#Milena Natalia Soporowska

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Bielieve in the sprit | exhibition at Windowlicker

Believe in the spirit exhibition aims to capture the invisible concept of ghost. Guests artists explore the theme of a phantom in various mediums including painting, graphics, photography, poetry and field recording.

Who or what is a ghost? Some believed that it is a material manifestation of the deceased made of ectoplasm, others that it was only the effect of a suggestion projected onto reality. Today, the spirit is combined with the concept of the avatar, strengthening its ties with rapidly developing technology. The ghost can also act as a metaphor, a way to process your fears and longings.

This figure wandering among the pages of history, suspended between life and death, still fascinates artists, scientists and tricksters.

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I invited people who create in various media and from various backgrounds to explore the broadly understood concept of “spirit".

The materialized phantoms are:

❦Lena Achtelik

❦Katarzyna Dębska

❦Natalia Godek

❦Zofia Kalemba

❦Karolina Maliszewska

❦Iga Mroziak

❦Kasia Rysiak

❦Maja Sadel

❦Milena Soporowska

❦Joanna Suppan

❦Karolina Szwed

❦Julianna Wińczyk

❦Community of Parallel Dreams - collective

❦Curator: Milena Soporowska

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UFO VISUAL LAB is now open!

Yay! We managed to collect funds for our show and it’s now opened! Come and see it in Galeria Szara Kamienica in Krakow <3

Here is the list of selected artists exhibited in the #showmeyourufo section:

Alarza Jennifer AvTes Zuleika Charnas Pablo Darocha Dominik Eldagsen Boris Franik Paweł Godfryd Tomasz Grabowska Agata Jankowiak Tobiasz Juszczak Adrian Juszczak Ania Kalinowski Adam Klimkowicz Patryk Konkiewicz Mikołaj Kot Klaudia Lachowicz Marcin Macleaan Wayne Matląg Przemysław Milani Olivia Mlost Jakub Motz Mateusz Olechnowski Andrzej Osetek Ania Pawłowska Aleksandra Pawłowska Joanna Penc Sylwia Petrenko Maria Pijoan Adrian Poniatowska Natalia Rucińska Agata Sajur Małgorzata Samosionek Olga Soporowska Milena Maria Straniero Nicko Szajnecka Aleksandra Śleszyński Kamil Winek Witold Wysopał Olga Zespół Filmowy Potencja

Thank you!

Our #showmeyourufo project is still on! We now think, how to take an exhibition to another countries and make a proper publication.

So stay tuned!

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UFO VISUAL LAB exhibition

Galeria Szara Kamienica, Kraków, 19.05-02.06.2017

The exhibition and special events programme organized by Fresh From Poland & Paper Beats Rock & FotoBzik, in partnership with Kraków Photomonth

Unidentified Flying Objects and extra-terrestrials have been appearing in the mainstream media and science discussions regularly for many years. It is extremely interesting: why do people want to believe, how come so many of us ‘know’ how the flying saucers or aliens look like, although no one has ever proved they exist and why the idea of UFO continuously inspires artists to produce stories, movies, artworks?

Polish art photography platform Fresh From Poland along with FotoBzik Association and Paper Beats Rock Foundation created an exhibition and publication that will be presented in Poland during the Krakow Photomonth Festival.

Grażyna Siedlecka, the curator of the exhibition, invited 11 artists, an art collective and guest curators to bring in their own unique stories. Organisers also worked on a timeline and library exploring the detailed evolution of the UFO myth. The important parts of the show are ’Alternative Facts’ zine accompanying the exhibition and the #SHOWMEYOURUFO project - an online and offline research looking into the collective consciousness.

Curator: Grażyna Siedlecka

Guest curators: Iza Zdziebko (WALL OF EVIDENCE group curatorial project), Karol Liver (DISCLOSURE project), Katarzyna Legendź & Katarzyna Zolich (ALTERNATIVE ZINE publication), Adam Nyk (live music), Łukasz Grela (movies)

Partners: Krakow Photomonth 2017, DKF Magazyn Kultury, All in UJ, Ethnographic Museum of Krakow, Prism Photo Magazine

Artists featured in a main part of the exhibition: Franek Ammer, Gosia Ćwiech, Artur Gołębiowski, Grupa TBX (Paweł Bagiński, Miłosz Cirocki, Wojtek Skrzypczyński), Kamil #2, Anna Kieblesz, Karol Liver, Michał Matejko, Kaja Rata, Katarzyna Zolich, Igor Herzyk, Dawid Planeta.

Artists featured in Wall of Evidence: Marcin Bańdo, Martyna Basta, Tomasz Chowaniec, Sylwia Doli Doliszna, Aleksandra Iwańczak, Edyta Jabłońska, Marta Kaczmarek, Gabriela Kaszycka, Wiktoria Kot, Małgorzata Lebda, Anna Osetek, Justyna Rząca, Iza Zdziebko.

Artists featured in #SHOWMEYOURUFO wall: Jennifer Alarza, Zuleika AvTes, Pablo Charnas, Dominik Darocha, Boris Eldagsen, Paweł Franik, Tomasz Gotfryd, Agata Grabowska, Tobiasz Jankowiak, Adrian Jaszczak, Ania Juszczak, Adam Kalinowski, Patryk Klimkowicz, Mikołaj Konkiewicz, Klaudia Kot, Marcin Lachowicz, Wayne Macleaan, Przemysław Matląg, Olivia Milani, Jakub Mlost, Mateusz Motz, Andrzej Olechnowski, Ania Osetek, Aleksandra Pawłowska, Joanna Pawlowska, Sylwia Penc, Maria Petrenko, Adrian Pijoan, Natalia Poniatowska, Agata Rucińska, Małgorzata Sajur, Olga Samosionek, Milena Maria Soporowska, Nicko Straniero, Aleksandra Szajnecka, Kamil Śleszyński, Witold Winek, Olga Wysopal, Zespół Filmowy Potencja.

Artists featured in ALTERNATIVE ZINE publication: Jameson Kergeou, Kamil Śleszyński, Natalia Poniatowska, Boris Eldagsen, Piotr Wilhelmi, Katarzyna Czerniak, Katarzyna Ramocka, Adam Pijoan, Małgorzata Sajur, Aleksandra Pawłowska, Konrad Trzeszczkowski, Przemysław Matląg, Anna Juszczak, Domink Wojciechowski, Karolina Wojtas, Pablo Charnas, Jagoda Paulina Lewicka, Bartosz Kozak, Paweł Maruszak, Olga Samosionek, Bartłomiej Krężołek, Dorota Kaczmarek, Joanna Pawłowska, Małgorzata Charbąszcz - Tarkowska, Witek Winek, Ula Kahul, Aleksandra Iwanczak, Edyta Jabłońska, Gabriela Kaszycka, Anna Kieblesz, Karol Liver, Anna Osetek, Iza Zdziebko, Kaja Rata, Kamil #2, Marcin Bańdo.

Read more: ufovisuallab-blog.tumblr.com 

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#SHOWMEYOURUFO

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group photography installation

curated by Grażyna Siedlecka

#SHOWMEYOURUFO is an international online and offline research that looks into the collective consciousness and exploring the visual representation of UFO phenomena. 

This is an ongoing project and it will not end at the time of Krakow exhibition - everyone is welcome to join. Read here how to participate. 

Selected from submissions works will be presented as a special section of the UFO Visual Lab in Krakow in a form of a mosaic on the wall. 

Artists:

Jennifer Alarza

Zuleika AvTes

Pablo Charnas

Dominik Darocha

Boris Eldagsen

Paweł Franik

Tomasz Gotfryd

Agata Grabowska

Tobiasz Jankowiak

Adrian Jaszczak

Ania Juszczak

Adam Kalinowski

Patryk Klimkowicz

Mikołaj Konkiewicz

Klaudia Kot

Marcin Lachowicz

Wayne Macleaan

Przemysław Matląg

Olivia Milani

Jakub Mlost

Mateusz Motz

Andrzej Olechnowski

Ania Osetek

Aleksandra Pawłowska

Joanna Pawlowska

Sylwia Penc

Maria Petrenko

Adrian Pijoan

Natalia Poniatowska

Agata Rucińska

Małgorzata Sajur

Olga Samosionek

Milena Maria Soporowska

Nicko Straniero

Aleksandra Szajnecka

Kamil Śleszyński

Witold Winek

Olga Wysopal

Zespół Filmowy Potencja

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 a)Loiret / from Views/Correspondence series / 2014

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by  Milena Natalia Soporowska

Untitled #7, from series -Helena- (c) 2013-2014

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MAGDALENA LARA, OBIEKT, 2014 // WYSTAWA NIE/SAMOWITE

  Wyróżniona w ramach wystawy NIE/SAMOWITE praca Obiekt [2014] Magdaleny Lary to „żywa“ instalacja poddająca widza szczegółowej i niepokojącej obserwacji.  Jej organiczna struktura przywodzi na myśl formę narośli czy guza. Przedmiot staje się rodzajem naddatku, zdradliwego suplementu, który zaprzecza tradycyjnie rozumianej jako pasywna, naturze obrazu. Tym samym reanimuje on animistyczną, magiczną interpretację dzieła sztuki - obiektu o własnych pragnieniach i woli.

Milena Natalia Soporowska

Magdalena Lara [ur. 1991, Piotrków Trybunalski] -  absolwentka 4-letnich studiów licencjackich na Wydziale Malarstwa na Uniwersytecie Artystycznym w Poznaniu.
 Stypendystka Ministra Kultury [2012] oraz  rektora Uniwersytetu Artystycznego w Poznaniu [2013]. Jej prace prezentowane były na wystawach indywidualnych, m.in.: Homo-Home. Opowiadanie o przedmiocie [Biblioteka Pedagogiczna, Piotrków Trybunalski, 2013] oraz Rysunek to… [Galeria The Rootz, Poznań, 2013]. Brała udział w wielu wystawach zbiorowych w kraju i zagranicą, m.in.: Granice Malarstwa [Galeria Styk, Warszawa, 2014], Studio – Love Aids Riot Sex [Projektraum, Kunsquartier Bethanien, Berlin, 2014] czy Paintball [Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Poznań, 2013]. Współorganizuje również wiele projektów współautorskich takich jak „Akcja Aukcja” II Edycja [CK Zamek, Trochę Kultury, Poznań, 2014]. W swoich pracach malarskich i instalacjach podejmuje tematykę iluzji i mistyfikacji oraz roli spojrzenia.

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MILENA / SOPOROWSKA / BIO

photographer / curator / writer based in Warsaw, Poland

Milena Natalia Soporowska is a visual artist, researcher and journalist based in Warsaw, Poland. Her work explores, among other things, the intertwining of everyday life with magic and the occult, questioning the concept of home as a safe, familiar haven. She is interested in the combination of alternative medicine and psychoanalysis, and the overlap between Christianity, esotericism and folk spirituality.

Studied History of Art [main faculty] at College of Inter-area Individual Humanistic and Social Studies at University of Warsaw and photography at The Society of Polish Art Photographers [graduated with distinction] and Academy of Photography. A recent graduate of Museology at University of Warsaw. Laureate of the 5th edition of ShowOFF contest for young talents at XI Photomonth in Cracow [project: Guest Rooms, curator: Bownik]. Moreover, Milena is a graduate of the Sputnik Photos 2019/2020 mentoring programme. Co-founder of curatorial project ABBILD and Swatki. Collaborated with galleries and cultural institutions: lokal_30, Starter, LAW, Branicki Palace, National Museum in Cracow, RDK/Os. Jazdów community and Book Art Museum. Scholarship holder at Summer Academy in Traunkirchen and Salzburg International Academy of Fine Arts. Took part in various group shows. Writer and former techno promoter. 

As a practitioner, I am interested in the image within the meaning of visual culture. As a “picture” I understand every kind of notion taking mental and/or physical form. I am particularly interested in mediated images interpreted in terms of objet trouvé tradition. As a theorist, I am concerned about the reception and production of images as social and cultural activities. Inspired by thought of Hans Belting, I study the triadic relation between an image, a man and his body. I am also interested in the role of text and psychoanalysis in image creation.

photo: Dorotka Kaczmarek