Poznań Art Week 2024

It provokes questions about what art is today – here and now – in relation to its past and future forms and embodiments. The theme of ‘infinity’ has become an impetus to reflect on the role of culture and art in today’s often ambiguous reality, in the face of redefining value systems rooted in the past and an increasingly unpredictable future. How does art, which is a natural catalyst for our feelings – from fears to fascinations – respond to the current changes in the world around us and our aesthetic, sensual, and intellectual needs?

During several days between May 24 and June 9, 2024, the festival audience will have the opportunity to seek answers to this question by participating in a diverse cultural program prepared in collaboration with cultural institutions in Poznań. Free participation in many events – exhibition openings, meetings with creators, panel discussions, seminars, and artistic actions – will be an opportunity to discover the diversity of the Poznań visual arts scene.

Art, whose directions of development are not easily predictable, is a result of the experiences of its creators and recipients. In the never-ending process of evolution of its forms, it seems to be the fullest testament to the diversity of the human species – its most evident distinction from all other phenomena and beings. Its seemingly unlimited potential poses the greatest challenge to both rational and sensory cognition. This can be experienced, among other things, by visiting the solo exhibition of Tomasz Bogusławski, one of the most distinctive creators of photographic posters in Poland (Galeria Centrala). His creative strategy involves recycling old objects, to which he gives completely new meaning in the creative process. References to previously existing graphic patterns and symbols related to genetics can also be found at the exhibition of works by Kamila Kobierzyńska in the ‘Laboratorium’ of CK Zamek.