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exhibition venue

Poster Museum in Wilanów

ul. Kostki Potockiego 10/16

02-958 Warszawa

 

 

Poster Museum in Wilanów

 

The Poster Museum at Wilanów is the oldest institution of that kind in the world. In June 1966, on the day of the opening of the 1st International Poster Biennale. But before the construction works started and before naming of Janina Fijałkowska the first curator of the Poster Museum, the collection of the future museum were housed for many years at the National Museum in Warsaw. A small collection of posters had been stored in the Engravings Department since before the 2nd World War; it took in Polish and foreign posters on equal. standing with other graphic objects.

 

In 1953, around 500 posters that had survived the war were transferred from the Engravings Department to the Documentation Section, which just had been established.

 

In 1961 director of the National Museum in Warsaw, Prof. Stanisław Lorentz, brought to life (at Wilanów) the Poster Section of the Gallery of Contemporary Art. Probably by that time the first thoughts of the separate gallery, which would house poster exhibition were born.

 

The Poster Museum was ceremoniously opened on the day of the inauguration of the 2nd International Poster Biennial – on 4 June, 1968. It kicked off its activities with an exhibition of posters by then-recently deceased Wojciech Zamecznik, an outstanding Polish designer, and a display of works by the price-winners of the 1st International Poster Biennale.

 

At present the museum collection contains of some 36.000 titles in the Section of Polish Posters and nearly 25.000 titles in the Section of Foreign Posters.

 

PJAIT

 

The department of New Media Art of the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technologies was launched in 2004. First as a ba, now, it also runs the MA level studies, as well as the English Program BA and since 2016 MA.

 

 The program, unique in Poland, consolidates Polish art traditions and new technologies. Students are engaged in interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary exploration in the digital arts. The curriculum enables students to investigate innovative approaches to contemporary theory and practice, and fosters both individual inquiry and high-level collaboration. Current research areas in the department include new forms of visual communication using sensor and physical interfaces, experimental games, augmented reality, motion graphics, hybrid architectural/media environments, digitally articulated sculpture and responsive environments. The primary objective of the program is to prepare creative critical thinkers to become leaders in new media design, not losing the long Polish tradition in art.

 

PJAIT employs outstanding specialists, researchers and academic teachers from Poland and other countries as well. PJAIT is active on the international scene, cooperating with academic centers in Europe – within the framework of the Erasmus–Socrates program – and from other continents (North America, Asia, Australia). The students of PJAIT can participate in exchange programs and take courses at renowned foreign universities.

EUNIC Warszawa

 

EUNIC stands for European Union National Institutes for Culture; the network of European national institutes of culture and national bodies engaged in cultural and related activities beyond their national borders. EUNIC brings together organizations from all 28 EU member states and adds value through its global network of clusters. By pooling together the resources and expertise of its members and carrying out joint work on common areas of interest, EUNIC is a recognized partner of the EU and its stakeholders in defining and implementing European policy on culture inside and outside the EU.

 

EUNIC promotes cultural diversity and cultural dialogue and advocates for a stronger role for culture in public policies and in external relations, both at European and international level.

 

By means of its clusters, EUNIC has a strong capacity to deliver collaborative transnational projects connecting culture and society, as well as significant potential for training and research in cultural diplomacy and cultural relations. EUNIC has 34 members from 28 countries represented in over 150 countries with more than 2,000 branches and thousands of local partners.

 

EUNIC Warszawa has been a thriving cluster since its start in 2007 and has 17 full members and 8 associated members. The cluster cooperated with over 50 different local, regional and national institutions in a variety of cultural, social and educational projects.

 

participant universities

Argentina

Anabella Salem & Gabriel Mateu

Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

 

Belgium

Ann Bessemans & Johann Vandebosch

MAD, Hasselt

 

China

Xiao Yong

Central Academy of Fine Arts CAFA, Beijing

 

Finland

Tarja Nieminen

Aalto University, Helsinki

 

Ecuador
Maria-Mercedes Salgado

La Factoría and Universidad de las Artes del Ecuador, Guayaquil

 

Germany

Anja Stoeffler & Julia Kühne

University of applied Arts, Mainz

 

Greece

Eleni Martini, Katerina Antonaki, Aspassia Voudouri,

Sofia Mytilinaiou, Ioanna Delfino

TEI, Athens

 

India

Tridha Gajjar

National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

 

Israel

Yossi Lemel

Besalel Art University, Jerusalem

 

 

Japan

Keizo Matsui

Osaka Art University, Osaka

 

South Korea

Byoung Il Sung

Namseoul University, Soul

 

New Zealand

Brian Lucid

Massey University College of Creative Arts, Wellington

 

Poland

Marjatta Itkonen

PJAIT, Warszawa

 

Russia

Sergei Serov

Higher Academic School of Design, Moscow

 

South Africa

Elisabeth Gunter

Stellenbosch University, Johannesburg

 

Switzeland

Anette Lenz

HEAD – Geneva School of Art and Design, Geneve

 

Ukraine

Oleg Veklenko

Industrial Arts Institute, Kharkov

 

USA

Elizabeth Resnick & Jan Kubasiewicz

MassArt, Boston

 

USA

Tom Wedel

RISD, Providence