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Subject: Last minute - open call - A creative workshop by famous Polish
professor Grzegorz Kowalski - please applications to
kowalski.workshop at gmail.com
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please applications to kowalski.workshop at gmail.com

Creating through Collaboration Body, Camera, Action.
A creative workshop by famous Polish professor Grzegorz Kowalski

When: September 1 - 10, 2011
Where: Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, ul. Jazdów 2,
00-467 Warsaw, Poland
Application deadline: June 20, 2011
Results of the selection process: June 30, 2011
Number of participants: 16

* For application process and requirements, practical details: see below



About prof. Grzegorz Kowalski:
A multifaceted Polish artist: sculptor, performer, creator of
installations, renowned educator, essayist and art critic. Lives and
works in Warsaw, Poland. His artistic stance was shaped under the
influence of Oskar Hansen's Open Form theory. Kowalski reapplied this
method of artistic endeavour to his educational activities. Since 1991
Kowalski has been teaching a diploma class at the Academy of Fine Arts
in Warsaw. In the 1990s, drawing on the experiences with his students
educated in the spirit of "education in partnership", Kowalski created
an informal artistic group known as Pracownia Kowalskiego/Kowalski's
Workshop (or Kowalnia/ The Smithy), which included some of the most
important artists of the generation such as Pawel Althamer, Katarzyna
Kozyra, Artur Zmijewski. Since 2004 Kowalski collaborates with artist
and filmmaker Łukasz Kosela and recently with his former student,
filmmaker and choreographer Julia Bui-Ngoc .


Prof. Kowalski about the Creating through Collaboration workshop:
Our workshop is aimed at those who draw joy and inspiration from
working with others. It is not our purpose to create a work, but to
actively participate in a process of communication through visual
forms. Our media include abstract forms, colour, light, movement,
sound, gesture and body movement.

We work in real time and real space. The film camera is an instrument
of recording real events.

We suggest the following subjects, each for a different session: The
spatiotemporal sequence, the language of abstract forms, their
relationships and meaning building. The expression of the body. The
body as a means of expression.

The film camera is an instrument for observing and recording reality.
The editing process is an instrument of creation and synthesis. We
will work together or in small groups. The participants and the
organisers will be in a similar situation: experimenting and asking
open questions that we will then be trying to find answers for.

We believe that the richness of the visual forms that arise in our
imagination makes it possible to overcome the shortcomings of verbal
communication. We shall apply a new hierarchy of linguistic usefulness
in our workshop:

In the first place will be visual forms created for a specific
purpose: in order to express oneself as well as to reply, to
understand the other.

In the second place will be the utilitarian language of pictograms and
everyday communication gestures.

In the third position will be the verbal language, basic English, as
the most popular form of communication.

Skills that can prove useful during the workshop include working with
the film and photo camera, familiarity with any film editing software,
sense of rhythm, an ability to play a simple instrument, knowledge of
dance, yoga or other body awareness-raising forms of activity. Need to
be in touch with others, to make contact and be together.

Co-participating will be the instructors: Grzegorz Kowalski (an old
professor), Łukasz Kosela (artist and filmmaker), Julia Bui-Ngoc
(dancer and choreographer), Jacek Różański (performer).
Coordination: Marianna Dobkowska


* Structure of the workshop:
The workshop will consist of ten eight hours-long daily meetings (from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. / 2.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.) taking place over a period
of ten consecutive days (from September 1 to September 10, 2011).
Workshops will be held at the Laboratory building of the CCA
Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw.


* PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
- No application fee
- No fee for participation in the workshop
- Travel, food, and personal expenses will not be reimbursed
- Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle will provide
accommodation in shared rooms on the CCA's premises


* REQUIREMENTS:
We accept applications only from students and graduates of artistic schools.

1. basic knowledge of film editing software: Adobe Premiere Pro or
Apple FinalCut Pro
2. previous experience with operating a photo and video camera is very
welcome
3. English speaker (basic level)
4. own photo or video camera
5. own computer with film editing software is very welcome
6. submitting a filled application form along with all the required
documents by email to kowalski.workshop at gmail.com by June 20, 2011.

Application form can be downloaded from our website:
http://csw.art.pl/upload/file/1109kowalski_workshop_cca_applicationform1.doc


* APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS:
The workshop will include 16 participants selected by prof. Kowalski
from candidates applying to open enrolment. Candidates will be
informed about the results of the selection process via email. Results
will also be available on our website www.csw.art.pl
It will be considered as valid and official communication of results
to the candidates.

Please submit a filled application form along with all the required
documents by email to kowalski.workshop at gmail.com by June 20, 2011.
Applications received after this date will not be accepted.


Please submit the following documents with your application:

1. Artistic statement - please describe your most recent areas of
interest (max 200 words)

2. Curriculum Vitae - including information about education,
professional training (not more than three most important
certificates), publications (not more than three most important
publications)

3. Portfolio in the pdf format containing documentation (photos,
screenshots) of three works along with a comment describing the aims
and essential elements of their concept.
As well as a link to view or download relevant video works or a
separate DVD sent by post.

please applications to kowalski.workshop at gmail.com

Additional materials such as DVDs with videos can be sent to:
Kowalski's Workshop
Marianna Dobkowska
curator
CCA Ujazdowski Castle
ul. Jazdów 2, 00-467 Warsaw, Poland

All materials have to reach the address by June 20, 2011. Submitted
materials will not be returned.



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