Warsaw
Observatory
of Culture

At the Warsaw Observatory of Culture we aim to explore the processes of contemporary culture and share our findings with the wider community. We believe that connecting art and artists with scholarship affords us a better understanding of the world and the tools to engage with and contribute to the future.
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Do zespołu WOK szukamy osoby na stanowisko Specjalistki / Specjalisty ds. Komunikacji.
How do the people of Warsaw participate in culture?
The Warsaw Observatory of Culture (WOK) has developed a new research approach to better understand how people use the city's cultural offer.
Art(Work) Studio, or how to work creatively in Warsaw in diverse ways
Every year, over 200 people graduate from art schools in Warsaw. To continue their artistic practice, they need a place to work, however, access to spaces and tools that would enable creative work is limited. New spaces to create art are becoming increasingly rare in Warsaw. That is why we at the Warsaw Observatory of Culture (WOK) are looking for solutions and new ways of thinking about the role of art studios–and artistic work–in the urban environment. In collaboration with the Puszka Foundation, we are running research and mentoring activities aimed at developing new ways of thinking about artists' studios and models of creative work, bringing together stakeholders and providing young artists with the knowledge they need to practice their art without restraints in Warsaw.

Rekrutujemy!

Do zespołu WOK szukamy osoby na stanowisko Specjalistki / Specjalisty ds. Komunikacji.

Zapraszamy do aplikowania!

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Announcement: results of the call for the third edition of WOK Residencies

The Warsaw Observatory of Culture (WOK) has completed the call for the third edition of the WOK Artistic and Research Residencies programme in 2025. After seventeen interviews during the second stage of the call, the committee invited ten people, who received the highest scores, to join the 2025 programme.

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Facilitation of Co-Thinking: Self-Examination and Creating Alliances

The first meetings of the ‘Co-thinking’ project, which were networking sessions for people involved in artistic research, paved the way for self-examination and self-organisation activities, which we intend to develop as an informal group. This text is, therefore, not a summary of a completed project but an account of an ongoing process. It is also a snippet of a heterogeneous, polyphonic archive of cooperation and a preview of our future activities.

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REPORT: Automation in culture. How are cultural institutions coping with technological change?

2025 is another year in which digital technology occupies a prominent place in public discourse, capturing imaginations and challenging long-held beliefs and behaviors. The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs), such as Gemini and ChatGPT, means people now have access to tools that can support their work and creativity. However, these tools can also stifle creativity and take over difficult and often tedioustasks that require reflection, patience and time.

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