Robot, the stupid BY Aleksandra Przegalińska Despite the enthusiasm of its creators, Aiko, Kenji and Cog get lost in the human world. The AI revolution is still to come
Wikianarchy Ruben Maes The following debate on freedom in culture took place during the European Culture Congress in September 2011 in Wrocław
Warsaw is a Rascal BY Paweł Soszyński Warszawa Powiśle, a bar in the eponymous Powiśle district, has a very distinct, dark charm about it: a combination of urine, chaos, mess and noise
Culture Circulatory System Talk with Mirek Filiciak, Alek Tarkowski The greatest risk involved in the whole debate is absolute polarisation and utter simplification, while forgetting that freedom entails responsibility
Cover Story BY Katarzyna Tórz One Thousand Polish Book Covers is a dream come true for readers who treat the cover of a book as its face, a first aesthetic and emotional impression, one that often shapes the subsequent book-reader relationship
Newborn Talk with WOJTEK MARKOWSKI With the team of Polski Theater in the underground we streamed 360-degree video from the container where actors performed Lady Macbeth. The audience could see the play live through a window, but some of them were standing there with their phones anyway
BOREDOM: Time Out of Order Talk with Poprzęcka, Radziszewski, Szczawińska ‘Boredom is one of many techniques intended to change time, space, reception, quantity.’ A talk on boredom in art and boredom in creation
Smart BOREDOM BY Marek Krajewski The term ‘smart boredom’ rose to popularity in 2012 primarily – and tellingly – in the context of marketing. What was idle becomes occupied, and what was annoying becomes absorbing
Robot, the stupid BY Aleksandra Przegalińska Despite the enthusiasm of its creators, Aiko, Kenji and Cog get lost in the human world. The AI revolution is still to come
For Rent BY Natalia Fiedorczuk What does the quality of rented spaces, their arrangement, furnishing reveal about ourselves? ‘For Rent’ is an exhibition and publication of photographs of flats for rent collected by Natalia Fiedorczuk
Warsaw Autumn’s Musical Discovery BY Daniel Gutowski Warsaw Autumn Festival takes place in all sorts of venues across Warsaw. Including milk bars
Warsaw is a Rascal BY Paweł Soszyński Warszawa Powiśle, a bar in the eponymous Powiśle district, has a very distinct, dark charm about it: a combination of urine, chaos, mess and noise
NOT IN ENGLISH YET: Neither Turtlenecks nor Pocket Protectors BY Olga Drenda Frąckiewicz’s book is the first such detailed record of Polish comic culture
Golden Hour BY Patryk Mogilnicki Waiting for the sun? See one of the comics submitted for the Silence contest during this year’s Ligatura festival
Closing Night BY Daniel Gutowski Who would have thought such dedication to art was still possible? – a comic strip report from the closing night
Culture Circulatory System Talk with Mirek Filiciak, Alek Tarkowski The greatest risk involved in the whole debate is absolute polarisation and utter simplification, while forgetting that freedom entails responsibility
We, the Web Kids BY Piotr Czerski Participating in cultural life is not something out of the ordinary to us: global culture is the fundamental building block of our identity, more important for defining ourselves than traditions, historical narratives, social status, ancestry, or even the language that we use
Lost in Culture Antónia Mészáros The following debate on interdisciplinarity of culture took place during the European Culture Congress in September 2011 in Wrocław
Wikianarchy Ruben Maes The following debate on freedom in culture took place during the European Culture Congress in September 2011 in Wrocław
Let’s meet in the public domain BY Alek Tarkowski Public Domain Day is a celebration of great authors’ works becoming genuine public goods. How does that sound in the context of recent ACTA turmoil?
EVERYDAY RESISTANCE:Kill Pill BY Katarzyna Tórz Mysterious side effects are catnip for the media, pharmacophobes, and pharmacophiles, as well as the pharmaceutical companies competing for our bodies and wallets
Thanksgiving at OWS BY Irena Grudzińska-Gross I did not know how to refer to the people who stay there. Then I heard a speech by Michael Moore, and I learned what to call them: occupiers. The movement, he said, changed a lot of things, one of them being the meaning of the word ‘to occupy’