The exhibition of works by Grzegorz Wróblewski "Asemic Writing: Between Calligraphy and Painting," is the first in Lodz presentation of the work of one of the leading "brulion" poets, also author of essays and plays, a visual artist, musician, and a performer who, in addition to abstract paintings, creates works in the asemic writing genre, little-known in Poland. Wróblewski is one of the most frequently translated Polish poets in the US, and his visual work is often presented in Denmark and English-speaking countries before being exhibited in Poland.
Artists working in the asemic writing movement use a variety of techniques combining asemic writing, not synonymous with any functioning alphabet, as an element of diverse visual compositions. This creates works that free themselves from cultural codes and discourses, appearing as an anarchic gesture of searching for "pure thought," a way out of communication noise, an opening to a shifting constellation of meanings, and simultaneously a medium for the author's and audience's intentions. This "plastic" gesture, in the era of the "twilight of writing" (if we draw on the materialistic concepts of philosopher Catherine Malabou), demands presentation, analysis and discussion. Grzegorz Wróblewski, a poet and American studies scholar Dr Kacper Bartczak, as well as a poet and a cultural anthropologist Dr Przemysław Owczarek will participate in the presentation accompanying the exhibition. They count on your participation, voice and insights.
The evening will feature Tomasz Świtalski, a jazz musician who, together with Grzegorz Wróblewski, will carry out a poetic, musical and asemic performance.
The project is held under the patronage of the Department of North American Literature and Culture at the Institute of English Studies at the Faculty of Philology, University of Lodz.
Muzeum Książki Artystycznej w Łodzi (The Book Art Museum in Lodz) is a partner of the exhibition.
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The evening programme:
- Wróblewski/Świtalski, a poetic musical and asemic performance
- A discussion on the correspondences between asemic writing and contemporary poetry, calligraphy and painting, with Grzegorz Wróblewski, Dr Kacper Bartczak and Dr Przemysław Owczarek.
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The exhibition is another initiative carried out in cooperation with the Book Art Museum. The international exhibition FREEDOM PROJECT KOLEKCJA was presented at the University of Lodz Library in 2024.
More information about the exhibition can be found on the website (in Polish)
The photo presented above shows Grzegorz Wróblewski's work KUMITEE from 2023.
