(Warsaw, Poland)
PIPA Prize 2016 Finalist Clara Ianni is part of the group show “Gotong Royong, things we do together” at Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art. Proposing the use of art as a community-building tool, the show, that starts tomorrow, September 19th, aims to go beyond the formula of visiting an exhibition by engaging the visitors in public activities.
The exhibition’s title, “Gotong royong“, is a reference to an Indonesian method of work that involves group and cooperation-based actions as a way of learning and creating social bonds. This method is the starting point of the works presented and for the exhibition itself, that invites the public to join in public programmes coming from the visual and performing arts, such as choreography, vocal and music workshops.
As a Ujazdowski Castle resident, Clara Ianni will participate in the public activities during the exhibition with the project “Open Monument”, that aims to create a popular, collective-authorship memorial in Warsaw. The artist asks the public to submit their own concept, description or name of a monument, willing to build a sort of “public sculpture”. The public’s propositions will become the basis of an ephemeral performance exploring the tension between construction and destruction, as well as the power relations within historical representations. It also discusses the possibility and necessity of representing collective memory, extending Clara’s interest in investigating social groups identity and memory.
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- Vincent Rumahloine, an Indonesian artist and activist, works with local communities in Bandung, the third largest city in Java. The photo shows the micro-museum project made for the community of the kampung (living area), where they, together with the artist, collected the artifacts important for building local identity.
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- Architect Maciej Siuda proposed to solve the current problem of lack of housing while working with the Jatiwang Art Factory collective in West Java. The photo shows HOUSE OF LOVE – created for the needs of the local community, made of materials easily available on the spot. Maciej Siuda, 2015-2016
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- Polish artist Alicja Wysocka has been working with a group of women from Mathare slums in Nairobi. Cooperativa USHIRIKA mainly works on sewing bags and making shoes. Their distribution in Europe helps them survive under very difficult conditions and develop further business.
“Gotong Royong, things we do together”, group show
On view from September 19th 2017 through January 4th 2018
Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
Jazdów 2, 00–467 Warsaw
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