ARTUR ZMIJEWSKI - THEM SCOTTISH/POLISH CULTURAL STIMULATION
Exhibition: 9 February - 22 March Part of The GRZEWCZY Season
Gallery II - Artur Zmijewski– Them (2007) Collective Gallery present the first solo exhibition in Scotland from seminal Polish artist Artur Zmijewski, featuring his recent film Them as shown at Documenta 12.
Them documents a social experiment devised by Zmijewski in which representatives from conflicting social groups (conservatives, patriotic Catholics, nationalist Polish youth, leftist socialists, democrats and freedom fighters) are brought together through a series of workshops. Each group is asked to construct a symbolic centre and then to comment and react to the others. Forcing participants to interact: to negotiate, to fight, or to withdraw. (Artur Zmijewski Them, 2007. Courtesy of Foksall Gallery Foundation)
Gallery I - Scottish/Polish Cultural Stimulation (Devised by Arek Kozak and Collective Gallery's One Mile Programme) Every Thursday throughout the exhibition, Collective Gallery's One Mile Programme are hosting collaborations between Polish and Scottish poets, writers, visual artists and musicians. There will be an evening event for the public from 6-8pm each Thursday with the outcomes of the collaborative processes available to view in Gallery I on the following dates:
14 Feb - Jonna Jarzymowska with Tessa Lynch 21 Feb - Gregorz J. Rybak with Tim Turnbull 28 Feb - Jenny and Stuart Robertson with Craig Coulthard 06 Mar - Marcin Grabowiecki with Dan Willson 13 Mar - Arek Kozak with Alberta Whittle 20 Mar - Maciek Przybycien with Ruth Barker
Reception Area - Animation Cinema For the duration of the exhibition there will be screenings every Tuesday evening between 5-6pm of Polish animations, specially compiled by the Krakow Film Foundation. These films will continue to be shown in the gallery reception for the following week.
The GRZEWCZY Season 3 months of participatory Polish projects at the Collective Gallery. The Collective Gallery is extending a welcome to Edinburgh's newly immigrated Polish community. During this season of exhibitions and events we hope to provide a platform for cross-cultural investigation, participation and collaboration.
