Time: 11.03.2023, 11.00
Place: Museum of Modern Art (Museum on Pańska Street), Pańska 3, Warsaw
Guests: Dorota Masłowska, Andrzej Tobis
Host: Bogna Świątkowska
Organisers: Jednostka Gallery, Society of Friends of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
Partners: Fundacja Bęc Zmiana, Kawa Popularna
During the premiere a conversation with Andrzej Tobis and Dorota Masłowska – the author of A Polish Dixit included in the book – will be hosted by Bogna Świątkowska from Bęc Zmiana.
The Movement of Poland around the Sun presents 200 photographs from the artist’s ongoing project titled ‘A–Z (Educational Cabinets)’. The photographs are paired in a way that one of each is always from 2021 and the other from earlier years. On occasions, former works become more like snapshots or the line ‘previously on…’ preceding every new episode from any series. This trilingual (Polish-German-English) publication also includes the artist’s commentary and an essay A Polish Dixit written by a contemporary Polish writer, Dorota Masłowska. The publication of the book accompanies Andrzej Tobis’ exhibition that was held in the Contemporary Art Gallery in Opole from the 2nd of December 2022 until the 29th of January 2023.
The book was published in partnership with Jednostka Gallery. A collector’s edition of the book will be presented during the event.
Dorota Masłowska (b. 1983) – contemporary Polish writer internationally best known for her Snow White and Russian Red novel and A Couple of Poor Polish-Speaking Romanians drama. In the music industry also known as Mister D. and DOROTA.
Bogna Świątkowska (b. 1967) – creator, foundress and chairwoman in the Bęc Zmiana Foundation with which she has realized several dozen projects devoted to public space, architecture, art and design. She is also an initiator of many publications on creativity and on research on the potential of public space. What’s more, she is also a foundress and chief editor of ‘Notes na 6 tygodni’ (‘A note book for 6 weeks’) – a magazine on Polish contemporary culture.
Texts: Dorota Masłowska, Andrzej Tobis
Trilingual edition: Polish, German, English
Book concept: Andrzej Tobis, Katarzyna Sagatowska
Graphic design and typography: Maciej Węgrzyn
Polish text editing and proofreading: Małgorzata Kuśnierz
English translation: Krzysztof Kowalczyk
English proofreading: Nick Hodge
German translation: Irena Machura
German proofreading: Gerhard Schiller
Publisher: Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej w Opolu
Partner: Jednostka Gallery
Print run: 600 including 30 copies of the special edition – more info coming soon
First edition
17.5 x 21 cm
248 pages
