Becoming Urban or Getting Bogged Down?

Zachęta | cinema room (entrance from Burschego street)
free entry

Becoming Urban or Getting Bogged Down?

Siarhei Liubimau and Joanna Kusiak

Siarhej Liubimau — lecturer in Sociology, Tourism Studies and CriticalUrbanism at the European Humanities University, where he is also the coordinator of the Laboratory of Critical Urbanism. Completed his Ph.D. on cross-border urban spaces at the Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw. Researcher of urban transformations in Luxembourg, the Praga District in Warsaw, the border cities of Zgorzelec/ Görlitz and Terespol/Brest, Vilnius and Minsk.

Joanna Kusiak — sociologist, activist, Ph.D student at Warsaw Univeristy and Technische Universität Darmstad.

multimedia room
entrance from Burschego Street
free entrance

event accompanying the exhibition
  • 24.05 – 21.08.2011
    Opening the Door?
    Belarusian Art Today

    This exhibition attempts to provide Belarusians with a possibility to look at their art from the outsider’s perspective, without common taboos. Most of the works in the project, in one or another way, reflect upon Belarusian society and its concerns today, but only a few dare to openly express things that ‘we don’t talk about’. Potentially the project can open new channels of communication for Belarus’ comparatively isolated and internationally unknown art scene. In other words, the successful realization of it can leave the door slightly ajar.

    Zachęta National Gallery of ArtZachęta
Upcoming events
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  • 17.10 (Fri) 12:15
    LOOKING / TO SEE – Guided Tour for Adults 60+ of the Exhibition “Joanna Fluder. Śluz”
    (In Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 17.10 (Fri) 17:00
    Zachęta signs!
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 17.10 (Fri) 17:00
    Craft and Resistance
    What Are Our Collective Dreams? | Opening weekend
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)
  • 17.10 (Fri) 18:00
    Screening of ‘Escorias’ (2025) by Colectivo Punto Espora
    What Are Our Collective Dreams? | Opening weekend
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)
  • 18.10 (Sat) 12:00
    Vladyslav Gryn. Galas | Workshops with the artist
    What Are Our Collective Dreams? | Opening weekend
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)
  • 18.10 (Sat) 14:00
    Sewing as a form of resistance | Workshop in English and Ukrainian
    What Are Our Collective Dreams? | Opening weekend
    Zachęta / workshop room (entrance through the main hall)Zachęta / workshop room (entrance through the main hall)
  • 18.10 (Sat) 16:00
    BAZARCH
    Teatr Komuna WarszawaTeatr Komuna Warszawa
  • 18.10 (Sat) 16:00
    Radical Pedagogy
    What Are Our Collective Dreams? | Opening weekend
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)
  • 18.10 (Sat) 18:30
    The cooperation of artists with local communities | Discussion in English
    What Are Our Collective Dreams? | Opening weekend
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)
  • 18.10 (Sat) 20:00
    Craft and Resistance
    What Are Our Collective Dreams? | Opening weekend
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)
  • 19.10 (Sun) 13:15
    Curatorial Tour of the Exhibition
    (In Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 19.10 (Sun) 14:00
    Tea with the Aravani Art Project artist collective
    What Are Our Collective Dreams? | Opening weekend
    Zachęta / exhibition spaceZachęta / exhibition space