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The Fotofestiwal program has always been a guide to world photography, but also to unique places in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a. During the jubilee, twentieth edition of the International Festival of Photography, the city will be not only a place, but also a hero of exhibitions and accompanying events. We invite you to another trip – we start on June 10 and visit \u0141\u00f3d\u017a in the company of, among others: Witkacy, Bogdan Konopka, J\u00f3zef Robakowski and Elektryczny W\u0119gorz, stopping for books and sushi to end the weekend at “Heaven over Berlin”.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We start, as always, in the industrial festival center Art_Inkubator at Tymienieckiego 3, where at 19:00 the exhibitions from the “\u0141\u00f3d\u017a” program will be opened – presenting the achievements of contemporary \u0141\u00f3d\u017a artists (the exhibition “Reincarnations” curated by J\u00f3zef Robakowski<\/a>) and photographers following their work the unique atmosphere of the hometown (four exhibitions as part of “Tales of the city of \u0141\u00f3d\u017a”<\/a>). In the spaces of the former cotton warehouses, we will also see an exhibition presenting the horizons of artistic creativity, interests and gathering of Andrzej R\u00f3\u017cycki, “Import(ance)s. Between hoarding and photosophy”<\/a>, six exhibitions of the Open Program<\/a> – that is, a review of world contemporary photography, and the exhibition “Long Live Belarus! “. At 21:00 there will be the electro-pride of the music scene from \u0141\u00f3d\u017a – Elektryczny W\u0119gorz, known for such hits as \u201eMariusz wracaj do domu” [“Mariusz come home”] or a musical appeal to protect the family life of squirrels: \u201eNie wycinaj drzew” [“Do not cut trees”]. When W\u0119gorz runs out of strength, DJ Sasha (\u2153 of the Psychocukier band) will enter the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday (June 11) is Piotrkowska Street time. We will start at 17:00 at Signum Foundation Gallery (Piotrkowska 85) will open an exhibition of over seventy photographic works by Stanis\u0142aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, including the most famous self-portraits, such as the title “Multiple Self-Portrait”<\/a>. Then we at 18:00 will go down to the neighboring 36 Wi\u0119ckowskiego Street to the Muzeum Sztuki ms2 for the opening of Agnieszka Kurant’s exhibition entitled “Errorism”<\/a>. We will spend the rest of the evening on the premises of the post-industrial complex OFF Piotrkowska – there are as many as eight exhibitions. The first is “Fullscreen. Pressure of the Image\u201d<\/a>created by artists associated with the University of Lodz, the Academy of Fine Arts and the Film School. The authors look at our complex and multi-dimensional relationships with the photographic image. On the next floor of the OFF Piotrkowska space – as many as six premiere exhibitions organized as part of the pan-European PARALLEL platform<\/a> will take place. This is the result of cooperation between young curators and artists from around the world, the exhibitions were prepared during the pandemic in Lisbon, \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, Maribor, Modena, Odessa and Zagreb. The projects will be presented in a non-virtual form for the first time. At the end of the day, we will attend the opening of Marcelo Zammenhoff’s exhibition<\/a>, followed by outdoor slide shows<\/a>. Galeria Czynna has prepared a special show “After Hours”. It is a projection of often “commemorative” and “tourist” photos from \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, whose authors are artists visiting Fotofestiwal in the last 20 years. You will also be able to see the works of 6 artists selected by Fotofestiwal for the international Futures project (B. Talaga, K. \u0106wik, M. Sarychau, Y. Krivich, M. Soporowska) and animations by \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Film School. We will finish with a DJ Set at DOM club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday (June 12) is the time of returning to favorite places and exhibitions and a chance to see them with the authors and curators who guide them (meeting with J\u00f3zef Robakowski, curator of the exhibition “Reincarnation” as well as Open Program). At 18:00, Galeria Imaginarium (\u0141\u00f3dzki Dom Kultury, 18 Traugutta Street) will open a retrospective exhibition of one of the most important figures in Polish photography – Bogdan Konopka<\/a>. At 19:00 in the Pracownia Portretu (55 Prz\u0119dzalniana Street), performer Marta Ostajewska will open her exhibition “Honey cubes in summer”<\/a>. From 21:00 join us at Fotofestiwal birthday party in a unique place – the Book Art Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday (June 13), another novelty on the map of \u0141\u00f3d\u017a: Sushi & Books<\/a> on W\u00f3lcza\u0144ska 226. The founders of this place (Franek Ammer, Piotr Zbierski, Bartosz Staszewski and Bart\u0142omiej Talaga) will show an exhibition of mock-ups and photo books “On the banks of nineteen rivers” and a zine-sound version of the project “Black Heart” by Basia Budniak and Maja Luxenberg. We will end the day with the opening of Iacobo Pasqui<\/a> and Bartek Talaga<\/a>‘s exhibitions, barbecue and games, and an open-air screening “Wings of Desire” by Wim Wenders<\/a> in the gardens of Poleski O\u015brodek Sztuki, located in a historic villa once owned by the manufacturer Karol Plihal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All this is just the beginning. During the next two weeks of the festival, we will take you to new places to reveal the new faces of photography, including at exhibitions, outdoor shows or photo walks in a place inaccessible to \u0141\u00f3d\u017a citizens for 18 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here you will learn about tickets and get practical information \ud83d\ude42<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Thursday at 19:00 we are opening exhibitions at Art_Inkubator, on Friday at OFF Piotrkowka Center. And that’s not everything. Check what else we have prepared for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n