poniedziałek, 11 marca 2013

Inspiration.

We all try to be open and gentle, but not always our environment is too. How you get inspired? How you find motivation to try all the time? It is not hard to stay open, but sometimes we just have no faith.

We look at some pictures and photos: someone is kind, open or some place where everyone and everything lives in harmony. We go to such places and we take some photos which will allow us to give others the faith in the beautiful world.

We are different.
We are unity.
We are harmony.

Here are some inspirational pictures from us. 

Ying yang.

And I like it.

Beautiful place!

Open your mind.

The unity.

We all meet in the middle.
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niedziela, 10 marca 2013

Drawcorps vol.2

The great Drawcorps team made a lot for us by sharing their passion of drawing, but moreover, they gave us an important lesson on being open. They proved that it can make us happy more than anything else!

Their way of being open-minded, sociable and friendly to everyone made them people you want to meet in your life. The positive energy they created attracted everyone around. They are the ones who always cheer  and make people believe the world is beautiful. All we need to do is to look carefully to notice it's charm. Their smile is honest and makes you feel warm inside!


Thank you all: Ted Michalowski (Drawcore), Kajtek Betts, Isela Lopez, Katarzyna Zwick, Allaina Propst, Natan Miller, Alicja Romanowska, Wiktoria Garafola, Lauren Indyk, Roger Troiani, Ryan Vaxmonsky, Jerzy Bzdurny, Długosz Smith. :)

Drawcorps vol.1

On Thursday, we were in Kino Nowe Horyzonty. Drawcorps came to us from USA to create live a piece of art on the wall and play some great music for us! We decided to go and well...

It was amazing! Everyone was smiling and helping others with everything. The positive energy was flowing all around the place and people were easy and open to talk to as we all found at least one common language. We even met people from Poland with whom we spoke English :) You would need to be there to understand us! As the team was working, we were able to observe both, their absolutely outstanding tallent and enormous passion they all share. They consciously were open to the cultural diversity. In their eyes and work you could literally see the appreciation for the diversity among us, their models. At the background, the music was played by the group of most fine musicians and the poetry was read. As it was in Kino Nowe Horyzonty, you could also eat something tasty and healthy.

Team preparing the wall...


First draw!


Planning and drawing.


Just see them drawing!


Eat & meet.


Smile :)


WrOpenUp was there!


Poetry...


The best team ever!


One side was already done.


Other still in progress :)


Unfortunatelly, we were not able to stay there until the end of the event, but the last photos we have show the wall almost done. The team is already gone, but they will stay in our hearts and minds for long!

Skateboard


Wrocław is not only for open people – it is for people with passion. Good example is skateboard. You can see it in each park or on Świdnicka street, where skaters show their tricks from years. Our city is also a place of the best skatepark in Poland. Not convinced? Stay with us for interview form skatepark and see what people think.


Journees de la Francophonie – how music joins people


Today we had great opportunity to see on my own eyes, how people from different countries can join together. In Wroclaw’s philharmonic Alberto Nose, French musician gave amazing piano concert. He performed music of Chopin, Debussy and Ravel. But it is not his skills which impressed me the most. It was a fact that different people can feel the same during his concert. In the philharmonic hall Polish, French and English could be heard and still people reacted in similar way – they were listening with smiles.

So, what is the event? It is a series of performances, workshops and exhibitions, organized by Alliance Francaise in Wroclaw. It’s a fantastic chance for opening ourselves for French (and not only) culture. Want to try? You have time to 6th of April.




sobota, 9 marca 2013

Mariusz Mikołajek - Miejsce

Jeszcze tylko do 17 marca w galerii BWA (Wrocław, ul. Wita Stwosza 32) obejrzeć można najnowszą wystawę, zatytułowaną "Miejsce", znanego i docenianego w kręgach artystycznych, wrocławskiego malarza - Mariusza Mikołajka. 

Już sama możliwość obcowania z malarstwem w tej, kojarzonej głównie z nowoczesnymi wystawami z pogranicza sztuk wizualnych, teatru, filmu, performansu i muzyki, galerii powinna Was zachęcić do odwiedzenia wystawy. Warto też zaznaczyć, że jest to niepowtarzalna okazja by zobaczyć kilkadziesiąt prac, które powstały w ciągu ostatnich 12 lat aktywnej pracy twórczej Mikołajka, zebrane w jednym miejscu.

Zwiedzając wystawę tego interesującego, nie tylko ze względu na żywe, pełne kolorów i emocji na wpół abstrakcyjne malarstwo, ale też bujny życiorys, warto zwrócić uwagę na techniczny kunszt artysty. Na wszystkich obrazach dostrzec można, charakterystyczną dla artysty, strukturę, uzyskaną poprzez warstwowe nakładanie farb. Wspomnieć należy też o innowacjach, jakie wprowadził do swych dzieł artysta - na jednym z obrazów dostrzec można złocenia, wystawionych zostało też wiele dzieł stworzonych niezwykle efektowną, unikatowa w skali kraju, a może nawet Europy, techniką malarstwa na dżinsie.

W tej technice zostało zrealizowane jedno z zawodowych marzeń Mariusza Mikołajka - artysta na początku tego roku ukończył prace nad autorską wersją drogi krzyżowej. Monumentalne dzieło namalowane na płótnie o długości 27 metrów połączone jest z multimedialnym ekranem, na którym obejrzeć można nagrany performance przyjaciela autora wystawy. Całość widoczna jest w jednym z przeszklonych skrzydeł galerii. W środku, oprócz obrazów, czekają na zwiedzających również nagrania z terenowych działań malarza, powiązanych ze street-artem, przeprowadzonych na przestrzeni lat. Interesującym doświadczeniem może być także wizyta w piwnicy galerii BWA, gdzie autor przygotował rzeźbiarska instalację artystyczną. 

Byłyśmy, widziałyśmy, polecamy! 

P.S. W najbliższą środę, 13 marca, macie możliwość skorzystania z niepowtarzalnej okazji - po swojej wystawie oprowadzać będzie jej twórca Mariusz Mikołajek.


Hi! Till 17th March in art gallery BWA (Wrocław, ul. Wita Stwosza 32) you can visit the latest exhibition, named "The Place", prepared by well-known, Wroclaw's painter - Mariusz Mikołajek.

You should be encouraged to visit the place, because of the enormous possibility to enjoy the art in that, associated with exhibitions connected with visual arts, theathre, movie, performance and music, gallery. What is more, the exhibition is an unique chance to get to know tenths of works, made by Mikołajek during last 12 years of work, collected in one place.

While enjoying the exhibition of that  interesting, not only because of lively coloured abstract paintings, but also unusual biography, painter, it's worth to draw your attantion to the technical artistry of works. On each painting you can notice special for Mikolajek, structure, obtained because of imposing the paints in layers. Worth mentioning are the innovations which the painter intorduced - gold plating was used on one of the works, there is also many paintings made with usage of unique in Poland, and maybe in whole Europe, technique of painting on jeans.

In those technique was realised one of an artistic dreams of Mikołajek - at the beggining of the year artist had finished his vision of the Stations of the Cross. Monumental work was done on the 27 meters long canvas and is connected with multimedial screen where the previously recorded performance of Mikołajek's friend is shown. That work is presented in one of the glassed flanks of the gallery. Inside, in spite of paintings, you can see also recordings of street-art works of artist. Interesting might be also visiting the basement of the gallery, where Mikołajek prepared the instalation made of sculptures.

We were, we saw, we recommend!

P.S. This Wednesday, 13th March, you can take advantage of great possibility - the author, Mariusz Mikolajek, is going to guide you through his exhibition.

piątek, 8 marca 2013

Who are we?

Young, creative and bored. Who are we? Four girls from one school. All volunteering and working on themselves. Trying to be mature and responsible, but still having fun like small children. Always smiling and making others smile. Open and looking for other citizens of the world, not only Europe, Poland or Wrocław. Happy to be there, where they are and looking around to find any sign from the world.

Ada, 17

who: girl with red dreads
hobby: horse riding, photography
strange: all the time counts and analyzes


Ania, 18

who: blonde with big eyes
hobby: photography, drawing, karate
strange: never had an argue


Ida, 17

who: tall sportswoman
hobby: running, horse riding, painting
strange: eats more than anyone and so fit


Ola, 18

who: tall blonde always with a smile
hobby: volleyball, photography, sport in TV 
strange: interested about vampires and everything gloomy