17.06.2010

Dobry Investor (Good Investor) has shaken Krakow!

It’s scandolous! It must be stopped! They are taking away our fountain. If it’s not a joke then you’re stuffed – today’s Gazeta Wyborcza quotes phone calls from readers who were appalled by what they found in the morning on Krakow’s Wolnica Square. During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday part of the square was closed off and an advertisement for Dobry Inwestor was hung on the tin fence, offering apartments for sale at an attractive price. Apartments which, according to the property developer, will soon arise right on Wolnica Square. The readers of Dziennik Polski did not hide their outrage, as written in today’s issue: People, it’s outrageous. I have been living in Kazimierz for 70 years and have never seen such stupidity – said Krystyna as she read the advertisement and rubbed her eyes in astonishment. The project that has shaken the residents of Krakow is the work of Ewelina Woźniak-Szpakiewicz, awarded during the Fresh Zone Competition which was organized as part of the ArtBoom Tauron Festival. It’s my manifesto, a spatial provocation which is supposed to turn people’s attention to the public space management policy in the city – says the author.
Picture: Weronika Szmuc