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'SOMETIMES HUMAN HISTORY COMES FIRST, FOLLOWED BY AN IMAGE, WHILE AT OTHER TIMES IT IS THE REVERSE...'. CONVERSATION WITH MARIA KIESNER ABOUT 'WEDUTY WARSZAWSKIE' (WARSAW VEDUTE) AND THE DISTRICT OF PRAGA (Polish title - below)

Tomasz Szerszen

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 291-296

(Title in Polish - ' Czasami najpierw jest historia ludzka, a potem obraz, czasami odwrotnie...'. Zapis rozmowy z Maria Kiesner o Wedutach watszawskich i warszawskiej Pradze'). A recorded conversation with Maria Kiesner, authoress of a cycle of paintings entitled 'Weduty warszawskie', who seeks inspiration in the modernistic and soc-modernist architecture of Warsaw, and has a studio in the district...

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A PRAGA BALLADE (Praska Ballada)

Andrzej Lojko

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 81

The author, a photographer working in the Warsaw district of Praga, discusses the works of Jacek Sielski - a press photographer documenting the life of the district from the 1970s on. 'Just as old love is recalled fondly even if it never had a happy end, so the photographs by Jacek Sielski, in the manner of an old ballad, lead us along the streets and lanes of Praga, producing tears of nostalgia',...

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'ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VISTULA' ('Z tamtej strony Wisly')

Maciej Rozalski

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 334-337

The author analyses the myth of Warsaw's artistic district of Praga. He compares the run of the mill opinions disseminated in the media with the mundane reality of the local art studios. Praga has been proclaimed an artistic quarter comparable with those functioning in, i. a. West Berlin. It turns out that the everyday life of the town house in Lubelska Street and other similar ones in Praga requires...

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TRADE AT THE VERY END (Na koniec handel)

Ignacy Straczek

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 160-165

'In the past, the very core of the Stadium was the top tier, where the most attractive commodities were sold, and which produced the urban legends and myths that sustained the daily press. When on 30 September 2007 the top tier was closed, the traders moved to the 'Aeroplane', a sandy square between trams tracks and a bus station. After the announcement of the construction of a National Stadium, only...

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ON PAINTING BY ANDRZEJ ZWIERZCHOWSKI (O malarstwie Andrzeja Zwierzchowskiego)

Wieslaw Juszczak

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 267-268

An attempt at describing the essence of works by Andrzej Zwierzchowski in categories devised by William Blake.

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SEEKING A HOME IN A CLUB. TAMING PRAGA IN THE CASE OF THE SATURATOR CLUB (Klub Saturator. W poszukiwaniu domu w klubie. Oswajanie Pragi)

Jakub Sadowski

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 236-251

The study was written upon the basis of material collected in the course of studies conducted in the Praga district in 2006-2008 as part of the Urban Anthropology: The Myth of Praga. Contemporary Praga. Artists in Praga laboratory group supervised by Dr Zbigniew Benedyktowicz. The presented monograph is a portrait of the Saturator Club - one of those new places in Praga which testify to the changes...

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WARSZAWSKA PRAGA. A SCATTERED SELF-PORTRAIT (Warszawska Praga. Autoportret rozproszony)

Katarzyna Kuzko

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 174-184

The intention of this article is to analyse accounts by artists working in the Praga district and concerning this part of Warsaw. The titular artists ascribe to Praga a number of positive values, including authenticity and a 'conducive ambiance'. The authoress portrays the prime protagonists of the Prague 'colonisation', their relations with the original residents of Praga, the dynamically developing...

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BETWEEN PRAGA AND PRÓZNA STREET - A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PRAGA DISTRICT AND ITS ARTISTS (Miedzy Praga a Prózna - rozmowa o warszawskiej Pradze i artystach na Pradze

Zbigniew Benedyktowicz, Kowalski Grzegorz, Wozniak Roman

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 83-93

A record of a conversation held with Grzegorz Kowalski - artist, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, co-organiser of the celebrated inter-generation exhibitions held in the Praga district in the 1990s, and Roman Wozniak - director of Teatr Academia, organiser of a Praga event known as 'Neighbours for Neighbours', and leader of the Praga art milieus. The conversation is not only a reflection...

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THE EAST WARSAW TOWER OF BABEL. 'JARMARK EUROPA', OR WHERE AFRICA MEETS ASIA (Wschodniowarszawska Wieza Babel. Jarmark Europa, czyli tam gdzie Afryka spotyka sie z Azja)

Alexandre Bruni

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 150-159

For several years 'Stadion 10-lecia' (the 10th Anniversary Stadium) in Warsaw was the site of an enormous market ('Jarmark Europa'), with traders from Asia, Africa and East Europe representing different nationalities, languages, religions and customs. The author discusses primarily two groups of the 'protagonists': the Vietnamese and the Africans, and upon the basis of observations and conversations...

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THE RÓZYCKI BAZAAR. THE MYTH OF THE MARKETPLACE IN AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION (Bazar Rózyckiego)

Dorota Sidorek

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 106-130

A study about one of the oldest working open air markets in Warsaw, whose years-long existence exerted a certain impact on its character and, first and foremost, on its conspicuous mythologisation. The authoress tried to characterise the specificity of the site and the factors creating the myth, and to describe the life of the bazaar (commerce, gambling) upon the basis of the reminiscences of the...

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'JARMARK EUROPA' - A CONVERSATION ('Jarmatrk Europa' - zapis rozmowy)

Janina Paradowska, Norman Davies, Tadeusz Olszanski, Andrzej Paczkowski

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 131-134

A registered discussion about Stadion X-lecia (the 10th Anniversary Stadium), the 'Jarmark Europa' market and a symbolic boundary between the East and the West, held on 12 December 2007 at the Powszechny Theatre in Warsaw.

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THE ARCHIVE OF A PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER (Archiwum fotoreportera)

Pawel Elsztein

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 82

'I spent several weeks gazing at the presented photographs. Obviously, someone one might be inclined to describe them as ordinary. But the uniqueness of these small photos produce an awareness of the significance of the work performed by Jacek Sielski, artist and excellent press photographer. (...) Jacek Sielski is familiar with the Praga district. In this case, he chose as his leitmotif a single...

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THE PRAGA FAMILY OF MAN (Praska rodzina czlowiecza)

Jerzy Biernacki

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 70-80

Jacek Sielski took photographs of the Praga district in Warsaw from a specific angle, seeking a sui generis urban folklore or encountering it frame after frame. Looking at the bodies and faces of people from the streets of Praga: Brzeska, Zabkowska, Kaweczynska, Stalowa and Szwedzka, or the Rózycki Bazaar we suddenly see much more, and their dialogues, thoughts and experiences become 'visible'. We...

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'THE CHARMING FORM OF SQUATTING' ('Przewrotna forma squociarstwa': zapis rozmowy przeprowadzonej z dyrektorami czterech praskich teatrów: ...'Teatr Academia', ... 'Komuna Otwock', ...'Teatr Remus', ...'Studium Teatralne')

Maciej Rozalski

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 297-303

A record of a conversation conducted with the directors of four Praga theatres: Roman Wozniak - The Academia Theatre, Alina Galazka - The Otwock Commune, Katarzyna Kazimierczuk - The Remus Theatre, and Piotr Borowski and Gianna Bienvenuto - The Theatrical Study.

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THE ACTIVITY OF ARTISTS AND ANIMATORS OF CULTURE IN THE PRAGA DISTRICT OF WARSAW (Dzialalnosc artystów teatru i animatorów kultury na warszawskiej Pradze)

Maria Rozga

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 252-266

The activity of artists recently working in the Praga district comprises a unique cultural phenomenon. The authoress discusses various theatrical groups and is interested predominantly in overlapping artistic and social initiatives. The article shows that the socio-cultural animation conducted in the district is part of a current described as 'the theatre infected with anthropology'.

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PORTRAITS OF PRAGA. ON THE ETHNOGRAPHIC QUALITIES OF CERTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS (Praskie portrety. O etnograficznosci pewnych fotografii)

Dagmara Dudek

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 205-225

The transposition of certain aspects of culture calls for the application of such measures of expression, which possess the power to evoke and reflect a certain ambiguity. The photograph, conceived as a record of culture, is precisely such an instrument, which makes their exploration possible. By acting in this way, it constitutes an interesting source for the anthropologist. The authoress describes...

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'NEIGHBOURS FOR NEIGHBOURS' ('Sasiedzi dla sasiadów')

Andrzej Lojko

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 94-105

This text accompanied 'Sasiedzi' (Neighbours), an exhibition of photographs by the author, shown as part of the 'Neighbours for neighbours' show, describing the milieu of artists representing assorted disciplines and working in Praga (especially in 3 Inzynierska Street).

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STADION BAZAR (Stadion Bazar)

Roch Sulima

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 135-149

The Warsaw open-air market in the 'abandoned' Tenth Anniversary Sports Stadium is described as a cognitive figure of essential diagnostic value and not as an ethnographic oddity. According to the accepted interpretation, Stadion Bazar (the Stadium Bazaar) is a figure not of a relic, vanishing after the closure of the almost twenty-years old Europe Fair (Jarmark Europa), but of that which is emerging...

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NUTRITIOUS DIFFERENCE. THE WARSAW DISTRICT OF PRAGA AND A GAME PLAYED IN THE FIELD OF ART (Pozywna innosc. Warszawska Praga i gra w polu sztuki)

Agata Chelstowska

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 174-184

The intention of this article is to analyse accounts by artists working in the Praga district and concerning this part of Warsaw. The titular artists ascribe to Praga a number of positive values, including authenticity and a 'conducive ambiance'. The authoress portrays the prime protagonists of the Prague 'colonisation', their relations with the original residents of Praga, the dynamically developing...

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STADION X - A PLACE THAT NEVER EXISTED. ON PERFORMATIVE PROJECTS WITHIN THE SPACE OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY STADIUM (Podroz do Azji)

Joanna Warsza

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa > 2009 > 63 > 1-2(284-285) > 166-171

Stadion X-lecia (the 10th Anniversary Stadium) was erected in 1955 with the wartime rubble of the destroyed capital. For forty years its purpose was to protect the good name of communism, but paradoxically the best known events from that period was the tragic self-immolation of Ryszard Siwiec in 1968, the papal Mass celebrated in 1983, and the concert given by Stevie Wonder in 1989. In the mid-1980s...

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'SOMETIMES HUMAN HISTORY COMES FIRST, FOLLOWED BY AN IMAGE, WHILE AT OTHER TIMES IT IS THE REVERSE...'. CONVERSATION WITH MARIA KIESNER ABOUT 'WEDUTY WARSZAWSKIE' (WARSAW VEDUTE) AND THE DISTRICT OF PRAGA (Polish title - below)

A PRAGA BALLADE (Praska Ballada)

'ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VISTULA' ('Z tamtej strony Wisly')

TRADE AT THE VERY END (Na koniec handel)

ON PAINTING BY ANDRZEJ ZWIERZCHOWSKI (O malarstwie Andrzeja Zwierzchowskiego)

SEEKING A HOME IN A CLUB. TAMING PRAGA IN THE CASE OF THE SATURATOR CLUB (Klub Saturator. W poszukiwaniu domu w klubie. Oswajanie Pragi)

WARSZAWSKA PRAGA. A SCATTERED SELF-PORTRAIT (Warszawska Praga. Autoportret rozproszony)

BETWEEN PRAGA AND PRÓZNA STREET - A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PRAGA DISTRICT AND ITS ARTISTS (Miedzy Praga a Prózna - rozmowa o warszawskiej Pradze i artystach na Pradze

THE EAST WARSAW TOWER OF BABEL. 'JARMARK EUROPA', OR WHERE AFRICA MEETS ASIA (Wschodniowarszawska Wieza Babel. Jarmark Europa, czyli tam gdzie Afryka spotyka sie z Azja)

THE RÓZYCKI BAZAAR. THE MYTH OF THE MARKETPLACE IN AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION (Bazar Rózyckiego)

'JARMARK EUROPA' - A CONVERSATION ('Jarmatrk Europa' - zapis rozmowy)

THE ARCHIVE OF A PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER (Archiwum fotoreportera)

THE PRAGA FAMILY OF MAN (Praska rodzina czlowiecza)

'THE CHARMING FORM OF SQUATTING' ('Przewrotna forma squociarstwa': zapis rozmowy przeprowadzonej z dyrektorami czterech praskich teatrów: ...'Teatr Academia', ... 'Komuna Otwock', ...'Teatr Remus', ...'Studium Teatralne')

THE ACTIVITY OF ARTISTS AND ANIMATORS OF CULTURE IN THE PRAGA DISTRICT OF WARSAW (Dzialalnosc artystów teatru i animatorów kultury na warszawskiej Pradze)

PORTRAITS OF PRAGA. ON THE ETHNOGRAPHIC QUALITIES OF CERTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS (Praskie portrety. O etnograficznosci pewnych fotografii)

'NEIGHBOURS FOR NEIGHBOURS' ('Sasiedzi dla sasiadów')

STADION BAZAR (Stadion Bazar)

NUTRITIOUS DIFFERENCE. THE WARSAW DISTRICT OF PRAGA AND A GAME PLAYED IN THE FIELD OF ART (Pozywna innosc. Warszawska Praga i gra w polu sztuki)

STADION X - A PLACE THAT NEVER EXISTED. ON PERFORMATIVE PROJECTS WITHIN THE SPACE OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY STADIUM (Podroz do Azji)

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