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Contemporary Silesian architecture
On Wednesday 29 February at 6 pm, MOCAK and Autoportret (ed. by MIK) invite you to a session Contemporary Silesian architecture − Post-1989 Identity. The identity of Silesia, its modernism and neo-modernism – these will be the topics which Dorota Leśniak-Rychlak will be discussing with Przemo Łukasik (medusa group) and Anna Syska (Silesian Centre of Cultural Heritage).
Opening of the new exhibitions
On Thursday, 16 February at 6 pm, you are cordially invited to the opening of the new exhibitions at MOCAK: The Artist = A Work of Art, Transit, Comics: Urban Myths and Me as Roberta.
Eariler, at 12 noon MOCAK would like to invite you to MOCAK press conference for the opening of the new exhibitions. Curators and artists will be present, including the artistic duo EVA & ADELE.
An Incredible Case Friends reminisce about Wislawa Szymborska's
On Thursday 9th February at 7 pm, an evening session of Wislawa Szymborska’s poetry and reminiscences about the Nobel Prize winner. With: Teresa Walas, Jerzy Illg. Entry by invitation. You will find detailed information at the Instytut Ksiazki, tel. 12 4337040.
Relational aesthetics
On Thursday 19 January at 6 pm, join the discussion about Nicolas Bourriaud’s Relational Aesthetics, published by MOCAK. Session organised by MOCAK together with the Księgarnia Pod Globusem bookshop at 1 ul. Długa.
Launching the second issue of the MOCAK Forum magazine – Society, Stupid!
With: Agnieszka Piksa, Stanisław Ruksza (the editor), Igor Stokfiszewski, Piotr Wysocki, Rafał Żwirek and the editing team of MOCAK Forum.
Meeting Jerzy Bereś in his studio
Meeting Jerzy Bereś in his studio in connection with the transfer of his works purchased for the MOCAK Collection: Cart (1968) and Rag (1971).
Do female artists need a Women’s Museum?
What role could a Women’s Museum play? An archive, a research centre, a place where feminism – that still has the status of a niche activity – meets the public at large.
Voices in the Night
In his In the Night, Brzozowski uncompromisingly revises not only the romantic tradition, but also concepts of art and the author. He turns out to be a precursor of a particular approach to the shaping of the consciousness and subjectivity within the area of art and creativity.
Citizens’ Forum of Contemporary Art
The Citizens’ Forum of Contemporary Art is an open association of various communities, organisations and private individuals from all over Poland, that have one thing in common – their desire to accelerate the changes needed in the cultural arena, especially in relation to contemporary art.
Awkward Objects – a session dedicated to Alina Szapocznikow
The meeting revolved around Alina Szapocznikow’s book: Awkward Objects (ed. Agata Jakubowska). The publication accompanied Alina Szapocznikow’s exhibition Sculpture Undone, 1955–1972 presented in the WIEKS Centre of Contemporary Art in Brussels in September 2011.
