Teatr Kombinat we Wrocławiu, Krupa Gallery Art Foundation we Wrocławiu, Miasto Wrocław
David Sypniewski is the creator of the titular bot in the performance "Grief//bot – a performance with the participation of an AI avatar." The event is an interdisciplinary and groundbreaking artistic and research project by the Kombinat Theatre in Wrocław, combining drama theatre, puppet theatre, and artificial intelligence technologies. In addition to the actor and puppet, the performance also features a bot, making the performance partially improvised and interactive, as it allows for a conversation between the audience and the bot. Sypniewski was a member of the creative team that designed the bot's role in the performance and its planned operation. He participated in a debate accompanying the performance, focusing on grief and technology. The performance premiered at the Krupa Gallery Art Foundation in Wrocław on February 20, 2026. The project received European Union funding from the National Reconstruction Plan.
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Wydział Interdyscyplinarny Uniwersytetu SWPS w Krakowie
Anna Treska-Siwoń (Kraków)
The exhibition "Pomiędzy / In Between," curated by Anna Treska-Siwoń, explored human relationships with ordinary, everyday objects. It featured works in a variety of techniques and media - from paintings to spatial objects, animations, and augmented reality. The exhibition was organized by the Interdisciplinary Faculty of SWPS University in Krakow and was part of the "Sztuka do Rzeczy - Design w Krakowie 2025" festival. The exhibition took place at the Open Gallery of SWPS University in Krakow and was open to the public from November 18th to 30th, 2025. As a companion event to the exhibition, the Have a Good Look collective held a happening on November 28th. Approximately 2,000 people attended the event. The Krakow festival has been held annually since 2018. The 2025 edition included approximately 70 events in 30 locations, organized by 34 entities. The festival is organized by the Department of Culture of the City of Krakow. Festival partners included the Łukasiewicz Research Network, the Faculty of Industrial Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, the Podbrzezie UKEN Gallery, the Design Forum, the Scientific Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the Nówki Art Foundation at the Academy of Fine Arts.
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Wydział Interdyscyplinarny Uniwersytetu SWPS w Krakowie
The happening, created by the Have a Good Look collective, composed of Joanna Róg-Ociepka and Anna Treska-Siwon, and featuring digital art, advertising graphics, and multimedia students from SWPS University, took place on November 18, 2025, at 6:00 PM and on November 28, at 4:00 PM. In accordance with the adopted rules, viewers could freely engage with the collective by painting portraits of kitchen tools—their own or those available on site. Painting their portraits aimed, among other things, to better understand the differences between design, art, and invention. The happening took place as part of the "Pomiędzy / In Between" exhibition organized by the Interdisciplinary Faculty of SWPS University in Krakow from November 18-30, 2025. The event was part of the "Sztuka do Rzecz - Design w Krakowie 2025" festival.
Osiągnięcia artystycznePrace artystyczneauthorship of an artwork at an event
Wydział Interdyscyplinarny Uniwersytetu SWPS w Krakowie
Anna Treska-Siwoń (Kraków)
The installation features a selection of kitchen tools arranged in a luxurious setting. Each tool has been individually framed, accentuating its form or origin. The following materials were used to create the installation: Apple and jewelry boxes, fabrics (velvet, gold, shiny, patterned, tulle, etc.), feathers, gift wrap, a velvet bag, and gold-dotted paper. The featured kitchen tools include: a decorated grating ball, a cherry pitter, a miniature croissant mold, a Japanese ginger grater, a Spanish rosquilla spoon, a decorative nutcracker, a cake decorating tool, a mini green bean slicer, a lemon slicer, a spring-loaded whisk, a tin pot cover, Italian meatball tongs, a gingerbread mold, a metal funnel, a Czech handmade grain scoop, a hot pot stand, a conifer tip squash, a Greek pepper pith remover, a small strainer, two Czech cookie cutters, an Italian ravioli cutter, a Danish parsley chopper, a miniature salt scoop, a handmade dough wheel, and a handmade flat mixer. The installation was presented at the "Pomiędzy / In Between" exhibition, organized by the Interdisciplinary Faculty of SWPS University in Krakow from November 18-30, 2025. The event took place at the Open Gallery of SWPS University in Krakow and was part of the "Sztuka do Rzeczy - Design w Krakowie 2025" festival. The installation area may vary depending on the proportions of the available space. In the case of the "In Between" exhibition, it was approximately 1 x 1.5 meters. The exhibition was visited by approximately 2,000 people.
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Paweł Starzec and Paweł Piotrowicz, at the invitation of the BWA Wrocław, co-created the curatorial concept and implementation project for the exhibition "City Scene: Wrocław’s Independent Culture of the 1990s". The project grew out of the activities of the Wrocław Independent Music Scene association and earlier projects – the series of publications "Wrocław Independent Music Scene" and "Lower Silesian Independent Music Scene," as well as the exhibitions "Wild Fields. The History of the Avant-Garde Wrocław" (Zachęta, 2015) and "Black Spring. Around the Wrocław Independent Music Scene of the 1980s" (Wrocław Contemporary Museum, 2017). The exhibition is largely based on previously unpublished archival materials – photographs and films documenting the events of the 1990s in Wrocław and the activities of the music scene and counterculture. Paweł Starzec was responsible for organizing the materials collected during the research, developing the curatorial and spatial concept for the exhibition, writing one of the two accompanying texts, preparing the design for two audio/video installations, and preparing the production of the photographic materials. The exhibition took place at the BWA Wrocław from March 6 to May 17, 2026. Media patrons for the event included Radio RAM, Radio Wrocław, Radio Wrocław Kultura, the Format Artistic Magazine, Miej Miejsce, TVP3 Wrocław, TVP Info, and TVP Kultura. The exhibition proved to be a major success in terms of attendance, with over 600 visitors during the opening weekend.
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