Paweł Żukowski

Cardboards

Paweł Żukowski’s action, entitled Cardboards, was realized on forty balconies in Warsaw. The artist used simple slogans: “we will manage” or “we demand tests”, “let’s postpone the elections” to support Varsovians in a pandemic time. In this action, Żukowski combines his art with political and social activism, directing the attention of the audience onto the pressing issues of public debate around civil rights in Poland. He comments these time that will likely reshape the world for decades to come, and the changes that may have many negative aspects: state-level surveillance, spying, the closing of communities, growth of fascist and authoritarian tendencies, the new meaning of a “public”. His action goes viral: one could observe people’s spontaneous reactions and many self-made banners joining his actions.

Photo: Gosia Białobrzycka / Van Dorsen Artists & Grzegorz Wełnicki / RATS Agency

Curators: Natalia Sielewicz, Tomasz Fudala