Them – screening of a short documentary by Artur Żmijewski [PL]

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SCA2024 / Alternative Cultural Spaces
Them – screening of a short documentary by Artur Żmijewski [PL], moderated by Rada Leu [CH]
Friday, October 25, 2024, 19:00
Zpace (Casa Zemstvei, 103 Al. Sciusev str., Chisinau)

Them (2007, 27 min) brings together four groups, representing particular, ideologically opposed positions of Polish society. Each group creates an artwork representing their ideals, and each group is given liberty to respond and alter the other groups’ object. Them shows the extent to which we are ready to stereotype each other and play into roles and preconceived perceptions of different social, political and religious identities.

Artur Żmijewski [PL]
Visual artist, born on the 26th of May, 1966 in Warsaw. His works make reference to (displaced) individuals and societal trauma. At first glance, his images appear to be strictly documentary photographs and video, yet the artist’s analytical staging becomes clearly recognizable through the selection of images during the editing process.
Żmijewski does not shy away from putting the generally accepted rules of Political Correctness into question. His works on the mentally and physically handicapped have drawn significant public attention. He appears to be an artist always in constant search of the next modality of artistic expression, ever striving to amplify the impact of his art on its subjects, enlarging its territory beyond its conventional bordersю