Meeting with Paweł Sky on the occasion of the premiere of the catalog 'POSTERS / PLAKATY' + presentation of the film documentation.
Host: Grzegorz Szyma.
Date: October 17, 2024 (Thursday), 7:00 PM.
Place: KINO Requiem
ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 64, 00-322 Warsaw
https://requiem-records.com/pl/news/kino_w_requiem
FREE ENTRY
Limited seating: RESERVATION REQUIRED.
Send an email to -> info@pawelsky.pl.
Publisher of the book: Oficyna Związek Otwarty
https://oficynazwiazekotwarty.pl/produkt/plakaty-pawel-sky/
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During the meeting, a video recording will be presented:
'Poster Park - (horizontally) posters exhibition' 0:46, 2016, realization: Mateusz Wyszogrodzki.
'It Was Nice Already', 3:56, 2022, realization: Tomik Wincenciak
performance (Santa Marta & Paweł Sky) at the opening of the poster exhibition 'HUMAN ERROR', (new) OFFSIDE.
'plaKATy', 0:39, 2016, realization: Mateusz Wyszogrodzki.
'HUMAN ERROR' - Santa Marta & Paweł Sky feat. Skudłaker - 3:47, 2022, realization: Underground Factory, Joanna John, Paweł Sky
The music video was part of the performance 'IT WAS NICE ALREADY' as part of the poster exhibition 'HUMAN ERROR', Warsaw, OFFSIDE, April-September 2022.
'Musical Sparing (short documentary about tN collective)', 9:14, 2016, realization: Mateusz Wyszogrodzki.
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Does the poster have a chance for the permanence of monuments? Does art heal the soul? Was it nice already?
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The meeting with Paweł Sky will be led by Grzegorz Szyma - Multimedia artist: painter, graphic designer, DJ, and musician. Graduate of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. From 2020 to 2021, he hosted the 'Elektrownia' program on Radiospacja dedicated to the history of electronic music. Currently, at the headquarters of Requiem Records, he runs a film cycle in which he presents films at the intersection of visual arts and music.
https://szyma.art.pl
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'POSTERS / PLAKATY' - a poster catalog on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of creative work. Paweł Sky is an artist who synthesizes graffiti, road signs, and the Polish Poster School in his poster work. Over 30 years, he has created more than 2000 posters, including 150 original ones. The catalog mainly presents original posters from 2010–2024.
The catalog includes:
100 reproductions of posters
22 full-page photographs
4 postcards
2 language versions (PL and EN)
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'The poster has no chance for the permanence of monuments.'
Piotr Rymarczyk
sociologist, writer, social activist.
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Paweł Sky has been designing graphic art since 1994. For his projects, he has been awarded, among others, the Silver TaMga, Obsesją Papieru, and the Golden Dragon. He designs for cultural institutions, collaborates with press editorial offices, publishing houses, and advertising agencies.
He began creating original posters in 2010. To date, about 150 original posters have been created, primarily in two cycles: WARsaw and eMOcJE. He has presented them at several exhibitions and performances. His first solo exhibition of posters took place in 2013.
Since the early 1990s, he has been associated with independent culture. He has organized nearly 200 concerts (including UFOlotki, Zielony Festival, Warsaw ImproMusic Fest). From 1996 to 1998, he was the tour manager for the band Dezerter. Curator and producer of the Theater Scene (2004–2010), Alter Space (2008–2010), and coordinator of the NGO Zone (2006–2010) at the Open’er Festival in Gdynia. In 2007, he founded the improvisation collective tN collective (terenNowy). In 2015, he was the manager of the band Kinsky, assisting them in their activities after reactivation. More -> www.pawelsky.pl
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013: 'WARsaw', Gallery W-Z, Warsaw
2014: 'Posters for Bródno – posters from 2000–2014', Cultural Center and Cinema Świt, Warsaw
2015: 'WARsaw II', Author's Bistro & Café, Warsaw
2016: 'plaKATy', Gallery of Polish Poster by Włodek Orzeł and Darek Zgutka, University Library, Warsaw
2016: 'Poster Park', horizontal poster exhibition, Bródno Park, Warsaw
2016: 'plaKATy 2', Municipal Cultural Center, Koło
2018: 'Posters on the staircase', Venice Biennale in Bródno, Warsaw
2018: 'eMOcJE', OFFSIDE, Warsaw
2019: 'eMOcJE 2', Skłot Clinic, Warsaw
2022: 'HUMAN ERROR', (new) OFFSIDE, Warsaw
2023: 'New Year's presentation of Paweł Sky's posters', Gallery of Polish Poster, Warsaw
2023: 'Praga facade of the mermaid city', Antiquarian Bookmark, Warsaw
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PUBLICATIONS (prints)
2014: 'Posters for Bródno', poster catalog accompanying the exhibition, A2 format, self-published • 2015: 'BRD 100', poster on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Bródno's incorporation into Warsaw, A2 format, self-published • 2018: 'Posters on the staircase', insert in the newspaper 'Mieszkaniec Targówka' accompanying the exhibition, format 280 x 380 mm • 2018: 'eMOcJE 2 – urban street catalog', publication accompanying the exhibition, format 280 x 345 mm, self-published • 2024: 'Posters / Plakaty', catalog on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of creative work, format 150 x 200 mm, Oficyna Związek Otwarty (the official premiere will take place during the XVII Theater Meetings InNOwica in Nowica, September 5-7, 2024)
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ACTIONS
1994–1996: 'UFOlotki' • 2003–2019: 'Cinema on the Block', (non)periodic action in the housing estate space, Bródno estate, Warsaw • 2016: 'Cinema on the tenement', neighborhood festival, Targówek Fabryczny, Warsaw • 2017–2019: 'Block Card – neighbor to neighbor', socially useful action, Targówek district, Warsaw • 2018: 'ATTENTION! This is ART OF PROTEST! – Unrespected and Unkind CITIZEN', February 17-26, Bródno estate, Warsaw and social media, #RatujmyParkBródnowski • 2018: 'The poster has no chance for the permanence of monuments', performance as part of the exhibition 'eMOcJe', OFFSIDE, Warsaw • 2019: '[NATURAL] ISOTOPING OF SPACE', personal performance, Czarne Błota • 2019: 'UFOlotki from the blocks – underground culture from Bródno 1994–1996', virtual exhibition + concert, Open Ząbkowska, Warsaw • 2019: 'The poster has no chance for the permanence of monuments', performance as part of the exhibition 'eMOcJE 2', Skłot Clinic, Warsaw • 2022: 'It Was Nice Already', performance during the opening of the exhibition 'HUMAN ERROR', (new) OFFSIDE, Warsaw, (together with Santa Marta) • 2022: 'It Was Nice Already', performance during the closing of the exhibition 'HUMAN ERROR', (new) OFFSIDE, Warsaw, (together with Jolanta Kossakowska)
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011: '15th Salon of Polish Poster', Poster Museum in Wilanów, Warsaw
2020: 'COVID vs. People', virtual opening, SWPS University, Wrocław
2020: Skippers of the Polish Poster School (duet WPSP) 'strengthening the message', exhibition of posters by Marek Maciejczyk and Paweł Sky, Caffe Miasto, Warsaw
2021: 'Master Class vs Young Blood' as part of the 17th edition of the Jazz Festival in Ruins, Gliwice.