Opening: 25 January 2024 / Thursday / 7 pm / Opening hours: Wednesday-Friday 14.00-18.00; Saturday-Sunday 12.00-18.00 / Gallery of the Institute of Photography Fort, Fort Mokotow, 99 Raclawicka Street, building 4, Warsaw / 25.01 - 17.03.2024
Artists: Arianna Arcara, Rafal Milach, Sandra Schildwächter, Mykhaylo Palinchak of the
Guest contributions from UAtlas.org and the Public Protest Archive
February 2024 marks two years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, although the war has been going on there for nearly a decade. We have gained uninterrupted access to images of this most mediated conflict in history through social media, civic and professional news channels, and a growing body of vernacular records dedicated to war crimes. "Ukraine. Stories of Resistance" is a small slice of this testimony. The exhibition collects images of various forms of resistance, from direct warfare to grassroots movements
society in Ukraine and abroad. Refugee accounts, protests, self-organization, frontline fatigue and a devastated Ukrainian landscape are reminders of the brutal conflict that has been taking place across Poland's eastern border for the past 2 years.
ABOUT ARTISTS AND ARTISTS:
Arianna Arcara (1984) is a native of Monza, Italy. Since graduating with a degree in photography, she has co-founded the documentary photography collective Cesura and its associated publishing house Cesura Publish, of which she is artistic director. Her artistic practice explores the ever-changing meanings and shapes of borders - natural, urban, human and cultural. A common goal of many of her long-term projects has been to push these boundaries through the development of collaborative processes. Arcara asks herself if and how her photographs affect the people and stories she follows. She is constantly seeking and considering new ways to engage and emancipate her subjects. Her work has been exhibited at the Triennale (Milan), LeBal Space (Paris), MoCP (Chicago), Kulturhuset (Stockholm), Deichtorhallen (Hamburg) and the Nobel Peace Prize Center (Oslo), among others.
Rafal Milach (1978) - photographer, visual artist, activist and lecturer. Takes up themes of systemic oppression and political and social tensions in the former Eastern Bloc region. Author of photographic publications that take a critical look at systems of control and strategies of protest. Professor at the Krzysztof Kieslowski Film School in Katowice. Scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Magnum Foundation and European Cultural Foundation. Winner of the World Press Photo competition, Le Rencontres Photographiques d'Arles Book Award, finalist of the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize and Passports of Polityka.
Co-founder of the collectives: Public Protest Archive and Sputnik Photos. He has had numerous exhibitions in Poland and around the world. His works are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, ING Polish Art Foundation, among others. A member of the Magnum Photos agency.
Sandra Schildwächter (1992) lives and works as a freelance photographer near Frankfurt am Main, Germany. She graduated in communication design with a specialization in photography from the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt (Hochschule Darmstadt, h_da). Her work focuses on reportage, landscape and portrait photography, as well as cultural and social issues. Her photographs have been published in numerous magazines and newspaper titles, including Stern, SPIEGEL, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung F.A.Z., GEO, ZEIT, Nido, de Volkskrant, ABC News Australia and others. Schildwächter also works as a photo editor for various print and online media. Since 2017, Sandra Schildwächter has co-organized more than 70 workshops at the FFF AKADEMIE des Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, including working with lecturers Susan Meiselas, Mathieu Asselin, Andrea Diefenbach and Arno Rafael Minkkinen. In 2022, she participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), an exchange program of the US Department of State, titled. "A Global Moment in Time: Photojournalists Document Challenges and Opportunities in the COVID Era." She received an IVLP Impact Award 2022 for a photography project documenting the plight of Ukrainian refugees in Germany.
Mykhailo Palinchak (1985) is a Ukrainian street and documentary photographer. He lives and works in Kiev. He was born in January 1985 in Uzhhorod. He has been working in photography since 2008. He has been a member of the Ukrainian Photographic Alternative (UPHA) since 2012, and since 2014. - Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPF). From 2014 to 2019, he worked as an official photographer for the President of Ukraine. Founder of Untitled magazine and co-founder of the Ukrainian Street Photography group. Member of PEN Ukraine since 2022. Author of the photo book "Anamnesis" (2020) and the artbook "Faces of Maydan" (2020). His works have been exhibited around the world and are in private collections and permanent collections of photographic museums. The exhibition is funded by the US Department of State / US Embassy in Warsaw. IFF Patrons: Fort Mokotow, White Stone Development
Starting January 25, the Fort Institute of Photography in Warsaw will host an exhibition of
titled "Ukraine. Stories of Resistance," featuring photographs by Arianna Arcary
(Italy), Rafał Milach (Poland), Sandra Schildwächter (Germany), Mykhaylo Palinchak
(Ukraine). The exhibition collects images of various forms of resistance, from direct warfare
to grassroots social movements in Ukraine and abroad.
Associated Events:
- January 27, 2024 | Saturday | 1 p.m.
Author guided tour with Arianna Arcara, Mykhaylo Palinchak and Rafal Milach - February 24, 2024 | Saturday | 1 p.m.
Author's tour and discussion with Rafal Milach and presentation of the group's photographs
refugee youth from Ukraine (in partnership with Corridor Citoyen and Bibliothèques sans Frontièrs,
Life Foundation Poland)