selected articles
THE LAST POSSIBILITY PRO
I came across the theories of Giorgio Agamben for the first time thanks to René Pollesch's theatre. When he brought his Hallo Hotel!... spectacle to TR Warsaw in 2006, Agamben was hovering above it like a ghost above waters. One of the themes underlying the discussion in the performance was an included in Homo sacer theory of the expansion of concentration-camp structure on the whole present day. Regardless of the discussed topic, the performance contained typical for Pollesch's language processes; above all, open aversion to the representation.
press review
“ACTIVIST” IS MY FAVORITE CULTURAL MAGAZINE, OR WHAT DO THE YOUNG HUMANISTS READ?
The 100th issue of the “artPAPIER” (15th February 2008) consists of materials from the newly established section of Ideas. The main course this time is a debate 'Writing (of/in the) Internet' with the editorial staff (Piotr Bogalecki, Wojciech Rusinek and Violetta Sajkiewicz) and a guest from outside, Konrad C. Kęder. At the very beginning, the editor-in-cheif of the “artPAPIER” divides the Internet art criticism into two groups. The first group consists of professional critics who may well publish in professional, printed trade magazines (the examples are the “artPAPIER” itself, as well as “Tin” and “Latarnik”). The other group is composed of amateurs, difficult to classify.
A LOT OF… ANIMATED THINGS
In the conversation with Dumała we can find also answers to the questions asked by the “Magazyn” (2/2007): What animated movie is required, to what audience should it be addressed? The Author of animated Crime and Punishment wants to make movies for normal people, who looking through movie repertoire wander what interesting movie go to the cinema for; so not for the chosen, festival audience (as usually only in such a closed circulation appear artistic animated movies, with no expectations to become a blockbuster) but for the audience with whom, as Dumała believes, one can engage in dialogue through a work of art.