Obrazy nieobojętności. Szkice o zaangażowaniu w sztuce
Images of Indifference. Studies on the politics in the arts
Contributor(s): Anna Szawerna-Dyrszka (Editor), Maciej Tramer (Editor), Kasper Pfeifer (Editor), Aleksandra Więcek (Editor)
Subject(s): Photography, Visual Arts, Polish Literature, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: aesthetics; politics; literature; visual arts
Summary/Abstract: Individual studies on authors as different as Banksy and Bruno Schulz, Bruno Jasieński and Ro-man Dmowski, Vishal Bhardwaj and Mieczysław Berman, or Wacław Nałkowski and Alfred Döblin, show what they have in common - "indifference" to social issues. The humanistic, multi-threaded analysis of these images proves that literature, film, photography, reportage, photomon-tage, theatre, and street art always remain involved regardless of time and space.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-83-226-4217-7
- Page Count: 198
- Publication Year: 2022
- Language: Polish
„Haider” Vishala Bhardwaja, czyli jak Bollywood delegitymizuje indyjską władzę w Kaszmirze
„Haider” Vishala Bhardwaja, czyli jak Bollywood delegitymizuje indyjską władzę w Kaszmirze
(Vishal Bhardwaj’s „Haider”, or: how Bollywood delegitimizes Indian power in Kashmir)
- Author(s):Wojciech Kawala
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Film / Cinema / Cinematography, British Literature
- Page Range:9-20
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:Kashmir; Vishal Bhardwaj; „Haider”; Hindi cinema; „Hamlet”; William Shakespeare
- Summary/Abstract:This article analyses Vishal Bhardwaj’s film Haider, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In addition, the article provides basic information about other works of the Indian director, especially in the context of socio-political issues. The background of the events depicted in Haider is the war in Kashmir between India and Pakistan, which has been ongoing since 1947. The AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act), under which the father of the title character was arrested is discussed in passing in the paper. The film is also analyzed in the context of international law and the Indian Constitution to show how Haider delegitimizes Indian power in Kashmir.
„Winning is strictly prohibited”. O strategiach twórczych Banksy’ego i Jana Klaty
„Winning is strictly prohibited”. O strategiach twórczych Banksy’ego i Jana Klaty
(“Winning is strictly prohibited”. On the creative strategies of Banksy and Jan Klata)
- Author(s):Michalina Lubaszewska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Photography, Visual Arts
- Page Range:21-32
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:amusement park; subversion; ludic art; Banksy; Jan Klata
- Summary/Abstract:The text constitutes an analysis of the work of two socially-engaged artists: Banksy and Jan Klata, who use the motif of an amusement park in their works. Banksy uses it in a literal – though subversive – way in his project Dismaland, which presents a mocking reversal of Disneyland. Klata, on the other hand, in his performances that often function as a commentary on the reality that surrounds us, uses a set of formal “attractions” reminiscent of those found at an amusement park, which put the viewer (like Eisenstein’s montage of attractions) in a state of perceptual dissonance. The author argues that the space created by engaged art, which utilizes the concept of the amusement park, allows for a true rebellion against the established order. Real amusement parks, on the other hand, create only an illusion of the possibility to break from the existing social norms.
„Najbardziej skondensowana w formie poezja” – międzywojenny fotomontaż polski
„Najbardziej skondensowana w formie poezja” – międzywojenny fotomontaż polski
(“Poetry most condensed in form” – interwar Polish photomontage)
- Author(s):Aleksandra Więcek
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Photography, Visual Arts
- Page Range:33-45
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:photomontage; revolution; Szczuka; Heartfield; Grosz; Höch
- Summary/Abstract:The aim of this article is to look at the photomontage – the technique itself, its history and protoplasts. It became widespread in Poland in the interwar period as a result of technological development and, significantly, the idea of communism, which was gaining more and more supporters at the time. It is not entirely clear who invented the photomontage; for that reason, the author presents various, usually divergent concepts.
Jerzy Lewczyński – artysta zaangażowany?
Jerzy Lewczyński – artysta zaangażowany?
(Jerzy Lewczyński – an engaged artist?)
- Author(s):Kamil Myszkowski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Photography
- Page Range:47-57
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:Jerzy Lewczyński; archeology of photography; photography; photographer
- Summary/Abstract:The article constitutes an attempted inquiry into the work of Jerzy Lewczyński (1924–2014), a photographer from Gliwice. It also aims to analyze said work in the context of his involvement in the field of art, presenting the profile of the artist and the events that might have influenced his attitude. It familiarizes the reader with Lewczyński’s biography and specific works of art, as well as trends in his work, which indicate his engagement – social, political, but also with the medium of photography itself. The article discusses a creative concept called by the artist “archeology of photography,” as well as the series of photographs Wawel Heads from 1956 and the large-format photomontage Our Magnification – Nysa 1945 from 1971.
Ciało reportera. Reportaż wcieleniowy w kontekście body artu
Ciało reportera. Reportaż wcieleniowy w kontekście body artu
(The reporter’s body. Embodied reportage in the context of body art)
- Author(s):Izabella Adamczewska-Baranowska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:59-74
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:embodied reportage; human document; delegated performance; performative journalism
- Summary/Abstract:The aim of this article is to define embodied reportage in the context of body art. The author situates self-reportage by Norah Vincent, Ted Conover and Yoram Binur in the field of performative literature as she perceives in it the features of delegated performance. The embodied reportage is considered as a modern variant of the experimental novel based on the human document.
Przechwycenie i przemieszczenie. Strategie zaangażowania w tomie „Natalia ist sex. Alex ist Freiheit” Siksy
Przechwycenie i przemieszczenie. Strategie zaangażowania w tomie „Natalia ist sex. Alex ist Freiheit” Siksy
(Capture and displacement. Strategies of engagement in the volume „Natalia ist sex. Alex ist Freiheit” by Siksa)
- Author(s):Monika Lubińska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Music, Polish Literature
- Page Range:75-91
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:Siksa; displacement; capture; engagement
- Summary/Abstract:The text analyses the writing and artistic strategies of capture and displacement present in Siksa’s volume Natalia ist sex. Alex ist Freiheit as well as the broader context of Aleksandra Dudczak’s stage activity. First, the author focuses on the phenomenon of the accumulation of pseudonyms, names and characters used by the artist, which are crucial for the development of the book’s protagonist. She then discusses the problem of Siksa’s reclaiming of hate speech to communicate anti-violence and anti-patriarchal content and the ways in which parody functions in the book. Both the accumulation and displacement between various pseudonyms or characters and the reclaiming of hate speech are shown as strategies of engagement with strong political overtones.
Czarnoksięskie przeznaczenie. Georges’a Bataille’a batalia o mit a Bruno Schulz
Czarnoksięskie przeznaczenie. Georges’a Bataille’a batalia o mit a Bruno Schulz
(Sorcerous Destiny: Georges Bataille’s battle for myth and Bruno Schulz)
- Author(s):Marcin Hanuszkiewicz
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Social Philosophy, French Literature, Polish Literature, Contemporary Philosophy
- Page Range:93-114
- No. of Pages:22
- Keywords:Georges Bataille; Bruno Schulz; Jean Baudrillard; myth; destiny
- Summary/Abstract:Beginning with an outline of the twentieth-century condition, in reference to the ideas of Jean Baudrillard, Martin Heidegger and Tadeusz Sławek, among others (thinkers whose texts are also the sources of the terminology used), the author discusses in this context the text The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Georges Bataille. The author pays particular attention to the notions of destiny, seduction and myth, and conducts the analysis by means of both philosophical (referring also to other writings by Bataille) and literary polyphony. The considerations culminate in the identification of the commonalities between the approach to myth presented in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Bruno Schulz’s famous concept of the mythization of reality.
Radziecki wysiłek kolonialny, czyli socrealizm jako orientalizm. Uwagi na marginesie powieści „Człowiek zmienia skórę” Brunona Jasieńskiego
Radziecki wysiłek kolonialny, czyli socrealizm jako orientalizm. Uwagi na marginesie powieści „Człowiek zmienia skórę” Brunona Jasieńskiego
(The Soviet colonial effort, or socialist realism as orientalism. Notes on the margin of the novel „Man Changes His Skin” by Bruno Jasieński)
- Author(s):Kasper Pfeifer
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Gender Studies, Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:115-136
- No. of Pages:22
- Keywords:Bruno Jasieński; postcolonialism; socialist realism; gender studies
- Summary/Abstract:This article describes the Soviet colonial project of the 1930s. On the example of Bruno Jasienski’s socialist realist novel Man Changes His Skin, the author analyzes the hegemonic discourse of the metropolis and various strategies of its application in Central Asia. The article focuses on such issues as the themes of Soviet mission civilisatrice, overrepresented in the work, the patriarchal entanglements of Russian colonial domination, and rule through the imposition of presence, i.e. the displacement of local issues and the appropriation/transformation of foreign geography.
Żyd jako fetysz. O antysemityzmie w powieściach i pismach politycznych Romana Dmowskiego
Żyd jako fetysz. O antysemityzmie w powieściach i pismach politycznych Romana Dmowskiego
(The Jew as a Fetish. On anti-Semitism in Roman Dmowski’s novels and political writings)
- Author(s):Dezydery Barłowski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Jewish studies, Polish Literature, History of Antisemitism
- Page Range:137-169
- No. of Pages:33
- Keywords:anti-Semitism; Jew; nationalism; fetish; Roman Dmowski
- Summary/Abstract:The author of the article focuses on the issue of anti-Semitism in Roman Dmowski’s publications, with particular attention paid to his novel Legacy. In the following steps of the analysis, the author describes the National Democracy ideologist’s attitude towards Jews in his official political writings and long prose pieces published under a pseudonym, showing the interdependencies between these two spheres of activity (political and artistic). The research uses mainly the tools of psychoanalysis and gender studies.
Alfred Döblin. Między zaangażowaniem a zapomnieniem
Alfred Döblin. Między zaangażowaniem a zapomnieniem
(Alfred Döblin. Between commitment and oblivion)
- Author(s):Bartłomiej Bielas
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):German Literature
- Page Range:171-188
- No. of Pages:18
- Keywords:Alfred Döblin; German literature; biography
- Summary/Abstract:Alfred Döblin is not a completely unknown writer in Poland, nor is he a completely forgotten author, but his name is often cited in passing, in parentheses, only as an exemplification of his style or literary technique, or in order to compare or contrast another author. This article is therefore an attempt to rediscover the author of the novel Berlin Alexanderplatz and to briefly characterize his oeuvre. The reconstruction of his biography was based on Polish and German texts, including Roland Links’ biography Alfred Doblin and articles: Dorota Sośnicka’s “Alfred Döblin: Sketch to a Portrait of the Writer,” Ingeborg Höverkamp’s “Alfred Döblin” and Jan Koprowski’s “One Difficult Life.”