{"id":10862,"date":"2025-07-03T14:20:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/?p=10862"},"modified":"2025-07-03T14:42:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:42:42","slug":"concrete-and-the-immaterial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2025\/07\/03\/concrete-and-the-immaterial\/","title":{"rendered":"Concrete and the Immaterial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>18th June &#8211; 11th July 2025,<\/strong> <strong>11am-5pm Mon-Fri, ANNEX, 1 Tiverton Street SE1 6NT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The exhibition features a&nbsp;<strong>photo-inquiry into Manufacturing Beirut and fieldwork-based video<\/strong>&nbsp;(2025),&nbsp;<strong>interactive sculptural works<\/strong>&nbsp;developed during a&nbsp;<strong>residency at the Boghossian Foundation<\/strong>&nbsp;(2023), and a&nbsp;<strong>textile installation<\/strong>&nbsp;titled 'Polish Dreams&#8217; first exhibited at the Goldsmiths MFA show (2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The wider research reflects on the interfaced city amidst developmental destruction, placing in dialogue global infrastructural shifts \u2014 from Poland\u2019s post-war industrial acceleration to Lebanon\u2019s suspended reconstruction. Concrete, as the&nbsp;<em>raison d\u2019\u00eatre<\/em>&nbsp;of modernity, becomes a relic of capital, raising the question:&nbsp;<em>whose modernity is being constructed, and to what end?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In extended conversation with the exhibition, two symposium evenings of&nbsp;<strong>artistic interventions, talks, and installations<\/strong>&nbsp;will take place on Thursday evenings. Including Contributions by Polish and ukraninan&nbsp;media researchers and filmmakers.<br>Participating in the second symposium is still very much welcome!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Find more details of the show here:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/thekoppelproject.com\/events\/concrete-and-the-immaterial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/thekoppelproject.com\/events\/concrete-and-the-immaterial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">3 July Symposium here:<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thekoppelproject.com\/events\/concrete-and-the-immaterial-symposium-i\">https:\/\/thekoppelproject.com\/events\/concrete-and-the-immaterial-symposium-i<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Open weekdays 11-5pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Symposium Day 1 :&nbsp;<strong>Thursday, July 3<\/strong>,, 6-9pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Symposium Day 2 + Closing:&nbsp;<strong>Thursday, July 10<\/strong>,&nbsp;&nbsp;6-9pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18th June &#8211; 11th July 2025, 11am-5pm Mon-Fri, ANNEX, 1 Tiverton Street SE1 6NT The exhibition features a&nbsp;photo-inquiry into Manufacturing Beirut and fieldwork-based video&nbsp;(2025),&nbsp;interactive sculptural works&nbsp;developed during a&nbsp;residency at the Boghossian Foundation&nbsp;(2023), and a&nbsp;textile installation&nbsp;titled 'Polish Dreams&#8217; first exhibited at the Goldsmiths MFA show (2021). 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