The final weekend of the Fotofestiwal
The last weekend of the Fotofestival is ahead of us, which does not mean that not much is happening. We invite you to the opening of Jerzy Grzegorski at the East Gallery, meetings around photography books and artist talk with Peter Puklus. On Saturday, the festival dance floor will be warmed up for the last time by Disko Zakvas at the Villa, and on Sunday our emotions will be calmed by the band Silence.
On Friday, at 7pm, we will meet at the East Gallery (Wschodnia 29/3) for the opening of the exhibition ↬ Jerzy Grzegorski’s Impermanent Pleasures. We will see the latest works of one of the most important figures of the Polish and Lodz art scene, co-founder of Galeria Wschodnia – prepared especially for this edition of Fotofestiwal.
Saturday and Sunday is the last opportunity to see the exhibitions at Art_Inkubator – Festival Center at Tymienieckiego 3. Curators and organizers of the festival will give guided tours of this year’s exhibitions. We recommend the artist tour that will take place on Sunday 4 p.m. lead by Peter Puklus, with translation to Polish Sign Language.
At 13:00 we invite you to an author meeting around the newly published book ↬ Igor Omulecki, Works 2012-2021. The meeting with the author will be hosted by Jakub Śwircz and Karol Jóźwiak. At 14:00 a panel discussion will begin ↬ Art beyond art? Documentary photography in Poland. The meeting will be hosted by the author of the book Adrian Wykrota, and the panelists will be: Agnieszka Rayss, Pawel Miedzinski and Antonina Gugala.
At 5:00 pm we invite you to a discussion on mourning the loss of a loved ones. The ↬ online meeting will be attended by Anja Franczak of the Good Death Institute and Grzegorz Wełnicki, author of the “NO’AM” exhibition. The link to the meeting is in the event description.
On Saturday, it’s also worth going to the Biedermann Palace on Franciszka ⅕ Street. The Living Library, an international movement promoting human rights and social dialogue, will kick off there at 11:00 am. The event is part of the university-wide ↬ DYWERS project. Meanwhile, at 18:00 there will be a curatorial tour of the exhibition Time of Calling by Bartek Talaga, which is part of the ↬ Różycki / Omulecki / Talaga – Photosophical Activities project.
Saturday night’s annual performance by Disko Zakvas, a unique DJ collective of curators, producers and specialists of all kinds of cultural events. They are drawn towards world music, 80’s and conservative techno. They are characterized by their colorful outfits and the fact that they are still discovering new functions for the buttons on the DJ table. We dance at the Villa in Poniatowski Park from 9pm.
We know that after such a night, getting up in the morning is not a priority, so a curatorial tour of the exhibition ↬ Encyclopedia by Weronika Gęsicka at the Municipal Gallery of Art in Lodz – Re:Medium Gallery at 113 Piotrkowska St. will start at 2 p.m. At hrs. 16:00 it is worth getting to Art_Inkubator for the last author’s guided tour of the exhibitions in the festival center and the liberating concert: SILENCE at 18:00 – the closing event of the 23rd edition of Fotofestiwal – International Festival of Photography in Lodz.
See you on the festival track!
