Małgorzata Mazur & Łukasz Jastrubczak (CentrumCentrum)

CentrumCentrum is an art institution located in Szczecin, Poland. Its research and exhibition program is focused on the relation between the former periphery and the former centres of the world, in the context ofeconomical and culture dependency. CentrumCentrum is seeking threads from the past, and tries to weave them in the present net of relations, taking into account also non-human characters - forgotten events, hidden objects - and boosting its presence in the contemporary narration. CentrumCentrum makes publications, builds collection of objects and situations, initiates the discussions, runs workshops, translates, recycles, reconstructs, takes care of the soil, plants vegetables and collects fruits. CentrumCentrum was created in 2014 by a visual artist Łukasz Jastrubczak and filmmaker Małgorzata Mazur. Both are currently working as tutors at the Academy of Arts in Szczecin.

Curated exhibitions or events
2019 „The Crystal”, CentrumCentrum, Szczecin, Poland
2018 „Recollection of the Last Exhibition”, Obrońców Stalingradu 17, Szczecin, Poland
2017 „Happening for a Dead Bore”, CentrumCentrum, Szczecin, Poland

Performative presentations
2019 „Arton Review. Festival of Polish Art Films”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
2018 „Forgotten Heritage” - National Museum in Warsaw
2017 „Mad Tea Party: Gonzo Curating and Beyond” - Akademie der Kuenste der Welt, Cologne, Germany

Workshops
2020 „Spatial Game” - Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya
2019 „Remorse of a Rock” - Galeria Arsenał, Białystok, Poland
2018 „Power of Recycling”, CentrumCentrum and Munandi Art Studio, Szczecin (Poland) and Lusaka (Zambia)
„Reconstruction in Szumin”, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Szumin, Poland
2017 „Colognealism” - Akademie der Kuenste der Welt, Cologne, Germany

Group exhibitions
2020 „Whole Poland. The Journey To The Source of Art”, Gdańsk City Gallery, Poland
2019 „Whole Poland. The Journey To The Source of Art”, BWA Wrocław, Poland
„Groszowe sprawy Deluxe”, Bazar Namysłowska, Warsaw, Poland
„New Dictionary of Old Ideas”, TRAFO, Szczecin, Poland
2016„Rocky Landscape”, Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków, Poland
„Common Affairs”, Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
„Making Use. Life in Post-artistic times” , Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland

Residency
2018 „New Dictionary of Old Ideas”, Silk Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia

Publications
2020 http://artcontexto.com.br/portfolio/recollection-last-exhibition/

Małgorzata Mazur graduated Faculty of Radio and Television of the Silesian University in Katowice. As a director of photography she worked with Krzysztof Kaczmarek, Łukasz Jastrubczak, Tero Nauha, Zorka Wollny. The films she co-created were shown at numerous festivals : FID Marseille 2015 , Mar del Plata IFF 2015 Argentina, Transcinema Festival Internacional de Cine 2015 Lima, Diagonale 2015 Austria, UNDERDOX 2015 Munich, First Look 2016 New York, 34th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF URUGUAY, Dokfilmwoche 2016 Munich and shows : at National Museum in Warsaw, Cricoteka in Krakow, Arsenal Cinema in Berlin and at many exhibitions. She work as an assistant in the Media Arts Department on Art Academy in Szczecin.

Łukasz Jastrubczak (PhD) was born in 1984 in Zielona Góra. He graduated Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, where he also obtained PhD in Arts. He creates films, installations, sculptures, concerts, interventions, situations, ephemerical actions on a journey, recordings of intuitive music. His solo exhibitions were presented at Art in General in New York, Bunkier Sztuki in Kraków, CCA Kronika in Bytom or Sabot Gallery in Cluj-Napoca.  His films were presented at Kino Arsenal in Berlin, Whitechapel Gallery in London, on “The Images Festival” in Toronto. In 2013 he received “Spojrzenia” (Views) – Deutsche Bank Foundation Award”. Member, with Krzysztof Kaczmarek, of the artistic duo "Krzysztofjastrubczakłukaszkaczmarek". Author, with Sebastian Cichocki, of the publication and events titled "Mirage". He played on synthesizer in the bands "Boring Drug" and "ŁST". He works on Media Arts Department of Academy of Arts and he co-directs "Młode Wilki" Art Festival, dedicated to visual and sound arts.

The residency and exhibition of CentrumCentrum is supported by the International Visegrad Fund.

Date of residency: 15. 8.–30. 9. 2020

http://centrumcentrum.xyz/