The works presented in the exhibition may be generally divided into three areas – project stages. The basic goal was to recognize the area, which is why the history of the spot was so important. The next problem to be solved was the role of the artists and designers invited to the project, who, based on their knowledge and using proper tools, would support history, modernity, or would try to solve a particular problem. The third and final stage is an attempt to think about the problems of the future, such as interdisciplinary, multi-level design aware of the influence on natural environment, or the problem of sustainability.
The starting point was the building of the BWA gallery in Zielona Góra and its history. Its form relates to the best examples of architecture of late modernism. Immediately after its opening, it became the center for important artistic events in 20th century Poland. The Space and expression exhibition took place here two years after the opening of the BWA, in 1967. Apart from local artists, the exhibition was also attended by members of the Groupe International d′Architecture Prospective from Paris, and Zofia and Oskar Hansen. Works, which are nowadays compared to the most innovative spatial experiments realized all over the world at that time, were exhibited in the renovated interiors of the neighboring museum and all over the city. (Taken from text: Selected Projects, Romuald Demidenko)
Michaela Schweiger: Miasto jutra - rewizyta, (Zurück in die Stadt von morgen / City of tomorrow - revisited), 2005, film, 23 minuty, klatki filmu
Much as in relay and through a series of minimalist cameos different people take the lead through the Berlin Hansa Quarter, a neighborhood built in 1957 as the city of tomorrow. Official state descriptions merge with reviews of the utopia of the architects and future life prospects. Great utopia is referenced to chronicle happenings and stories of everyday life which are played out against a backdrop of the buildings of popular architects and become a portrait of the quarter and its inhabitants.
4. – 27. 2. 2011
Projekty wybrane / Selected projects
Alicja Bielawska, Daniel Malone, Bartosz Mucha, Franciszek Orłowski, Katarzyna Przezwańska, Michaela Schweiger, Kajetan Sosnowski, Henryk Stażewski, Oskar Zięta
Curated by: Romuald Demidenko
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