17.11. - 18.12.2011
DREAMS OF POWER. POWER OF DREAMS
The international exhibition „Dreams of Power. Power of Dreams” is a research-visual project associated with the history of the imperial castle (the present day seat of the Zamek Culture Centre), in which Polish and German history combine. 11 artists have been invited to take part in the undertaking; they became the researchers of various stories and accounts associated with this place, examined the relations between two nations and delved into issues related to the concept of power and its exposure in the communal awareness. The works prepared for the exhibition create new interpretations, new readings of history and architecture of this singular edifice and demonstrate that contemporary art can be a uniquely interesting tool in interpreting history and society.
The experience of the exhibition will simultaneously be an experience of the place and history. It will become a search for the successive layers of the castle’s history. Finally, it will be an attempt to confront the narrative themes of the exhibition: failure – inevitability – unfulfillment.
Artists: Mirosław Bałka, Hubert Czerepok, Stefaan Dheedene, Nina Fischer & Maroan El Sani, Sejla Kamerić, Grzegorz Klaman, Susanne Kriemann, David Maljković, Oliver Ressler,
Fabian Seiz, Sebastian Stumpf, Johan Thurfjell, Ania i Adam Witkowscy, Piotr Wyrzykowski..
The project realizes the original concept of the curator, Agata Rogoś.
The exhibition may be visited twice with the curator’s commentary: on 20.11.11 and 4.12.11 (starting at 11:00). Maciej Szymaniak will talk about the history of the castle in the context of the exhibition on 24.11.11 at 18:00.