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Monika Weiss, Nirbhaya 1 Cover Diagram 1 of 1 Monika Weiss, Nirbhaya 1 Cover Diagram 1 of 1 Folded 9.25 x 11.25 in (235 mm x 286mm) Flat 9.25 in / 235 mm Outside Monika Weiss Monika Weiss 11.25 in 286 mm Spine Front 156 mm 235 mm + 235 mm + 156 mm TBD Inside Back 2 Monika Weiss, Nirbhaya 3 Interior Spreads Diagram 1 of 2 1 — 1 color 4 — 4 color 4 4 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 3 4 MACIEJ ALEKSANDROWICZ 5 MACIEJ ALEKSANDROWICZ 6 ŁUK TRYUMFALNY — ŁUK GODNOŚCI, PAMIĘCI JYOTI SINGH: NIRBHAYA A TRIUMPHAL ARCH – AN ARCH OF DIGNITY 7 5 MACIEJ ALEKSANDROWICZ 5 MACIEJ ALEKSANDROWICZ polegających na swobodnym i równoprawnym dostępie do prze- on the victims of such crimes, or on those people living in fear Na koniec powrócę do pierwotnego apelu o konieczności monument project in the Sculpture Park: Sam Fox School of Monika Weiss ŁUK TRYUMFALNY — ŁUK GODNOŚCI, PAMIĘCI A TRIUMPHAL ARCH — AN ARCH OF DIGNITY strzeni publicznej. Równość jest bowiem podstawą wszelkich praw of such crimes. These would represent new foundations of umieszczenia Nirbhayi w przestrzeni publicznej i naszej Design & Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis, EMA JYOTI SINGH: NIRBHAYA JYOTI SINGH: NIRBHAYA dotyczących takiej przestrzeni, podobnie wolność każdej osoby change, based on free and equal access to public space. Equality publicznej świadomości. Experimental Media Arts at the University of Arkansas, Lamar do przebywania tam, bezpieczeństwa i realizacji swoich potrzeb. is the foundation of all rights related to such space, just like Johnson Collaborative, St. Louis/Chicago, and Streaming Monika Weiss upamiętnia Jyoti Singh, Nirbhayę, której the freedom of each person to to inhabit public space, safety, Museum, New York, as well as New York Foundation for the Arts 9 MONIKA WEISS 9 MONIKA WEISS bestialsko i zbiorowo odebrano życie, godność i wszystkie prawa. and realization of their needs. (NYFA) for their support in the fundraising campaign. PODZIĘKOWANIA ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Zbiorowy gwałt, zbiorowe morderstwo, zbiorowy czyn kryminalny Monika Weiss commemorates Jyoti Singh, Nirbhaya, whose Finally, I would like to return to my original appeal about the nie jest tylko wynikiem osobistych inklinacji do zła, lecz czynem life, dignity and all rights have been brutally taken away. Gang necessity of one day locating Nirbahya in both the public space and WSTĘP INTRODUCTION publicznym, a jego ofi ara utożsamia każdego posiadającego prawo murder, and gang criminal act are not manifestations of personal the public consciousness. do bezpieczeństwa godności i pokoju. Co ważne artystka uwypukla inclinations towards evil, but a public act, and its victim is there- 13 GRISELDA POLLOCK ŁUK TRYUMFALNY — ŁUK GODNOŚCI, A TRIUMPHAL ARCH — AN ARCH OF DIGNITY 13 GRISELDA POLLOCK przedziwny paradoks. Zbiorowe czyny kryminalne są domeną fore an embodiment of all people who assert the right to live their WIERNOŚĆ PAMIĘCI JAKO NIEUSTAJĄCY LAMENT THE FIDELITY OF MEMORY IN AN ENDLESS LAMENT PAMIĘCI JYOTI SINGH — NIRBHAYA NIRBHAYA — IN MEMORY OF JYOTI SINGH czasów zawieszenia norm społecznych podczas wojen, czyli czasów, lives free of violence and molestation. Importantly, the artist których dotyczy pierwotne upamiętnienie monumentu Brama Indii. emphasizes a remarkable paradox. Collective criminal acts are Projekt jest symptomem czasu – zmiany paradygmatów dotyczących the domains of times when social norms are suspended, during posiadania przestrzeni poprzez statuaryczne formy. Weiss nie obala wars i.e. the times referred to by the original commemoration of 55 MARK MCDONALD 55 MARK MCDONALD jednak monumentu, ona nadaje mu nową moc […] pomnik to ciągle the India Gate monument. The project is a symptom of its time— RYSUNKI AKTYWUJĄCE ŚWIADOMOŚĆ: DRAWING CONSCIOUSNESS: MONIKA WEISS jeszcze możliwość przemiany, która jest połączeniem odzapomnienia a change of paradigms regarding the ownership of space by stat- MONIKA WEISS i poezji—mówi w rozmowie z Weroniką Elertowską. Artystka uary forms. However, Weiss does not abolish the monument Wystawa Moniki Weiss oraz multimedialna praca artystki, która Monika Weiss’ exhibition and the forthcoming multi-media ujmująca się za godnością ofi ary w oczywisty sposób bierze w obronę but she gives it a new power ‘[…] the monument is still a possibility wzbogaci kolekcję Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej w Orońsku, pomimo permanent project, which will enrich the collection of the Centre wszystkich, którzy boją się chodzić ulicami, którzy kamufl ują się for transformation which is a combination of unforgetting and 79 DWA LAMENTY: ROZMOWA: MEENA ALEXANDER 79 TWO LAMENTS: MEENA ALEXANDER & MONIKA usytuowania w galerii i Parku Rzeźby skierowana jest do znacznie of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko have been created for the gallery w obawie przed agresją we wspólnych miejscach. Dopiero gdy nikt poetry’, she says in a conversation with Weronika Elertowska. & MONIKA WEISS WEISS IN CONVERSATION szerszej przestrzeni publicznej. Wierzę, że wkrótce Nirbhaya and for the Sculpture Park; yet ultimately the whole is directed nie będzie się bał, przestrzeń będzie publiczna, będzie gotowa „nosić” Standing up for the victims’ dignity, the artist defends everybody MODERATOR BUZZ SPECTOR MODERATED BY BUZZ SPECTOR znajdzie i stworzy własne nowe miejsce publiczne. Powodów do toward a much wider public space. Indeed, I believe that soon wspólną pamięć. Nie jest możliwe redukowanie potrzeb społe- who is afraid of walking down the street; and who fears aggres- umieszczania sztuki w miastach jest wiele, lecz w tym przypadku Nirbhaya will forge its own public space. There are many reasons cznych, kulturowych poszczególnych grup i jednostek uczestniczą- sion in shared spaces. Only when nobody is afraid, will the space na pierwszy plan wysuwa się konieczność zmian w świadomości for situating art in urban areas, but in this case what comes to cych w public space do minimalistycznej wersji „zero”. Stąd prze- be truly public, will it be ready to ‘carry’ a shared memory. It is 95 KALLIOPI MINIOUDAKI 95 KALLIOPI MINIOUDAKI społecznej. Artystka poświęca swe dzieło fundamentalnie ważnym the fore is the need for a change in public awareness and attitudes. PODWÓJNY LAMENT NIRBHAYI: NIRBHAYA(S)’S DOUBLE LAMENT IN myślana strategia artystki posługiwania się cytatem z form istnie- not possible to reduce the social and cultural needs of particular wartościom i ma świadomość, że tylko dzięki zmasowanym naci- To this end, the artist devotes her work to fundamentally crucial BY ODZAPOMNIEĆ I ZAPROTESTOWAĆ UNFORGETTING AND PROTEST jących pomników i monumentów. Zapewnia to potrzebną ciągłość groups and individuals participating the public space to the skom opinii publicznej można w tym zakresie dokonać przeobrażeń. values and is aware that only thanks to massive pressure on the tożsamości takich miejsc. minimalist ‘zero’ version. Hence, the artist’s deliberate strategy Wymaga to cierpliwej pracy nad społeczeństwem i tu widzę part of public opinion can a transformative outlook be a ected. Wystawa oraz niniejsza publikacja monografi czna są począt- of using a quotation of the existing forms of monuments. It ogromną rolę sztuki Moniki Weiss. Such transformation requires patient reworking of the society. 109 BUZZ SPECTOR 109 BUZZ SPECTOR kiem budowania horyzontalnego pomnika, który Monika Weiss provides the necessary continuity of the identities of such sites. MONIKA WEISS. ANATOMIA RYSUNKU MONIKA WEISS: BODY OF DRAWING Przestrzeń publiczna to niezliczone archipelagi miejsc o różnym Here I see an enormous importance of Monika Weiss’ art. dedykuje ofi arom codziennej i nieustającej przemocy. To zapocząt- The exhibition and this monograph publication form a begin- statusie, które wciąż ewoluują. Jeśli miejsca mają się nazywać The public space involves countless archipelagoes of sites of kowanie rozmowy o możliwości przemiany przestrzeni publicznej ning of the building of a horizontal monument, which Monika publicznymi, znaczy to, że muszą zapewniać równy i nieograniczony various status, which continually evolve. If these sites are to poprzez przemianę przestrzeni pamięci, pierwsza wersja Nirbhayi Weiss dedicates to the victims of daily and continuous violence. do nich dostęp. Monika Weiss, tworząc wielopoziomową wypo- named public, it means they need to ensure an equal and unlimi- jest planowana w Parku Rzeźby w Orońsku. Ciszy kamiennej rzeźby It marks also the beginning of a conversation about the possibility 117 EULALIA DOMANOWSKA 117 EULALIA DOMANOWSKA wiedź artystyczną, dostrzega dwa procesy emancypacji do równości, ted access. Creating her multi-level artistic statement, Monika z wodą i obrazem fi lmowym towarzyszy sekwencja kompozycji of the transformation of the public space through the transfor- DUCHOWY FEMINIZM A SPIRITUAL FEMINISM feministyczny i kolonialny. W obu przypadkach nie ma mowy Weiss perceives two processes of emancipation, feminist and dźwiękowych zainstalowanych w innej części założenia parkowego, mation of the space of memory; the fi rst version of Nirbhaya is o pokojowej ewolucji, ale o szeregu utarczek i zmagań zmierzających colonial. In both cases we cannot speak about a peaceful evolution w której swoje improwizacje fortepianowe artystka zamienia planned at the Sculpture Park in Orońsko. The silence of the stone do wyrwania coraz większej płaszczyzny „bycia równym i god- but about a sequence of disputes and struggles aimed at gaining w polifoniczną i ambisoniczną (trójwymiarową) rzeźbę dźwiękową sculpture with water and fi lm image is accompanied by a sequence nym”. Oba te procesy wykazują funkcjonalną niegotowość dopusz- an ever-larger platform of ‘being
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