Powiśle Project
In the academic year 2017/2018, the Culture Animation specialisation was executing a novel training programme focused on the Powiśle district – the venue of ongoing and future activities carried out under the Multi-year Programme for the Development of the University of Warsaw, and, at the same time, one of the most dynamically changing districts in Warsaw.
As part of the Powiśle Project, students conducted creative research of the district, studying it from the perspectives of social, material, visual and audio nature of the district with the use of contemporary art strategies.
photo Kamila Szuba
Workshops and internships comprising the Powiśle Project are conducted as Field Workshops held partly beyond the University campus, in public space, in contact with the district residents and different users.
They are aimed at undertaking activities aimed at improving the inner integration of the university community and the external integration of the University community with the social environment encompassing both institutions operating in the district and its residents.
The Powiśle Project addresses the issues that are the subject matter of the Multi-year Programme for the Development of the University of Warsaw via activities carried out across realities and communities i.e. the different University departments, residents, and Varsovians from other parts of the city, etc.
The works and projects created during the classes will be presented to the public in June 2018 in the Powiśle district.
Activities:
- Tuesday, 17 April, meeting devoted to social and cultural activities in Powiśle at the Library no. 67 at ul. Browarna 4. Meeting organisers: Culture Animation of the Institute of Polish Culture of the University of Warsaw and the BORIS Association as part of the “Warszawa Lokalnie” project.
- “Local maps of culture”, a workshop run by dr Zofia Dworakowska. One of the results of the workshop is a map aggregating images, text, documents and films about Powiśle:
- Internship Panorama Powiśle with Janusz Byszewski covering activities in open space (photo Janusz Byszewski):
- “Medialab: Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28” run by Aleksandra Janus and Ewa Majdecka (Pracownia Otwierania Kultury), where the online quide around the Main Campus of the University was created:
- “Listening to the city” workshop run by Sebastian Mac
- “The Right of the Middle” run by Edyta Ołdak ( Z siedzibą w Warszawie Association)
- “Photography in action” workshop run by Agnieszka Rayss (Sputnik Photos)
- “Thinking about local cooperation” workshop run by dr Ilona Iłowiecką-Tańska (Partners Polska Foundation, Copernicus Science Centre)
- “Broadening the field” workshop run by Maria Parczewska
- “Theatre/Performance/Street” workshop run by Wojtek Ziemilski
- Internship at the Bureau for the Innovation of Academic Space of the University of Warsaw.
- the exhibition “Powiśle Project – creative urban research” (photo Kamila Szuba):
The Powiśle Project was held owing to the support of the University of Warsaw authorities.