KWAS issue 3 AMOK
The only enemy you will ever face is fear. At a time when the tension is reaching its zenith, when not only is there no certainty, but there are many real threats to health and life, and what is worse, they are realized. You cannot run away from him, but you can face him and defeat him. Danger is lurking around the corner, evil is showing openly and no one can stop it (he doesn’t want to, he has no time, he can’t, it’s not his business), we are looking for a total respite, cut off, we run amok, just to forget about fragility life. So tell me: What’s your next problem to solve? New addictions, shopaholism, love, travels, new friends. Be smarter than the norms you were born into. We do everything to feel relieved and to forget about passing, war, disease, inflation, government. Smartphones. Music, dopamine, sugar, experiences, preferably intense, strong. And now, immediately. Drugs, sex, money, kids. As soon as possible to plug the hole and there was something to talk about. Consumption. And if that doesn’t help, then more kids, more divorces, new wives, more homes. Those who thought they still had time regret the most. Is life an escape from discomfort and a pursuit of pleasure? Fulfilling the needs of the body, mind and spirit. That’s all? Where will our escape from pain and the pursuit of fulfillment lead us? Choose an activity that you do several times each day, such as opening a door. Throughout the day, every time you touch the doorknob to open the door, pause for a moment and be aware of where you are, how you are feeling right now, and where the door is taking you. I’m going to therapy tomorrow, hehe.
collaboration Karolina Wojtas
supported by Festiwal Fotografii Plener
10-28/08/2022 Hamburg, Kampnagel / BUT I’M AWAKE
2-18/09/2022 Sopot, Sfinks / W ramach Sopotu Festival
16/09/2022 KWAS event, Żory / Festiwal Plener
14/10/2022 Wrocław, TBA
The Discomfort of Evening
Zachęta - National Gallery of Art
Artists: Lena Achtelik, Agnieszka Antkowiak, Karolina Balcer,
Zuzanna Bartoszek, Jan Baszak, Paweł Baśnik, Justyna Baśnik, Katarzyna
Bogucka, Martyna Czech, Jagoda Dobecka, Kinga Dobosz, Eternal Engine
(Jagoda Wójtowicz & Martix Navrot), Monika Falkus, Wiktor Gałka,
Jakub Gliński, Zuza Golińska, Marcelina Gorczyńska, Justyna Górowska,
Anna Grzymała, Veronika Hapchenko, Agata Ingarden, Karolina Jabłońska,
Maja Janczar, Jan Jurczak, Maria Kniaginin-Ciszewska, Karolina Konopka,
Adam Kozicki, Tomasz Kręcicki, Yulia Krivich, Hanna Krzysztofiak, Nikita
Krzyżanowska, Sara Kukier, Kasper Lecnim, Diana Lelonek & Denim
Szram, Kornel Leśniak, Milena Liebe, Aleksandra Liput, Michał Maliński,
Piotr Marzec, Kinga Michalska, Martyna Miller, Horacy Muszyński,
Małgorzata Mycek, Marta Niedbał, Øleg&Kaśka, Katarzyna Olma, Paweł
Olszczyński, Oom, Monika Orpik, Karol Palczak, Zofia Pałucha, Iwo
Panasiewicz, Tomek Paszkowicz, Karolina Pawelczyk, Zuza Piekoszewska,
Martyna Pinkowska, Cyryl Polaczek, Filip Preis, Marta Romankiv, Patryk
Różycki, Irmina Rusicka, Filip Rybkowski, Mateusz Sarzyński, Ala
Savashevich, Agnieszka Sejud, Agata Słowak, Mikołaj Sobczak, Paulina
Stasik, Kuba Stępień, Łukasz Stokłosa, Tytus Szabelski, Kacper Szalecki,
Stach Szumski, Julia Świtaj, Ola Tubielewicz, Kamila Walendykiewicz,
Wiktoria Walendzik, Sebastian Winkler, Wiktoria, Karolina Wojtas, Jan
Eustachy Wolski, Julia Woronowicz, Mateusz Woś, Bartosz Zaskórski,
Liliana Zeic, Konrad Żukowski
curator: Magdalena Komornicka
production: Michał Kubiak and the production team
collaboration: Monika Zaleszczuk
visual identification: Zofka Kofta
exhibition partner: ING Polish Art Foundation
https://zacheta.art.pl/en/wystawy/niepokoj-przychodzi-o-zmierzchu-the-discomfort-of-evening?setlang=1