Students of the Lodz Film School have brought to life the archival material of one of the most valued Łódź photographers, Andrzej Różycki. They adapted the same method of work as Różycki, who for his FotoAndrzejoZofia series entered into both personal and artistic dialogue with photographer and his close friend Zofia Rydet, making collages using her and his own photographs. This very gesture – awakening the memory of the deceased close one – was reimplemented by young artists today.

Andrzej Różycki’s collages have been essentially “decollaged”, i.e. disassembled into their base elements, individual layers, and then symbolically complemented. The new works allow to see and understand the ways of Andrzej Różycki’s artistic practice. The “sampler” created as a result of that process is like a summarised overview of the most important themes utilized by the photographer, and a representation of his unique, philosophical approach to photography.

The exhibition is a continuation of the Photosophic Archive, founded by the University of Lodz, which houses artworks and private collections of Andrzej Różycki. The mission of the Archive is to promote Photosophy, the idea on which Różycki worked since the 1960s until his passing in 2021. Combining many artistic domains, the Photosophic Archive is e.g. a part of the educational process, as it holds regular classes for UŁ students, and collaborates with many centres and festivals across Poland.

The exhibition is organised in cooperation between Fotofestiwal, the University of Lodz, Lodz Film School and Viva Archiva Foundation!

/ Group exhibition of students: Kacper Bijoś (PL), Weronika Coghen (PL), Natalia Dukin (PL), Rui Gu (CN), Adam Karpiński (PL), Olimpia Kopiec (PL), Julia Lejawa (PL), Weronika Mugaj (PL), Jan Suchorab (PL), Kacper Trzeci (PL).

/ Curator: Marcela Paniak

/ Zine: Michał Wąsik (PL)

/ Co-ordination of exhibition production on the part of the Photosophical Archive: Hanna Kireyeva

/ Coordination of the exhibition handling: Daria Chruścińska and the interns of the Photosophical Archive

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Event accompanying the exhibition:

20 June 18:00, Art_Inkubator: Sampler, or how to create from archives?

An event held in polish.

More information HERE