Art Moves 2012
5th International Festival of Art on Billboards
September 12 – October 16, Toruń, Poland

For five years now we have been presenting the most moving art works of the outstanding artists from all over the world in the public space. We use billboard – the symbol of the modern age of consumption – and change it into a symbol of consideration, reflection and a deep insight into ourselves and the surrounding reality. We want to reach out to ordinary people, those who do not usually attend art galleries and museums. We are driven by the belief that art can be very important to contemporary people, being a perfect resonator able to induce vibrations in the minds of the viewers, freeing people from their everyday routine and offering new perspectives on reality.

Art Moves is the only festival of art on billboard in the world. The festival’s programme features both the works of renowned artists and of young authors, who sent their works in for the billboard art competition. In this edition of the festival, we exhibited works of 20 artists from 9 countries. The works presented in the urban space during the festival were divided into two categories – the main exhibition and the competition exhibition

The main exhibition:

• Rirkrit Tiravanija / USA
• Peter Liversidge / Great Britain
• Susan O’Malley / USA
• Alicia Eggert / USA
• Christine Wong Yap / USA
• Joanna Górska / Poland
• Anatol Knotek / Austria
• Rafał Góralski / Poland
• Egor Kraft / Russia

The competition exhibition:

• Michał Leśniczak, Maria Wawrzyniak / Poland
• Przemysław Bukowski / Poland
• Radosław Żubrycki / Great Britain
• Roy Meuwissen / Canada
• Darya Zaichanka / Belarus / Austria
• Kevin Duff / Great Britain
• Taber Calderon / USA
• Jerzy Skakun / Poland
• Benjamin Bor / Hungary
• Sayyed Mehran Zare / Iran

 

The opening

The official opening ceremony of the festival took place on September 14, at 7 p.m. in Brama Klasztorna. The event was accompanied by the concert of the Twilite. From September 14 till October 16, 20 art works were exhibited on specially installed  billboards on Rapacki Square, as well as on mobil billboards and LED displays. On September 13, we hold a meeting at 7 p.m. in Brama Klasztorna with the artists invited: Alicia Eggert / US, Christine Wong Yap / US, Susan O’Malley / US, Michał Leśniczak, Maria Wawrzyniak / Poland, Darya Zaichanka / Belarus, Kevin Duff / Great Britain, Egor Kraft / Russia, Roy Meuwissen / Canada, Joanna Górska i Rafał Góralski / Poland.

Festival programme:

September 12 – October 16 – expositions of art works on LED screens (Kraszewski Street, Szosa Chełminska/NOT, Czerwona Droga/ Jan Paweł II Avenue)

September 12 – September 18 – expositions of art works on mobil billboards

September 13, 7pm – meeting with invited artists, Brama Klasztorna

September 14 – October 16 – expositions of art works on billboards (Rapacki Square, Chopin Street)

September 14, 7pm – official opening ceremony, concert of the Twilite, Brama Klasztorna

The festival has been co-funded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, the Local Authorities of Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region and Toruń Municipality.

Partners: Plaza Toruń, STGU, CityCelebrity.ru

Media sponsorship: AMS SA, Artysta.pl, Design Attack, Arteon, O.pl, cowtoruniu.pl, TVK Toruń, rynekisztuka.pl, Independent