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Fresh Zone ContestThe second edition of the ArtBoom Tauron Visual Arts Festival, thanks to the Fresh Zone contest, will be expanded with a presentation of the works of the youngest artists making their debut in the art world. The contest, announced in the autumn of last year, was judged by an interdisciplinary jury consisting of Sebastian Cichocki, Robert Rumas, Anna Komorowska, Piotr Winskowski and Paweł Kubicki, who selected the nine most interesting works. Each of the artists made direct reference in their works to the location of the project, commenting on the specific character of the place and involving broad social participation. The works will be produced in various places in the city centre, and their themes focus on the various perspectives from which Krakow is perceived. The specifications of the various projects characterize a broad range of artistic techniques, including: performance, projections, and structures erected in public spaces. The artists will make use the new media possibilities of urban spaces, but also permanent features, entering together into a polemic. Agata Dutkowska takes us through the Krakow period of controversial poet Allen Ginsburg, and thanks to Michał Hyjek we will be able to (literally) see the city from a perspective unknown until now, while Paulina Pankiewicz subtly comments of one of the greatest architectural absurdities of Krakow. To the question, “Is Krakow a comfortable home for all of its residents?”, Agnieszka Popek-Banach and Kamil Banach answer with a dry humour, drawing attention to a fixture of the city that we might prefer not to think about. The Might Group gives Wolnica Square a surreal lightness, while the Vistula riverfront is dominated by an intriguing observer thanks to Magdalena Lazar. In one of the city’s neighbourhoods, the residents of a townhouse deal with the local authorities in an interesting way, in an experiment conducted by the Łuhuu! Group. Rozalia Kostka questions the boundaries of Krakow’s identity with irony, and Ewelina Szpakiewicz-Woźniak expresses her clear opinion on the present Cracovian development Eldorado. This presentation of the point of view of the youngest generation of artists helps us to perceive the current phenomena in urban spaces that create the contemporary perception of Krakow, which is not always altogether positive. |
Fresh Zone Meeting: about the contestA meeting with the winners of the competition: a conversation about their projects in the competition, a look at public space, experiences to date in urban works, vision from perspectives on the future. |
23/06/2010
17:00 Fresh Zone Meeting: about the contest
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