HUB or SChAB

Hub or Schab – an exhibition which did not happen.
by Mariusz Sołtysik

participating artists:

Agnieszka Chojnacka (PL)
Christine Mackey (IRL)
Ela Walters (PL)
Wiktor Polak (PL)
Mariusz Soltysik (PL)
Dmitry Strakovsky (USA)

place: Mediations Biennale, Poznań, Poland www.mediations.pl
date: 11/09/2010

The above exhibition took place as part of the Poznan Biennale, however it was organized by Lodz based artists and involved an international cast as the list above shows. The exhibition consisted of six videos simultaneously playing in the same room. The life-size projections told differing stories but rested on the same basic brief: to construct a video in which you talk about a piece of work or your work in general. By doing this Mariusz Soltysik risked bringing together a mish-mash of images in an incoherent deluge, yet this bold stroke on the curators side allowed for true artistic freedom and when placed together the six films created a symbiant whole that more than superceeded its component parts. HUB or SChAb illustrates well the often chaotic competition that exists within many 'curated' exhibitions, where works scream out for attention. These works from six very different artists draw the viewer in, enticing them to discover more about the artist and their work. HUB or SChAB allows us to enter the thought process of the artists.
For more details please visit the artists' websites.

The name calling continues...

Six months after the Smolensk air crash and the leader of PiS has come out with insinuating remarks about President Komorowski. While refering to the First Lady's trip to Russia and a meeting with her opposite number, Jaroslaw Kaczyński expressed surprise that given her husbands position with regards the tradegy, he would have thought she would have refrained from such a visit (free translation carried out her ... But it's the general gist). This basically meant that in the PiS leader's view Komorowski is guilty of something with regards the crash. As usual Kaczyński has said enough to stir his supporters and keep the momentum going without really specifying anything.