an artistic sense — between different personalities.
Marcelina and Kamila tell us about the beginnings of their collaboration, the community that has built around Turnus, and about reconciling inclusiveness with also functioning as a commercial gallery.
This video is part of our new series Slices of Poland, presenting assorted audiovisual bites of Polish culture, from milk bars to artist studios, and everything in between.