Place: Large Room Gallery, 4/6 Warecka St., 00-030 Warsaw / Opening: September 11, 2024, 6:00 pm
The authors explore the importance of photographic archives in the context of contemporary life and their role in shaping memory. Rejecting the linear narrative typical of timelines and chronologies, they go beyond traditional perceptions of memories. Seeking new perspectives, they explored the meaning of traces of the past, the process of their disappearance, as well as the possibilities and limitations of their restoration. In the works presented, the filter of fantasy fills in the gaps in the perception of what was, influencing the interpretation and reception of what is and what is yet to come. Experiments combining traditional photography, often anonymous and found, with modern photographic techniques and contemporary visual canons and conventions, create room for creative development. This provides a space for in-depth reflection on the power and mystery of time, which seems invariably relevant.
The authors of the presented works: Julia Bader, Katarzyna Ćwikła, Joanna Chojna, Maciej Galuszka, Karolina Jaunzems, Bartosz Kalużny, Martyna Łukasiewicz, Anna Pabijańczyk-Staniszewska, Aleksandra Pstrągowska, Karolina Włodarkiewicz
curator: Marcela Paniak / Film School in Łódź, Viva Archiva Foundation!
cooperation and arrangement: Julia Klewaniec, Łukasz Pawłowski, Michalina Kacperak, Wioletta Kulas / Picture Doc Foundation
coordination: Julia Klewaniec, Joanna Chojna, Katarzyna Ćwikła
exhibition design: Lukasz Pawlowski
production: Julia Bader, Martyna Lukasiewicz
Text editing: Michalina Kacperak, Anna Pabijańczyk-Staniszewska, Julia Bader
poster design: Wioletta Kulas
design of promotional materials: Wioletta Kulas, Karolina Włodarkiewicz
promotion: Julia Klewaniec, Anna Pabijańczyk-Staniszewska, Joanna Chojna, Katarzyna Ćwikła, Aleksandra Pstrągowska, Karolina Włodarkiewicz
Exhibition realized as a result of classes "Archival Photography" conducted by Marcela Paniak at the Film School in Lodz.
