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#MUSEUM
Can poor advertisement be good art?
To get the joke in this exhibition’s name- Typo-Polo- you have to realize what disco polo was. Well, that was one of the most popular types of music in Poland in 1990s. Think of countryside wedding songs arranged for keyboards and here it is! Disco polo bands sold hundreds of thousands cds (or cassettes, to be precise!) but they quite obviously remain a symbol of kitsch and bad music taste.
The exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art takes a look at a parallel phenomenon: home-made banners, posters and ads that were supposed to help emerging Polish entrepreneurs of the 1990s get through with their message in public space. As it’s easy to guess, the results were not works of typographic art.
Where:Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej (Museum of Contemporary Art)
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When: Tue-Sun, 12pm-8pm, until 15 June 2014
How much: free
Details: click here
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#EXHIBITION / #PHOTOGRAPHY
Changes in Warsaw captured
John Vachon was an American photographer who worked for the government of the USA. He came to Poland three times: in 1946 to capture how the people had survived the apocalypse and would restore the city from ruins, in 1956 to observe the development of the communist city and in 1963 to catch a glimpse of a country behind the Iron Courtain. He portrayed the faces of random workers and stunning actresses, the damage done in the city during the WW II and the impressive silhouette of the Palace of Culture and Science which looked like a structure from outer space in the poor, destroyed city (rare colour photographs from that period!). See how this city had been changing a few decades ago!
Where: Dom Spotkań z Historią (History Meeting House), ul. Karowa
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When: Tue-Fri 10am-8pm, 11am-8pm on weekends
How much: free
Details: click here
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#CONCERT
‘Heavenly music’
Combination of two concerts, both being strongly inspired by the natural surroundings of a modern Man – a city. Jachna / Buhl + T’ien Lai will perform tonight in the most popular Warsaw jazz/experimental club. The name of the second band is taken from Philip Dick’s novel – so U can expect a bit futuristic sound, sampled noises and buzz of the city, cosmic drones and harmonic loops giving U the sense of meaning to the so called ‘postapocalyptic’ vision. Both duos improvise and create very suggestive, imaginary music.
Where: Pardon, To Tu
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When: 8.30 pm
How much:20 pln
Details: click here
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Post-apocalypse, now!