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Art Moves‘ 2nd International festival of Art on Billboards
October 1st, 2009 – November 11th, 2009, Toruń
Invited artists:
Main exhibition:
Edward Burtynsky / Canada
Mark Titchner / United Kingdom
Paul Antick / United Kingdom
Abrie Fourie / South Africa / Germany
Haimi Fenichel / Israel
Visionary Images / Australia
Paweł Jarodzki / Poland
Jerzy Kosałka / Poland
Joanna Górska / Poland
Rafał Góralski / Poland
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Festival program:
October 1st – October 31st, 2009 - exhibition of Edward Burtynsky’s mega-works in the city space
October 6th – October 9th, 2009 - artistic poster campaign addressed to the residents of Bydgoskie Przedmieście and the Old Town "Art Close By"
October 9th – November 8th, 2009 Rapackiego Square and Chopina Street – exhibition of the artists’ works on billboards and advertising pillars
October 9th, 2009, 5:00 p.m. Rapackiego Square – official festival opening ceremony and presenting the main award to the winner of the Art on Billboards Competition
October 9th, 2009, 8:00 p.m. Center of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu – show of a documentary "Manufactured Landscapes"
October 10th, 2009, 6:00 p.m. Center of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu – meeting with artists and curators "Art for Art’s Sake or Art for People: Actions Surpassing the Rigid Borders of Art, Boldly Interfering with the Social Tissue". The meeting will be attended by:
Maria Filippow / Visionary Images / Melbourne, Australia
Paul Antick / Roehampton University / London, UK
Beata Jaszczak / Festiwal Podwórko / Galeria Oto ja / Płock, Poland
Jacek Markiewicz / Galeria A.R.T./ Stowarzyszenie Oto ja / Płock, Poland
Presentation of a documentary and an open discussion in a friendly atmosphere!
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Art Moves special event - 10th Galeria Rusz anniversary:
September 18th, 2009, 6:00 p.m. Rapackiego Square
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This year, for the first time, the festival will be accompanied by a Competition of Art on Billboards, the main idea of which is to encourage young artists to create art engaged in the present reality. The competition is addressed to young, talented artists and art students. This year, participants were invited to create work of art in response to the competition theme “Is Everything Interlinked?”
Altogether, 306 entries were submitted by 178 artists from 33 countries of the world.
The jury composed of artists and art curators, recognized authorities in the area of public art, including:
Paweł Jarodzki (Professor of the Wrocław University of Fine Arts),
Paul Antick (artist, photographer and Senior Lecturer at Roehampton University, London),
Maria Filippow (Visionary Images, Melbourne),
Rafał Góralski (Galeria Rusz artist, Art Moves Festival Director) selected ten best works which will be exhibited in the competition component of the Festival.
The author of the most interesting work - Barbora Novotna – will receive an award of PLN 7,000 funded by the Marshal of Kujawsko- Pomorskie region.
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Another new event at the festival will be an art poster action involving the people of Toruń, particularly residents of the Bydgoskie Przedmieście and Old Town districts. The residents will be invited to become part of the art exhibition space by displaying posters (specially produced for this purpose by Galeria Rusz) in their shop, office or house windows. The posters will be distributed free of charge by volunteers or will be available at designated locations, including the Library at 61 Mickiewicza Street and ‘Niebo’ Club at 1 Stary Rynek.
The posters will also be displayed on advertising pillars located in the abovementioned districts.
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