Dispersion | Rafał Boettner-Łubowski and Adam Gillert
Dispersion | Rafał Boettner-Łubowski and Adam Gillert Gallery Duża Scena UAP, 24 Wodna Str.Opening: 14.01.2025, 18:0014.01-2.02.2025Curator: Karolina Rosiejka We dream of the highest order, a sublime murmur, and we only save obscure fragments. Philippe Jaccottet The pale faces of ancient statues, wood plowed with holes, ornaments swollen with rust and geological preparations covered with moss reveal their fleeting and yet powerful nature. It is in their fragility that their strength lies – the unyielding persistence that emerges from the processes of decay and transformation. Rafał Boettner-Łubowski and Adam Gillert look closely at these objects, exploring the past as a space of the unexpected. Their look, sharpened by contemporary sensitivity and digital tools, reveals non-obvious beauty – quivering, fragmentary, always incomplete.More
Natalia Brodacka | games and fun
Natalia Brodacka | games and funGallery Szewska 16, (16 Szewska Str.)Opening: 18.12.2024, 17:0018.12.2024-12.01.2025 its essence is imaginationdetermined by the rules set by the participantsvoluntary and selflesscreates a closed whole, takes place in its own space separated from everyday lifedefined by a time frame that separates it from everyday routinecontains elements of surpriseit is impossible to predict its course N.B. Natalia Brodacka A graduate of the Faculty of Drawing and Painting as well as Graphics and Visual Communication at the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan. In the years 2016–2018, she co-ran the R20 Gallery. She works in the field of painting, drawing and graphic design.
Artist Talk: Future Analog: Materiality, Memory, and Archiving
Artist Talk: Future Analog: Materiality, Memory, and ArchivingDecember, 19, 6 p.m.On-line (https://meet.google.com/pcg-qxoc-drb ) After a long break, the series of online lectures “The Sealed Studio Talks” comes back, initiated and moderated by Prof. Dominik Lejman, Head of the 2nd Painting Studio at the Faculty of Painting and Drawing of the UAP. The first lecture, which will take place on December 19 at 6:00 p.m., begins a new series with Yane Calovski as the guest. More information can be found at: The Sealed Studio Talks. Yane Calovski’s artist talk delves into the role of artistic research, conceptuality, and materialization in shaping visual and discursive practices. Through the ongoing projects Schöning Revisited: Extensions, Chroma, Inflections (2022–ongoing) and Undisciplined Construction of an Archive: Skopje’s Unfinished Utopia (2008–ongoing), theMore
HARMONIES | How art connects with the world
HARMONIES | How art connects with the world PIĘTRO_2.011.12.2024–8.01.2025 organization: Fundacja Nowa UAPexhibition concept: Piotr Grzywaczcurators: Bogumiła Jung, Mateusz Wróblewskiarrangement design: Tomasz Agaciński, Monika Kaźmierska coordination: Karolina Cieślak, Małgorzata Ratajczakimplementation: Tomasz Agaciński, Monika Kaźmierska, Jarosław Jasik, Tomasz Kochański, Dariusz Zajączkowski The exhibition presents a set of situations that arose at the intersection of artistic, design and exhibition activities at the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan. Their common denominator is not only interdisciplinarity, but also the international reach of the generated message and the resulting commercialization potential. The dialogue of ideas and forms often requires appropriate entourage, enabling their materialization and presentation at the level of current global standards. This refers primarily to the expectations that the modern recipient placesMore
20 years of dialogue | 4th Studio of Spatial Activities, Sculpture Faculty
20 years of dialogue | 4th Studio of Spatial Activities, Sculpture Faculty Gallery Nowa Scena UAP, 28 Marcinkowskiego Ave.Opening: 16.12.2024, 17:00 16.12.2024 – 3.01.2025 This academic year, we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 4th Studio of Sculpture and Spatial Activities. So, this is a special opportunity to stop for a moment and look back at the rich history of this space of creativity. From the very beginning, the studio founded in 2004 was a place that set itself the goal of combining sculptural tradition with modern methods of operating in space, open to experiment, exploration and dialogue with dynamically changing realities. Our approach has always been to support individual creative explorations and to cross established boundaries to discover newMore
XV EDITION OF THE LARGEST STUDENT ART FAIR IN POLAND – DECEMBER 7th IN POZNAN!
XV EDITION OF THE LARGEST STUDENT ART FAIR IN POLAND – DECEMBER 7th IN POZNAN! On December 7, the Student Council of the University of the Arts in Poznan invites you to the 15th Edition of the Student Art Fair, the largest student art fair in Poland! This is a perfect opportunity to discover the unique works of young artists and find something special as a gift or for your own space. Experience the artistic atmosphere of the university, chat with artists and alumni of UAP, and enjoy the numerous attractions prepared for the fair’s anniversary! What have we prepared for you? Over 130 exhibitors offering art in 16 categories: graphics, ceramics, photography, painting, posters, textiles, accessories, jewelry, design, crafts,More
Magdalena Parnasow-Kujawa | Images chipped
Magdalena Parnasow-Kujawa | Images chipped Gallery Design, 9 Wolnica Str.Duration of exhibition: 27.11.2024-19.12.2024Opening: 10.12.2024, 18:00 We oscillate between multiplicity, complexity, speed, diversity and fragmentation. The question arises: what form does contemporary image perception take, in what space does the image function and on what level do we encounter it? When we look, do we actually see? Do we care about seeing? The presented paintings were made using my own technique on metal plates. They have lenses placed on their surface, which, on the one hand, in accordance with their intended purpose, zoom in and enlarge the image, taking it into three-dimensional space – but on the other hand, they interfere with direct visual contact with it. Thanks to this, theMore
Magdalena Soboń | Enchant the Real
Magdalena Soboń | Enchant the Real 28.11- 15.12. 2024Opening: 28.11.2024, 18:00Gallery Szewska / 16 Szewska Str. Gallery curatorial team: Natalia CzarcińskaJerzy MuszyńskiDorota Tarnowska-Urbanik Enchant the Real For me, creativity is a kind of enchantment ritual. When creating, I enter a space where spirit and matter interpenetrate each other. In this state, I withdraw from everyday life and the boundaries become blurred, and what is physical begins to resonate with what is spiritual. I express myself through the medium of paper. Through regular, meditative movements resulting from the craft of handmade paper, I establish contact with matter, which becomes a tool of expression and transformation. The body, acting as an intermediary, creates a bridge between what is tangible and what isMore
PHYSIOLOGY OF MEMORY
PHYSIOLOGY OF MEMORYExhibition participants: Anna Maria Brandys, Joanna Imielska, Magdalena Kleszyńska, Magdalena RucińskaGallery Curators‘Lab UAP, 12 Nowowiejskiego Str.Opening: 4.12.2024, 19:004.12.2025 – 6.01.2025 Quoting from Wikipedia: Memory is the ability to store and reproduce information, recall sensory impressions, associations, symbols, it is a basic function in nature recorded in the DNA genetic code. Four different phases can be distinguished in the creation and storage of memory: remembering all information; storing them in neurons responsible for storage; finding them later and getting them out of storage when needed; proper recognition of the type of information extracted. In clinical practice, the most important thing is the division of memory into two types: fresh memory – short-term memory and old memory – long-term memory.More
CALIBRATION | Tomasz Sobisz
CALIBRATION | Tomasz Sobisz Gallery AULA, 29 Marcinkowskiego Ave.Opening: 28.11.2024, 13:00Duration of exhibition: 28.11.2024–20.12.2024 The “CALIBRATION” exhibition is largely a premiere composition and a retrospective presentation of a multi-element installation. The works presented at the “CALIBRATION” exhibition are part of the extensive series “HOMO-HOMINI” – (mater mundi+calibration+battlefield), which is defined by the antithesis of fragility, careful contact with the depositories of the past and metaphorical sculptural matter – glass, metal, stone, wood, slate, multimedia projection. A few works have already been presented at several exhibitions in recent years, usually showing the fragility of human fate, man’s fears and hopes, in a timeless and universal way. TOMASZ SOBISZ contemporary Polish sculptor, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He completed hisMore
BIENNALE YOUNG INTERIOR DESIGNERS – Best Interior Design Diplomas, National Edition 2024
BIENNALE YOUNG INTERIOR DESIGNERS – Best Interior Design Diplomas, National Edition 2024 Opening | 22.11.2024 | 18:00 | Słodownia +1, Stary Browar, 42 Półwiejska Str., PoznanDuration of exhibition | 22.11.2024–06.12.2024 | 12:00–20:00 The exhibition “BIENNALE YOUNG INTERIOR DESIGNERS – The Best Diplomas in Interior Design” collects unique works of young designers from leading Art Universities in Poland. The event is not only a review of the latest achievements of diplomats, but also a forum that opens the way for young talents by showing their potential. The exhibition, organized in the atmospheric Słodownia +1 space of Stary Browar in Poznan, is a testimony to the diversity and creativity of the young generation of designers. Each diploma, created under the guidance of experiencedMore
Was it always about the mask? | Ireneusz Domagała
Gallery Nowa Scena UAP, 28 Marcinkowskiego Ave.Opening: 19.11.2024, 18:0020.11.2024–8.12.2024 Curatorial and arrangement team: Katarzyna Podgórska-Glonti, Ewa Mróz-Pacholczyk, Karolina Grzeszczuk, Justyna Ryczek Was it always about the mask? Ireneusz Domagała We did not create a retrospective exhibition, we chose a set of works that, on the one hand, show the diversity of artistic explorations, and, on the other hand, their communal nature and intriguing repeatability. Chronologically, we have collected works that outlined the artistic path – its beginning is a diploma thesis from 1979, and the end is a playful and reflective mask for the difficult pandemic everyday life of 2020. Between drawings, designs, costumes, dolls, costumes brought to life in theater performances, sketches, scripts of plays he worked on, graphicMore
The Animal is Present
The Animal is Present Gallery Duża Scena UAP, 24 Wodna Str.Opening: 25.11.2024, 18:00 Duration of exhibition: 26.11.2024 – 7.01.2025 Artists: a_bona_ment +48444, Dawid Dzwonkowski, Pussy Fanny, Kasia Goździak, Abril Gracia Arrondo, Ewa Greszta, Zuza Koprowska, Martyna Przybyło, Maria Strze, Agnieszka Topolska, Adrian Woźniak, Damla Ünlü, Maksymilian Zdanowski Curatorial support: III Intermedia Studio at the Faculty of Animation and Intermedia, UAP: Karolina Kubik, Marek Wasilewski Production and arrangement support, poster: Dawid Dzwonkowski Interspecies consultations: dog Oreo Performative program: Department of Laboratory Animals As Peter Singer wrote: “Our isolation is over… we have a new awareness of who we are and to whom we are related, that the difference between us and other species is small, and that the line between ‘us’ and ‘them’More
Gosia Kępa | I always hear the river close by
Gosia Kępa | I always hear the river close by Opening: 14.11, 18:00Duration of exhibition: 14-24.11.2024 Gallery Szewska 16 I always hear the river close by As part of my diploma project, I look at the river and become convinced that flowing water is for me the best metaphor for transience, and change is the only constant. The titular river reveals its presence in many ways. At the same time, it becomes the main character of the project and its co-creator. The work is the result of my research on the record of existence. It results from a personal fear of change and loss. In cooperation with three rivers: Bystrzyca, Odra and Białka, I analyze different types of duration. Notation playsMore
44th Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best Diploma Project at Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan
44th Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best Diploma Project at Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan Rector and Senate of Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan have the honor to invite you to the opening of the exhibition and the award ceremony of the 44th edition of the Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best UAP Diploma entitled “Narratives”. This year the Maria Dokowicz Competition for the best art and design diploma defended at Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan has its 44th edition. This year’s edition has the slogan “Narratives”, which seems to reflect the essence of the reception of the competition and exhibition, where the audience has the opportunity to become acquainted with a wide rangeMore
S1 | Past, present and possible future of the office
S1 | Past, present and possible future of the office Event organization: Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan, Faculty of Interior Design and Stage Design, Department of Interior Design, Bakata Design. November 20, 12:00, building H, 28 Marcinkowskiego Ave., floor IV. Bakata Design is a Wrocław-based company offering comprehensive interior furnishings for institutional and private clients. It specializes in the arrangement of offices, hotels, restaurants and other spaces, providing furniture from global brands such as Knoll, Herman Miller, Hay, Muuto and NaughtOne. As a MillerKnoll partner with the prestigious Associate Dealer status, Bakata Design presents its products in showrooms in Wrocław and Warsaw, which provide space for training and industry meetings, as well as inspiration for architects and individualMore
AMBIVALENCE part I / part II
AMBIVALENCE part I Gallery Curators’Lab, 12 Nowowiejskiego Str.Opening: 6.11.2024, 19:00Duration of exhibition: 6.11-13.11.2024 Artists: Aleksandra Drewniak, Aneta Wąsik, Damian Malendowski, Eva Cherniavskaia, Gabriela Swędrowska, Jagoda Dużyńska, Jakub Kubrak, Julia Brodzińska, Julia Seklecka, Julia Szczudlińska, Maja Chodakowska, Maja Ćwik, Marta Parfieniuk, Michalina Kwaśniewska, Nat Czad Białobrzeska, Oleksandra Anistratenko, Oliwia Mazur, Olivia Smith, Paulina Walaszczyk, Zofia Włodyka, Zofia Żak, Lidia Tomaszewska, Marianna Ratajszczak, Weronika Andrzejewska AMBIVALENCE part II Gallery Curators’Lab, 12 Nowowiejskiego Str.Opening: 18.11.2024, 19:00Duration of exhibition: 18.11-24.11.2024 Artists: Klaudyna Andrzejewska, Bartosz Czyżyk, Alicja Danilecka, Magdalena Domaradzka, Lidia Dziewulska, Agata Konkel, Marcelina Kopaczewska, Zofia Koprowska, Wiktoria Korneluk, Marta Krykant, Olga Kurosz, Lena Kwiatkowska, Lena Liszewska, Aleksandra Łojowska, Łucja Majcherek, Maja Nlogjeja, Karolina Ostrowska, Wiktoria Staszak, Maja Szewczykowska, Marcelina Wajdziak, Marta Wojszel, KajetanMore
Preview of works nominated for the 44th Maria Dokowicz Competition | Free Courtyard of Poznan City Hall
We cordially invite you for the preview of works nominated for the 44th Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best Diploma Project at Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan. From Oct, 31 to Nov, 14 you can get acquainted with the selected works at Free Courtyard of Poznan City Hall (17 Kolegiacki Sq.) The opening of the main exhibition and the award ceremony of the 44th edition of the Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best UAP Diploma entitled “Narratives”, will take place on November, 8 (Friday) at 19:00 at Słodownia, Stary Browar (42 Półwiejska Str.). More details here.
BEYOND | REFLECTIONS
BEYOND | REFLECTIONSGallery Duża Scena UAP, 24 Wodna Str.Opening: 6.11.2024, 18:00Duration of exhibition: 6.11 – 17.11.2024 ARTISTS:Igor MikodaMaja Kisiel / Anna Piętowska / Piotr Czaban / Ireneusz PachlińskiCURATOR: Igor Mikoda Studio as an idea – studio as an environment. The curatorial assumption of the Refleksy exhibition series is to present the sculpture studio as an idea connecting professor and graduates, not limited by the clause of time and formal affiliation. The studio defined in this way includes artists focused on assumptions and methods that have shaped their personality over the years and initiated their creative path. Showing the studio environment from the curator’s perspective is one of the possible interpretations of its assumptions. When selecting participants, the professor-curator asks importantMore
Barbara Mydlak | Artist Talk
We cordially invite you for the Artist Talk by Barbara Mydlak. 30.10.2024 (Wed), 17:00, room 109, build A. Barbara Mydlak is a contemporary Polish artist, born in 1987 in Biłgoraj (Poland), currently based in Ghent, Belgium. In her practice, traditional crafts blend with nature, science and various artistic media. Among other things, she works with fibers from discarded plants and creates handmade paper installations using Eastern traditional papermaking techniques and her own, original methods. From 2008 to 2011, she studied archaeology at the University of Warsaw. In 2017, she graduated with honours from the Faculty of Visual Arts at the Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland. Graduated with Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Painting and Drawing,More
Inauguration of the academic year 2024/2025
Inauguration of the academic year 2024/2025 Rector and the Senate of the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan have the honor to invite to the ceremonial inauguration of the academic year 2024/2025 October 17, 2024 at 11:00Atrium UAP20, 23 Lutego Str. CELEBRATION PROGRAM: ACCOMPANYING EVENTS:
Marta Smolińska | “Breaking the canon” and horizontal curating. Polish art at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin
Marta Smolińska | “Breaking the canon” and horizontal curating. Polish art at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin Lecture from the series of University Open Lectures, curator: prof. Stefan Ficner October 23, 2024, 18:00Atrium UAP, 20, 23 Lutego Str. The aim of the lecture is to reflect on the horizontal curatorial strategy of positioning Polish artists as part of the presentation of the collection of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, entitled “Zerreissprobe. Kunst zwischen Politik und Gesellschaft 1945–2000 / Extreme Tension. Art between Politics and Society 1945–2000” (curators: Joachim Jäger, Maike Steinkamp, Marta Smolińska; November 2023-September 2025). Can the so-called canon be subjected to a “tearing strength test” (German: Zerreissprobe)? How do Ewa Partum, Zofia Kulik and Natalia LL feel nextMore
Fusion of additive technology and 3D scanning| Agnieszka Mazurek
Fusion of additive technology and 3D scanning| Agnieszka Mazurek Gallery Design, 9 Wolnica Str.Duration of exhibition: 10 – 29.10.2024 Finissage: 29.10.2024, 18:00 The exhibition accompanies the doctoral dissertation and presents the design process that was carried out during the research work. Its goal was to develop a new product in the form of a 3D scanner. Nowadays, we observe an extremely dynamic development of additive technology (commonly called 3D printing) and a rapidly progressing process of its interpenetration with a specific imaging formula, which is obtained thanks to 3D scanning. This interpenetration of new technologies creates further, broad possibilities that revolutionize our current methods of designing, producing, creating solutions, and even imagining these processes – this is how dynamic their developmentMore
Andrzej Banachowicz | AREAS OF EXPLORATION
Andrzej Banachowicz | AREAS OF EXPLORATION Gallery Nowa Scena UAP, 28 Marcinkowskiego Ave.Opening: 17.10.2024, 18:00Duration of exhibition: 17.10 – 10.11.2024 Curator: Rafał Boettner- Łubowski The exhibition entitled ANDRZEJ BANACHOWICZ/AREAS OF EXPLORATION, at the Nowa Scena UAP Gallery in Poznań, presents the diverse creative explorations of Andrzej Banachowicz. The charismatic artist has worked as an academic teacher-professor at the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of Arts in Poznań (UAP, formerly the Academy of Fine Arts and the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Poznań) for many decades. His achievements are among the most outstanding contemporary manifestations of creative activity in the area of unique textiles in Poland. The exhibition features both selected artistic textiles and digital photographic images which are printed onMore
Y.O.U.-revival
Y.O.U.-revival Słodownia +1, Stary Browar, 42 Półwiejska Str.Performance: 13.10.2024, 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00 Concept and implementation: Marta WyszyńskaCooperation in the field of robotics: Robert GogolDance: Joanna Kukiełka Re-„awakening” of the mechanical organism in dialogue with the dancer. Robotic-human meeting showing the possibility of coexistence and real contact. The concept of dialogue through the movement of a dancer and a robot responding to hand gestures.
Meet the author session with Eugeniusz Skrzypczak | ARCHÉSPECTIVE
Meet the author session with Eugeniusz Skrzypczak | ARCHÉSPECTIVE Gallery Nowa Scena UAP, 28 Marcinkowskiego Ave.Building H, I floor, room 203.10.2024, 18:00 During the meeting with Eugeniusz Skrzypczak, at the ARCHÉSPECTIVE exhibition at the Nowa Scena UAP Gallery, you will be able to learn about the oeuvre of his work. The artist will talk about his most interesting urban and architectural projects, competition designs for the reconstruction and expansion of well-known buildings in Poznan and elsewhere, technical infrastructures, charts, sketches and implementations. During the meeting, you will be able to see four models, to which the author will pay special attention.
Filip Wierzbicki-Nowak | Places
Filip Wierzbicki-Nowak | Places Kunsthalle Hilsbach, Aurach (Germany)Opening: 06.10.2024, g. 15.00.Duration of exhibition: 06.10. – 27.10.2024 The exhibition received the patronage of Krakauer Haus in Nuremberg. “(…) human time is divided into stages, just as movement in space is divided by pauses – places. (…) These pauses anchor us in the flow of time. (…) The more pauses in space, and therefore the more places we experience, the subjectively more time passes.”[1] Olga Tokarczuk The “Places” exhibition is my journey through time and space. The titular places are a kind of expanding diary in which, through images, we can come into contact with the local culture, beliefs and stories of the inhabitants I visited in the near or distant past.More
Anna Kędziora | A Beast of no Burden
Anna Kędziora | A Beast of no Burden Opening 05.10.2024, 18:0006.10–25.10.2024Chiang Mai Cultural CentreChiang Mai, Tajlandia “A Beast of no Burden” is a project referring to the loss of connection with nature, inspired by the landscape of northern Thailand. The titular “beast of no burden” is a water buffalo (domestic ox), a draft animal that once dominated the rural landscapes of many Southeast Asian countries. The last few decades have brought dynamic agricultural mechanization, which in turn has wiped out these animals from the rural landscape. The axis of the project is a hand-made floor consisting of ceramic tiles decorated with water buffalo hoof prints. In a region where ceramics are an important element of interior design, the “A beast ofMore
Inspace_Exspace | Exhibition on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Stage Design of the University of the Arts Poznan
Inspace_Exspace | Exhibition on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Stage Design of the University of the Arts Poznan Słodownia +1, Stary Browar, 42 Półwiejska Str.Opening: 4.10.2024, 18:00Duration of exhibition: 4 – 13.10.2024Gallery is open daily from 12:00 to 20:00 Curatorial, design and implementation team: Tomasz Ryszczyński, Martyna Stachowczyk, Marta Wyszyńska, Krzysztof Cicheński, Karolina Grzeszczuk, Dorota Kuźniarska, Kinga Ludek, Krzysztof Urban Inspace_Exspace – an exhibition organized on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Stage Design major at the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan – shows a multifaceted, interdisciplinary approach to creating space and the relationship between a human/”actor” and the world/”stage”, sensitive to the constantly changing reality. It is guided by both artists who conduct classesMore
Grażyna Imiela | Painting and textile
Grażyna Imiela | Painting and textileOpening: 25.09.2024 18:00Gallery Duża Scena UAP, 24 Wodna Str.25.09–17.10.2024 Grażyna Imiela is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting, Graphics and Sculpture at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Poznan (diploma in Painting, 1966). Her oeuvre consists of painting and artistic textile. Imiela has participated in numerous exhibitions and art reviews both in Poland, e.g. “Plastyka poznańska” at the Arsenał Gallery in Poznan (1974), “Tkanina Poznańska” at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw (1980), and abroad: “Wystawa Tkaniny Poznańskiej” in Aix-les Bais, Grasse, Toulouse, Lille, Lyon, Le Havre (1979), individual exhibition in Lünen (2012). The artist’s works are in private collections in Poland, Germany, Switzerland and the United States. The painter comes from the classicalMore
Late Transformation Archive | Minilabists
Late Transformation Archive | Minilabists (Marek Mielnicki, Joanna Miklaszewska-Sierakowska, Radek Spassówka) Curator: Witold KanickiVenue: Gallery Curators’LAB, 12 Nowowiejskiego Str.Duration of exhibition: 17.10.2024 – 3.11.2024Opening: 17.10.2024, 17:00 The Polaroid JoyCam camera, one of the last products of a bankrupt manufacturer of instant photographic materials, was intended to function as a cheap party toy. Members of the Poznan Minilabists group used it not only for this purpose, immortalizing reality, objects, people and events preceding Poland’s accession to the European Union on miniature films. The resulting archive of nearly 2,000 color snapshots is a unique collection of images of the symbolic end of the political transformation, in which the post-communist reality of the old regime merges with the sad consumerism of the crisis years at the beginning of the new century. The features of the Polaroids used by Minilabists, such as fast food impatience,More