Abzram by artist Karolina Wojtas was an exhibition held at Fort Institute of Photograhpy in Warsaw that I had a pleasure of supervising and producing (including extremely challenging set design production).
“The Republics of the future depend on how their youth is raised…” This is a quote written on the wall of the J. Zamojski Academy. What is a Polish school? Anyone can see that clearly. We can hear Gombrowicz chuckle from beyond the grave. Why? Well, simply because not a lot has changed since his time… He may have battled with the “bum” and the “mug,” schematic ways of thinking, along the lines of Słowacki was a great poet… And he battled with the onslaught of “Form” that spreads its arms over the entire scope of schooling. He wanted for students to think, feel and judge for themselves. Did he manage to get his point across? Nope. Besides the fact that his works ended up on the margins, slated as superfluous and even dangerous for the youth…
Exhibition curator: Rafal Milach
photo: Julia Pietrzak