Its own kind of truth BY Jörg Heiser Art Turowski and Baumgart provoke a reconsideration of actual history precisely by doctoring it. Maybe the term ‘metamodernism’ might apply for this
Industrial Ruinsand Other Objects BY Karol Sienkiewicz Art Wyspa Institute of Art in Gdańsk Shipyard keeps on redefining itself. This year’s Alternativa investigates two areas: materiality and its own archive. The outcome of the first one is much more convincing
Occupation: Photojournalist Talk with Bogdan Łopieński Art I couldn’t fathom that plant directors would just let artists wander around their factory floors. That could never happen in a socialist country – Bogdan Łopieński about the 1st Biennale of Spacial Forms in Elbląg in 1965
Polish Documentary Film Looking Up BY Jo Harper Film Andrzej Kołodyński notes that although documentary films in the early 1990s were respected and well-reviewed by the press, this did not mean that they were seen by a lot of people. How is it now, and what is the future of Polish documentary?
Photography Reclaimed BY Iwona Kurz Art The albums ‘Polesie’ and ‘Kronikarki’ are a successful attempt at reclaiming photography. Chomętowska and Chrząszczowa’s images make the past seem contemporary, or at least stripped of the nostalgic patina of age
Freedom Fighters in the Ghetto BY Joanna Ostrowska Film Panek’s film is an excellent example of the shift in our understanding of historical films, once associated with ‘heavy’ period pieces
COCTAIL ARTY:Feasts with Devils BY Paweł Soszyński Literature The 17th century ‘Town Chronicles of Kalisz’ recount a very interesting testimony of a certain witch named Dorota. Her account is a fascinating tale of a magical nighttime journey through the wilderness to a feast with devils
Amerykanka BY Lidia Pańków Art We are given a series of modern, attractive, and fun pictures. The authors of the collection have discovered a theme that allows them to present the frivolous side of the work of Zofia Chomętowska
WHO'S WHO AND WHY:Igor Pudło a.k.a Igor Boxx BY Agnieszka Le Nart Music Igor Boxx is performing works off of the Breaslau album at the European Culture Congress. The DJ series at the Festival Club – Four Domes Pavilion hosts Boxx on Friday, 9 September, 2011 at 22:30
Soft Spot for Nutjobs Talk with Maciej Zaremba-Bielawski Literature I wrote this book out of frustration – ‘Hygienists. From the History of Eugenics’
THE INFOHOLIC:Culture is a Remix BY Jarosław Lipszyc Literature There’s no such thing as remix culture. Culture is a remix. Culture has always been a remix. The products of creativity do not exist in a vacuum
People Dealt this Fate to People Talk with Irena Grudzińska-Gross, Jan Tomasz Gross Literature The entire history of Poland now needs to be rewritten as a multi-ethnic history – Jan Tomasz Gross, author of ‘Golden Harvest’
