Fewer Quickies Talk with Łukasz Orbitowski Literature Who says you can’t sit down on the couch, put your feet up on an ottoman, open up a bottle of wine and sip it along to some music while reading a book? We should not be applying to literature the ways of experiencing culture that we’ve learned from the internet and music videos
books + consumerism = mésalliance Talk with Dorota Masłowska Literature When I’m here in Warsaw, reading just seems so pornographically unproductive. It’s horrible that in the time it takes to read a book, you could watch seven films and documentaries or watch 150 music videos – Dorota Masłowska about piles of books and the pornographically unproductive act of reading
Go Ahead, Save it for Later BY John Biweekly Intro Winter is coming. Curl up on the couch with some hot tea and issue #31 of Biweekly
Exchange BY John Biweekly Intro Public money as a tool to empower creative skills of the populace without showing the way the skills should be employed? Is it ‘against’ art?
EUROPEAN CULTURE CONGRESS: Reading Lab BY Agnieszka Słodownik Literature The Reading Lab at the European Culture Congress (8-11 September 2011) is intended to pose a variety of questions concerning modern book shelves, storytelling and reading within the noise
It’s All About the Congress BY John Biweekly Intro This week we are focused mainly on the European Culture Congress. Exceptional event, the climax of the Cultural National Programme of the Polish Presidency in the European Union Council
Say No To Transplants Talk with Marcin Wrona Film It’s hard to stand on the sidelines – says Marcin Wrona, winner of the Polish Feature Film Competition at Off Plus Camera 2011
HIGH AND LOW BLOW:If Poles Don’t Read,What Do They Do? BY Grzegorz Wysocki Literature How is it that readership is highest in cities and among the wealthy if 20% of college educated Poles read nothing at all, and almost 40% of professionals and managers read nothing longer than three pages?
THE INFOHOLIC:A Bundle of Pages Stitchedon One Side BY Jarosław Lipszyc Literature It’s time to stop talking about books and start talking about text. The book is a medium, a content carrier
