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Monika Borys

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I am a researcher and prolific writer.

My academic interests revolve around visual culture and politics. I am preparing my PhD on the visuality of the working class in Poland after 1989. My written work can be found in academic journals, cultural magazines, and newspapers. I have written a book titled Polski bajer. Disco polo i lata 90 [Polish Swank. Disco Polo and the 1990s] in which I discuss the aesthetics of the transformation period, which may have been rejected by some but held immense appeal to the masses.

I am connected to the art field with various threads. I am a critic, a curator, an exhibition guide, and I support male and female artists with my skills. I have collaborated with such institutions as the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, the State Ethnographic Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Warsaw Biennale, the Museum of Warsaw, and the Nowy Teatr.

Originally from the Podlasie region, however, I have been living in Warsaw for over a decade. I feel most at ease on its vibrant right bank.

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Artwork. A work of art as a practice

In late October, the WOK Lab hosted a presentation of Artwork by Florin Flueras. In it, Florin Flueras shifts the focus from the final product of art to the process of experiencing it and asks whether art that transcends consumption is possible. The show featured Eliza Trefas, Martina Piazzi and Florin Flueras.

Artistic and Research Projects

List of Shortcomings. Drawings by Katarzyna Belczyk

Katarzyna Belczyk produced a series of drawings during the rehearsals for the List of Shortcomings presented at WOK. The works inspire reflection on the cultural sector as a working environment.

List of Shortcomings

Study visit to Nowy Teatr

In mid-November, we visited the Nowy Theatre on ul. Madalińskiego as part of our work on planning the Warsaw Dance Centre. This time we were inspired by a post-industrial space adapted to the needs of a theatre.

Stepping to a dance institution in Warsaw

Study visit to the Vistula pavilion

At the beginning of November, we went on a study visit with representatives of the dance community to the Vistula Pavilion, which now houses the Museum of Modern Art. The pavilion will be adapted to meet the needs of a pilot dance programme next year.

Stepping to a dance institution in Warsaw

“Nothing about us without us”. Summary of the Culture. Migrations. Institutional Strategies meeting

How can immigrant artistic communities be integrated into the structure of Warsaw's cultural institutions? Can art be used as a tool for integration? This is a summary of a series of presentations held as part of the Future of Culture Forum 2022. The event was organised by the Powszechny Theatre in cooperation with the Warsaw Observatory of Culture.

Artistic and Research Projects

Second workshop meeting on modelling a dance institution in Warsaw

In October, the second workshop for the dance community took place at the Warsaw Observatory of Culture. This is the next stage of the work on modelling a new dance institution in Warsaw. The meeting was attended by representatives of dance organisations, the Culture Bureau of the City of Warsaw and WOK. The workshop was chaired by Joanna Leśnierowska.

Stepping to a dance institution in Warsaw

Warsaw in Sociological Studies

What do migrants in the capital do for a living? How does housing insecurity affect the lives of Varsovians? Do we feel responsible for the quality of the air in our city? These are just some of the questions we tried to answer during the national scientific conference Warsaw in Sociological Studies. The event, organised by the Warsaw Observatory of Culture, the Institute of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Warsaw and the Polish Sociological Association was held in late November.

Artistic and Research Projects

The institution of change

One year has passed. During this time, we have achieved a great deal, but there have also been many surprises along the way. For us, it has been a period of formation and defining the identity of our institution. The most important experience for us thus far has been change. We understand it both as the dynamics of a contemporary, uncertain world and as the condition of a cultural institution that aims to break down established patterns of thought and attitude. That is why experimentation is embedded in our DNA.

Processes, not products

There are the conclusions of the discussion entitled Residencies and fellowships, or how to live on(off) the stage/Conversations about the performing arts ecosystem, held as part of a series of conversations on the performing arts system. The meeting took place on 23 June 2023, at Komuna Warszawa.

Warsaw’s Performing Arts Scene

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