Solidarność

AND THE WALL WILL FALL

Solidarity and the Aesthetics of Revolution

The project "And the Walls Will Fall / Solidarity and the Aesthetics of Revolution" seeks an aesthetic approach to the history of the famous Polish resistance movement, which began in 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk and heralded the beginning of the end of communism in Europe. As a supporting program for "Write the Wall" and in the 20th year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it also stands for the importance of the movement, which has left not only political traces, but also artistic ones.

The project includes an exhibition with specially produced works by German and Polish artists, a limited series of screen-printed posters and three events in October at which experts will examine the effects of Solidarity on the music, film and visual aesthetics of protest movements.

"SOLIDARITY"
Group exhibition with works by:
Ryszard Górecki, Jerzy Kosałka, Anna Krenz, Bohomaz, ixi color, Ludek Pachl, Thomas Wagner

Performance (September 18, 9 p.m.): T.W. Blum - "Mury Deconstruction"
Vernissage: Friday, 18.9. 2009

Wordplay | Wortspiel

29 words for 29 years
by Anna Krenz
11 paintings, 15x15cm, acryl on canvas, graffiti from stencil

PROGRAM

The project is part of WRITE THE WALL
All events take place on the 1st floor of the Senate Reserve Storage Building in Cuvrystrasse 3, 10997 Berlin. Part of the exhibition is also in Galerie Zero, Köpenicker Strasse 4, 10997 Berlin.

16,.10.2009 | 8pm
"Music of Solidarity"
Radio feature panel on SRS with Krzysztof Visconti (journalist), Wojtek Zawadzki (musician) and Jacek Slaski (presenter). Music program afterwards with the band Bloody Kishka and DJs.

23.10. 2009 | 8pm
Film evening "Solidarity in Film"
Films about and inspired by Solidarity, presented by the film curator of the Polish Cultural Institute Kornel Miglus.

30.10.2009 | 8 p.m.
Discussion "Branding the Revolution"
Introduction and summary of the project by Jacek Slaski.
Lecture: Revolutionary aesthetics from Solidarity to street art, from subversion to opportunism, from the revolution to advertising by Lutz Henke.
Discussion with Henning Küpper (art historian), Dr. Piotr Olszowka (philosopher, translator), Jan Kage (author, curator) and others.

The project was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Fonds Soziokultur e.V. and the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation.

With the kind support of MagPaint Europe, Victoria Mühlenwerke, Uwe Tisch and Dämmisol.

Organized as part of WriteTheWall, realized by Galerie Zero and Artitude e.V.