Anna Płachecka

The most eye- and mind-opening classes were those run by Maja Parczewska and Janusz Byszewski as part of the Creative Education Laboratory. During these workshops I learned how much meaning in terms of culture animation can simple tools carry and how to apply them consciously in the creative process.

Culture animator, coordinator of the Samogłoska Local Activity Centre.

Earlier she had been running social and artistic projects addressed to local communities aimed at activating residents and implementing changes to housing estates. Coordinated the animation activities in the following projects:

• “Interventions” (Cathedral of Culture Association, 2013)
• “Summer is around the corner” (Białołęka Culture Centre, 2014-2015)
• „New Varsovians” (Białołęka Culture Centre, 2015)

Occasionally works with Julia Biczysko as a duet Julianna Płaczysko. They have recently been invited to the Katowice Street Art AiR (2017) festival where they ran the +/- RIPOSTA project. Together with the community of Janów in Katowice they cleaned up the chaos on walls of houses neutralizing the negative messages and creating a series of murals.