Radical Parenthood
copper, varnish, ink, cable, temporary tattoo stickers, burnt styrene disposed after the fire in a warehouse, steel, epoxy resin, small piece of concrete from Vilnius parliament premises, AC hose, cellphone playing the video work Messed Up Terrains, 2019, video, 7′19″, sound. Courtesy of the Marval Collection (Milano) ; photo: Tytus Szabelski-Różniak
Radical Parenthood
November 17th 2023 – January 14th 2024
“Arsenal” Gallery in Białystok, A. Mickiewicza 2, Białystok 15-222, Poland
Artists: Pamela Bożek, Monika Drożyńska, MATERNAL FANTASIES, Lesia Khomenko, Bartłomiej Kiełbowicz, Ela Jabłońska, Cecylia Malik, DIS/ORDER, Bára Šimková, Jaśmina Wójcik
Curated by Eliza Urwanowicz-Rojecka
Graphic identification: Tomek Pawluczuk
17.11.2023 (Friday), 6:00 PM:
vernissage, free entrance
17.11.2023 (Friday), 6:30 PM:
music and dance workshop “Tańcowisko / Densy z sensem”, free entrance
18.11.2023 (Saturday), 11:00 AM:
guided tour included in the exhibition ticket price
18.11 (Saturday), 1:00-5:00 PM:
To become two or more or many – a creative workshop by MATERNAL FANTASIES (Isabell Spengler and Magdalena Kallenberger), free entrance
09.12.2023 (Saturday), 10:00 AM:
guided tour in Ukrainian, free entrance
09.12.2023 (Saturday), 12:00 PM:
guided tour in Belarusian, free entrance
10.12.2023 (Sunday), 10:30 am – 6:00 pm
PLENUM MEMINARIUM #4. (Im)possible care practices, free entrance
10.12.2023 (Sunday), at 7:00 pm
concert by Anatoly Belov – Galeria Arsenal Elektrownia, Elektryczna 13 Street (entrance from Elektryczna Street),
free entrance
20.01.2024 (Saturday), 3:00 PM
guided tour in PJM combined with a workshop. The guided tour will take place in Polish Sign Language and will be translated into Polish Phonic. The tour will be led by Natalia Siuchta, interpreted by Emilia Szuchniewicz
free entrance
The exhibition explores the issue of parenthood interpreted as a process fitting economies of social care and generosity.
We live in breakthrough times, in a dynamically changing reality system solutions cannot keep up with, continually searching for narratives to “organise” or “hack” the future; in times of a war well-nigh on our doorstep, of climate, epidemic, geopolitical, humanitarian and migration crises. Given the relentless frequency of institutional inefficiency and oppressiveness, the current and future wellbeing of Children is increasingly dependent on their parents’ involvement, openness and creativity. Daily and regular parenting practices, individual and community-based alike, offer an opportunity for creating new patterns, solutions and representations assisting the child in his/her/their development in emotional-and-intellectual, social, physical and ethical terms. An actively thinking, feeling, acting citizen of the world, the subjectively treated Child remains at the core of all practices. Yet parental self-care and focus on parental wellbeing is an equally essential practice-related component.
All works shown analyse the parenthood phenomenon from an individual and social perspective, occasionally mixing and blending the two orders, showcasing their intermingling and mutual dependence. After all, cultural imaginings or archetypes are processed or transcended through our own experiences, feelings, daily lives.
Parenthood will be approached in the context of emotions and thinking styles as well as daily practices focused on the here and now as well as on the future, near and distant alike.
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Opening times:
Thuesday – Sunday
10:00-18:00
Last admission
to exhibition is at:
17.30