August 1-September 30, 2011
- Untitled (monkey), 2010, lambda print, 120x140cm
Artist Michał Grochowiak is a graduate of multimedia department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. He also studied cinematography at the department of Radio and Television at Silesian University in Katowice. Since 2004 he has been a member of Group 4!, and since 2009, he has been a member of Starter Association & Gallery. His work was shown at many solo and collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Michal lives and works in Warsaw.
Michal has a deep respect for classical painting, and history of modern photography. That is why he is trying to develop his own style of thinking about photography. Quite often the aim of his works is to find metaphysics in ordinary places, and in simple everyday situations. Paradoxically, working with short time of shutter, and with situations which are instantaneous. Michal is trying to create pictures of ‘continuous time’.
May 2-June 30, 2011
Joanna’s explores the condition of her own, disabled body by testing the limits of transcending her own infirmity and observing her relations with those around her. She tries to understand the influence which the contact with others has on her by marking out her own place in the – not necessarily well disposed – world.
In her new project “Balance”, she sets out to break down this syndrome of intolerance, incomprehension and exclusion. She presents disabled women as independent, strong and courageous; she emphasizes their uniqueness and self-sufficiency. Her performances prove that identity does not have to be handicapped by a loss; on the contrary – it can benefit from a new lease of life, where one’s new value can be built through gaining acceptance.
Joanna’s works oscillates between the themes of the mechanisms of social exclusion and subjective emotional space. She focuses on examining her own feelings, on seeking compromise between being an artist and a mother. Her own experiences and inner life become the material which she uses as building blocks for her projects. Art becomes the platform for the lash between such notions as love, parting, loss, wrong, suffering, death and birth.
March 1, 2011-April 30, 2011
Konrad Smolenski is a multimedia artist, who expertly uses film, music, performance, and object. Irrespective of the chosen technique or a combination of them, the artist displays an above-average knowledge of the tricks of trade of each medium, an ability that has been known as artistry. Technical perfection of Smolenski’s works comes as a surprise taking into consideration the subjects he takes on and the conspicuous presence of the vibrant and openly anarchist personality of the author, who is not so much an implicit trace but the cornerstone of this oeuvre. Hypnotic movie stills and their virtuoso editing as well as soundtracks of powerful impact, painlessly introduce the viewer into an alternative field of perception, designed by Smolenski to ultimately destroy the viewer and confront him with the borderline experience of the brutally inevitable, such as decay or death. In spite of their uncompromising attitude, their display of ultimate subjects and a regular use of very intrusive forms, Smolenski’s works are balanced off by subtlety, with and unbounded liberty.
This residency is realized in collaboratorim with artists-in-residence laboratory, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
February – March, 2010
Mixed media
New Polish artist Kasia Krakowiak has brought a burst of vibrant energy to 18th Street’s artist community through her eagerness to explore every inch of the city.
During his residency Krakowiak plans to investigate and record the unique sounds and echoes that are created in different environments within the city. “Her projects have different formats, hovering between research, drawings, and experiments with electric devices, interdisciplinary collaborations and radio interventions. It all illustrates her subjective approach towards the means by which communication is structured and distributed, towards different cultural textures. She investigates the space and particular locations through monumental form that is ephemeral in the same time.”
Maciek Stepinski,Sans Titre, 80x80cm, 2007 (courtesy of artist)
April-May 2010
Stepinski is a painter, photographer and video artist. He graduated in1999 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and from 2000 to 2002 he studied at École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographic in Arles / France. In France he initiated a series of digitally modified, non-documentary pictures and films that focused on a dehumanized nature of the infrastructure of roads and highways. Stepinski makes films and takes pictures of Warsaw, Poland. His photographic works have exhibited in several galleries in France and Poland. During his residency with 18th Street, Stepinski plans to begin a project that explores L.A.’s car culture through videos, drawing and photography.
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