GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR 8 6 5 wc 7 4 9 2 5 13 2 11 12 10 3 MAIN ENTRANCE 1 GROUND FLOOR decades long interest in the language and its status in rela- similar in both cases. In the situation after the collapse of European countries we can observe emerging political reli- 8. ODILE BERNARD SCHRÖDER, tion to reality. In works created in the 70s and 80s as a result the socialist project in Eastern Europe and a deep crisis of gions of the extreme right, deeply rooted in local, neopagan works from the series Revolution-Revelation (2017-2018) 1. MARIA TOBOŁA, Schadenfreude (2017-2018) of the observations of censorship language and the newspe- the American project, such an action has in equal measure traditions and promoting Euroscepticism. They all use similar Courtesy of the Pola Magnetyczne gallery ak of the Polish People’s Republic, the artist pondered the archaeological and utopian dimensions. logic in constructing the past, which can be summarised in In an iconic television game show of the late 90s., Idź na phenomenon of language as a means of communication. In the part of the installation involving the found footage, the slogan “make … great again”. The starting point for the works of Odile Bernard Schröder całość (Polish version of Let’s Make a Deal), one of the Through the use of words he reclaimed public space, and he two screens are displaying material edited from pieces of (b. 1962) are visual materials from the French presidential consolation prizes was a yearly stock of a Monosodium glu- deconstructed and problematised relationships between the Hollywood movies and social realist productions: social campaign of 2017. The artist juxtaposes images of skirmishes tamate-based seasoning with an intense if limited choice of image and the word. realism and Hollywood. The sculpture which accompanies 6. JOZEF MRVA JR., Knot Capital (2017); Rihanna – Work ft. of protesters with the law enforcement, the documentation flavours. In her installation, Maria Toboła (b. 1987), interested Once again, Kozłowski deals with language in a version of the them presents a kind of an “ideal type” of two figures of Drake (8h Wageslave Megamixxx) (2016) of the events in the campaign, screenshots of televised de- in the social and cultural dimension of food and ambitions piece Everything Buzzes Apart From What Bubbles, arranged viewer-citizens created by these two visual traditions, holding bates and photos of defaced election posters. She diligently of the new middle class, treats the show as an illustration of especially for this exhibition, in which droning words glide out a hand to each other – as two objects in a museum, Knot Capital is a part of a broader artistic project authored analyses all materials in terms of their content and form, and broader processes occurring after 1989 and failed hopes of over light display boards. The main focus of his interest is the constituting the testimony of the past and also as a sign of by Jozef Mrva (b. 1988), inspired by the knot theory – clo- then processes them using analogue photographic methods, the economic transformation. issue of buzz and overproduction of the content broadcasted the chance to reopen the utopian imagination. sed loops arranged in three-dimensional space, which also obtaining compositions on the verge of s documentary and The game show in which contestants could only win by by the media. Similarly to the industrial revolution, which explored their visual and semiotic potential. In the piece abstraction, reportage and dreamlike visions. risking everything reflects the spirit of the system governed apart from progress brought about the degradation of the na- featured in the exhibition, lotto balls are rolling through a Scenes created by OBS – in which politicians are transfor- by the compulsion to be ready to take the risk, leave your tural environment and air pollution, the information revolution 5. SZABOLCS KISSPÁL, From Fake Mountains to Faith knotted structure. Corporate media ceaselessly feed their med into dark creatures, television anchors to witches privy comfort zone and make sacrifices for your career. Neoliber- alongside the omnipresence and universality of information (Hungarian Trilogy) (2012-2015) audience news about the success waiting for them just to mysterious knowledge and pollsters become necromants alism awards merit and punishes ineffectiveness, perceives technologies led to the emergence of the information smog. around the corner, and telling them everyone can join the contacting the world beyond – reflect the character and competition as a determining factor of interpersonal rela- The quantitative problem of the excess and multitude of infor- The project of Szabolcs KissPál (b. 1967) consists of two elite. One of the mechanisms of social control in plutocracy style in which politics is currently done. Instead of reforms or tionships and defines citizens as consumers whose freedom mation sources goes hand in hand with the low substantive projections of quasi-documentaries and pseudo-museum is a practically unwinnable lottery – officially presented as modernisations, populists on both sides of the political scene is best exercised by buying and selling. In a society where quality of the content or the reliability of information, as well collection of archaeological finds. Through interpretation and an expression of the inclusive character of the system. It place negation above constructive skills. A realistic, substan- “solidarity” is the name of a confectionery manufacturer, as the oversaturation of online resources with false content narrative-building, KissPál explores the anatomy and symbo- remains a secret why people agree to the injustice of the tive programme is replaced with demagoguery, wishful and fiercely promoted healthy competition easily morphs into used as a tool of political conflict. lic construction of the Hungarian “non-liberal democracy” – system which relies on increasing the capital possessed by magical thinking. Rituals, exorcisms, spells and symbolic schadenfreude. based on the national trauma, elements of pagan beliefs and an increasingly small group of people. One of the reasons gestures of parting with the past and cutting off from one’s foundations of national myths. can be hope – the great stabiliser of social unrest. opponents become more important than actual actions. 4. KATARZYNA GÓRNA and JAKUB MAJMUREK, The Treaty of Trianon signed after the First World War, which However, this magical or ritual character of politics looks a bit 2. ALEKA POLIS, The Vistula idol (2006-2007) The Archaeology of Utopia (2012) significantly reduced the surface of Hungary and left millions different in the Polish context, where the presence of priests Property of: collection of Zachęta Sztuki Współczesnej Property of: collection of Zachęta Sztuki Współczesnej of Hungarians left outside its borders, a hundred years later in the public life and constant references to metaphysical in Szczecin in Szczecin still inspires strong emotions, and the promise of restoring powers is nothing new. the Great Hungary is one of the pillars of the nationalist pro- FIRST FLOOR The baluster resembles a human figure with two faces turned The project consists of a sculpture and a two-channel video paganda. Currently, Turanism makes a comeback as well – in opposite directions, and thus evokes the Roman god projection featuring edited found footage. The subject of both a nationalist political religion, according to which Hungarians 7. ADELINA CIMOCHOWICZ, Natural State (2018) 9. ANNA BAUMGART, Franciszka Wróbla bunt jest niepewny Janus, the symbol of power. Two Janus-like faces look into parts of the installation is exploring visuals codes of partici- originate from Central Asia and are related to Altaic people. (2015) the past and into the future, and reflect Polish divided society. pation developed by the 20th century cinema. In particular, This view played an important part in the first half of the 20th Adelina Cimochowicz (b. 1992) analyses liminal emotional Aleka Polis (b. 1974) alludes in her work to Profilo continuo by two of its traditions which created the most vivid images century, and it is now promoted by nationalist parties. states and nervous crises using the medium of video and The project of Anna Baumgart (b. 1966) is a contemporary look del Duce, a piece by Renato Bertelli, Italian sacral futurist, of involvement, participation, group and political communita- Combining historical facts and archival materials with a fic- photography. The narrative of the presented work consists at the problem of the young unemployed. Documenting an which was patented on 26 June 1933 and mass produced, risation. So, on the one hand it is Hollywood (from the classic tional narrative, the film Amorous Geography (2012) focuses of statements from three women – their testimonies of living encounter with a jobless young man, the artist alludes to a 1967 enjoying a huge commercial success, and finding its way to era of the 1930s until today), on the other hand – the social on building an ethnic landscape in the context of not only na- with a sense of anxiety and threat caused by their housing documentary filmA Year in the Life of Franek W. by Kazimierz desks across the entire Italy and beyond. realist cinema (feature films and documentaries), especially tional, but also European history, together with its racist and and economic circumstances. Trance-like movement and a Karabasz. His protagonist was Franek Wróbel, a twenty-year- A series of eight photographs of the Idol taken in various those produced in the USSR. colonial burden. At the centre of The Rise of a Fallen Feather subtle stream of words trickling from the speakers normali- -old from a small village, entering adulthood in the harsh reality locations in and around Warsaw complete the work. Katarzyna Górna (b. 1968) and Jakub Majmurek (b. 1982) (2016), there is a Turul – a mythical bird of prey, the symbol se and add an aesthetic quality to the situation of constant of the Communist Poland in the 1960s.