Each edition of Polarities. Dialogues of Young People is meant to motivate talented young artists to work intensively, self-reflect, and engage in debates. The problem to be reflected on is the other person, or THE OTHER, as Emmanuel Levinas would have it. The other human being is also another. The word is polysemous. THE OTHER INNY is not me, but another person, but THE OTHER is also a newcomer, a stranger, a foreigner, and an animal… Sometimes, THE OTHER is myself after some transformative experience in my life or as compared against the other people around me.
This is the ninth edition of a project room initiative carried out with students of the University of the Arts Poznań (UAP), in collaboration with the university’s faculty members. In each edition, a pair of students takes part in a series of meetings spanning several months, culminating in a site-specific exhibition. From the outset, the theme has remained the same – THE OTHER. However, although each edition takes the philosophy of dialogue as its point of departure, the scope for interpretation expands considerably. Students are encouraged to engage with the central theme in as personal a manner as possible and to exchange ideas openly and sincerely. The project was conceived and is coordinated by Bogna Błażewicz.
An exhibition that crowns the nineth edition of the project Dialogues of Young People: THE OTHER
substantive care: Bogna Błażewicz (Arsenał Municipal Gallery); Paweł Kaszczyński, Adam Nowaczyk (M. Abakanowicz University of the Arts, Poznan)
