NON/PRESENCE, or about the DESUBLIMATION OF ART

We cordially invite you to our first event related to the NON/PRESENCE, or about the DESUBLIMATION OF ART – an international scientific and artistic event consisting of two complementary exhibitions: Evidence of PRESENCE at the Struga Palace in Struga and Evidence of ABSENCE at the Geppart Gallery ASP Wroclaw of the Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland.

09–23/06/2024

Evidence of PRESENCE

Struga Palace in Struga (3 Wiejska St., 58-311 Struga, Stare Bogaczowice, Lower Silesia, Poland)

04–27/07/2024

Evidence of ABSENCE / NON/PRESENCE

Galeria Geppart ASP Wroclaw (68/2 Księcia Witolda St., 50-203 Wrocław, Poland)

The aim of the event is a research and artistic confrontation and a critical diagnosis of the contemporary approach to artistic practice - in a world where, in addition to material contact with a creative work, we are witnesses and participants of the dematerialization of the object of art. By organizing this event, we are trying to capture the moment of penetration of existing artistic media and the generation of new solutions and challenges resulting from the use of rapidly developing technology, e.g. 3D or AI.

From the perspective of artist-scientists and a research center in Poland (The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw), we would like to compare the experience of artist-researchers from other academic centers in Poland and abroad and independent creators who experience the risk of new technical possibilities in their artistic practice; in a thoughtful way, reaching deeper meanings.

ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT

Aqeel Abbas / PAKISTAN, Mario Airò / ITALY, Maciej Albrzykowski / POLAND, Monika Aleksandrowicz / POLAND, Marc Anglès / SPAIN, Maria Bitka / POLAND, Katarzyna Bogusz / POLAND, Anna Bujak / POLAND, Hubert Bujak / POLAND, Eugènia Agustí Camí / SPAIN, Joaquim Cantalozella / SPAIN, Mercè Casanovas / SPAIN, Agnieszka Chmura-Wieczorek / POLAND, Antònia Coll / SPAIN, Małgorzata Czerniawska / POLAND, Marta Człapa / POLAND, Andrzej Drohomirecki / POLAND, Cristiane Duarte / BRAZIL, Katarzyna Feiglewicz-Peszat / POLSKA, Miquel García / SPAIN, Katarzyna Gemborys / POLAND, Matilde Grau / SPAIN, Magda Grzybowska / POLAND, Hirotoshi Iwasaki / JAPAN, Jakub Jernajczyk / POLAND, Grażyna Jaskierska-Albrzykowska / POLAND, Małgorzata Kaczmarska / POLAND, Małgorzata Kazimierczak / POLAND, Radosław Keler / POLAND, Foteini (Fania) Kolaiti / GREECE, Natalia Komorowska / POLAND, Mami Kosemura / JAPAN, Mariusz Kosiba / POLAND, Andrzej Kosowski / POLAND, Rafał Kotwis / POLAND, Konrad Kuźniewski a.k.a Marc Ney / POLAND, Lilianna Leń a.k.a. Lila Len / POLAND, Elżbieta Leszczyńska-Szlachcic / POLAND, Rosangella Leote / BRAZIL, Javier Lozano / SPAIN, Saitip Majewska / THAILAND, Christos Mandzios / POLAND, Tomasz Matuszak / POLAND, Jo Milne / SPAIN, Jordi Morell / SPAIN, Laia Moreto Alvarado / SPAIN, Marta Negre / SPAIN, Grzegorz Niemyjski / POLAND, Marcin Noga / POLAND, Beata Oberc / POLAND, Aleksander Olszewski / POLAND, Tomasz Opania / POLAND, Òscar Padilla / SPAIN, not a Number (Alicja Panasiewicz/Adam Panasiewicz) / POLAND, Ramon Parramon in collaboration with Gaspar Maza / SPAIN, Ramón Parramón / SPAIN, Cristina Pastó / SPAIN, Eloi Puig / SPAIN, Aleksandra Pulińska / POLAND, Marek Ruszkiewicz / POLAND, Hiraku Suzuki / JAPAN, Marek Sienkiewicz / POLAND, Rolf Simoes / BRAZIL, Marek Stanielewicz / POLAND, Michał Staszczak / POLAND, Marta Szajneman-Szuba / POLAND, Aleksandra Szlęk / POLAND, Daniela Tagowska / POLAND, Aurelia Tymińska / POLAND, Albert Valera / SPAIN, Àngels Viladomiu / SPAIN, Kamila Winsztal / FRANCE, Maria Wrońska / POLAND, Aleksander Zyśko / POLAND

ORGANIZER: Department of Art Mediation, Faculty of Sculpture and Art Mediation, The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw (Poland).

The substantive partners of the project are research groups from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Universitat de Barcelona (Spain): IMARTE / MATERIA IMPRESA.

Event curators: PhD Monika Aleksandrowicz and PhD Hab. Małgorzata Kaczmarska

The curators of the event asked scientists representing various art universities in Poland and abroad to identify artist-researchers whose work brings significant values to the image of contemporary art – through an innovative approach to the problem, visual aspects or the use of innovative technologies.

Organizing committee: PhD Monika Aleksandrowicz, PhD Katarzyna Gemborys, PhD Hab. Małgorzata Kaczmarska, PhD Daniela Tagowska, M.A. Liliana Leń, M.A. Aqeel Abbas (PhD student of the Doctoral School of the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw)

The event is financed by funds granted by the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw as part of the Mega Artistic Grant program.

ACCOMPANYING EVENTS:

June 8, 2024, Struga Palace

• opening of the Evidence of PRESENCE exhibition
• performance by PhD Maria Bitka
• action of PhD Hab. Tomasz Opania, University Professor
• Inbetween project (music-image-word), whose starting point is synesthesia, multi-sensory reception; PhD Katarzyna Gemborys, Kinga Chudzikowska, Hanna Błachuta
• sound and visual performance for electronic devices, M.A. Konrad Kuźniewski
• discussion panel with the participation of artist-researchers and theoreticians

July 4, 2024, Galeria Geppart ASP Wroclaw

• opening of the Evidence of ABSENCE exhibition
• performance by PhD Maria Bitka