Overview of articles
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Birds Are Singing in Kigali
Painstaking, poignant portrait of two women thrown together after the Rwandan genocide of 1994: Polish academic Anna and young Rwandan refugee ClaudinPublished on: -
Them
Żmijewski brings together opposing social groups – and sets them against one another – in a series of workshops focusing on how we imaginePublished on: -
Sculpture Plein-air. Swiecie 2009
Artists and steel workers collaborate to create a public sculpture. A meeting of and for various classes, but will it lead to unity?Published on: -
Blindly
Painting sessions with six blind people lead to conversations about shape, colour, reality and what it means to be sightless.Published on: -
KR WP
In this film, Żmijewski – literally – strips patterns of behaviour and rituals. We see soldiers present arms and march: the first time cloPublished on: -
Cookbook
A one-off cookery course in a women’s prison – with lobster on the menu – highlights the dismal food normally served up in the cellsPublished on: -
Following Bauhaus
In search of a ‘new visual reality’, Żmijewski and the local art community in Liverpool re-implement Bauhaus ideals 80 years later.Published on: -
The Making Of
Żmijewski organised a fashion and beauty show for detainees at a women’s prison: self-expression and freedom are the main focus, not appearPublished on: -
Glory to the Academy
At Żmijewski and Paweł Althamer’s request, a group of artists design an exhibition about the human body. A homage to art school.Published on: -
Pole in a Closet
How to deal with a painful past? During an art-history seminar, the students have to relate to an anti-Semitic artwork.Published on: