GaMA extends an invitation to a meeting with Anna Cymer, author of the book Długie lata 90. Architektura w Polsce czasów transformacji (The Extended 1990s. Architecture in Poland of the Time of Transformation), to be interviewed by Anna Bieliz.

Anna Cymer’s book paints a panorama of the architecture of the decade and orders a typology of the buildings of that time. The author shows that the 1990s did not end at the end of the decade, but stretched over a much longer period, from the time when the ideas of postmodernism became more widespread in Poland and architects could finally set up their own studios, to the beginning of the 21st century, when buildings based on earlier designs were still being constructed.

The book is a product not only of numerous readings and desk studies but also of the author's many journeys across Poland in search of the enthusiasm, colours, and experiments of that time. The extensive text comes with the author’s nearly 200 colour photographs of buildings from various cities and towns in Poland, a bibliography, and an index of people and architectural studios and towns.

Anna Cymer - historian of architecture, with a degree in Art History from the University of Warsaw, involved in the dissemination of knowledge on architecture. She writes for both popular, professional and specialist media. Scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, winner of the Journalism Award of the Chamber of Architects of the Republic of Poland, author of the books Architektura w Polsce 1945–1989 (Architecture in Poland 1945-1989) and The Extended 1990s. Architecture in Poland of the Time of Transformation.

Anna Bieliz - culture animator, educator, and manager. In 2017-2023, she was the main coordinator of the Microgrants programme of the Wrocław Institute of Culture. Currently chief competence and research coordinator at the CCI and programme director of the MIASTOmovie City and Architecture Film Festival. "Recreationally", she looks for Polish cubes to photograph (account on Instagram @kostka_polska) and more interesting examples of Wrocław's downtown ... (which she documents on IG @plombowanie)