The largest show of Polish photography in Germany to date.
Opening: Friday, 9 September 2022, 7 pm
Duration: 10 September 2022 – 1 January 2023
Location: ZAK – Center for Contemporary Art at Zitadelle Spandau Am Juliusturm 64, 13599 Berlin
Fri. – Wed., 10am – 5pm, Thurs., 1pm – 8pm
Artists:
Filip Berendt, Kuba Dąbrowski, Karolina Gembara, Weronika Gęsicka, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Magda Hueckel, Pawel Jaszczuk, Irena Kalicka, Anna Kieblesz, Zuza Krajewska, Adam Lach & Dyba Lach, Diana Lelonek, Michał Łuczak, Rafał Milach, Igor Omulecki, Anna Orłowska, Witek Orski, Zosia Promińska, Agnieszka Rayss, Łukasz Rusznica, Michał Siarek, Michał Szlaga, Dominik Tarabański, Łukasz Wierzbowski, Karolina Wojtas, Piotr Zbierski
Curators: Jens Pepper & Grażyna Siedlecka
Starting 10 September 2022, Berlin’s ZAK – Center for Contemporary Art at Zitadelle Spandau presents the group exhibition State of Emergency. Polish Photo Art Today. This fascinating look at contemporary photography in Poland presents 26 representatives of the younger and middle generation of Polish photographers and photo artists.
Parallel to the exhibition there will be a program of lectures and discussion panels to discuss i.e. the deteriorating working and exhibition conditions for creative professionals in Poland.
A reading room with numerous photo books and catalogues by the exhibition participants will be also available for visitors.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a book of the same name published by Mitteldeutscher Verlag, with approximately 160 pages in German and English along with an insert in Polish.
Weronika Gęsicka, UNTITLED #2, from the SMASH series, 2019–2020
Rafał Milach, from the STRIKE series, 2020
Magda Hueckel, ADGA from the MENADY series, 2020