This is a link to a new article that explores the ways in which the rise of the Solidarity independent … More
Category: Eastern Europe
To the Left of Power? Radical Culture in Eastern Europe in the 1960s and 1970s
With Ieva Astahovska, Mari Laanements, I organised an online workshop over two days in autumn 2021 on the impact of … More
Hands, Ears and Eyes. Humanism in Graphic Design in the 1950s and 1960s
In autumn 2020, I gave an online talk on humanism in graphic design in the 1950s and 1960s focusing on … More
Jurkiewicz – Astronomer/architect
This essay was published in the 2021 book accompanying the ZDZISŁAW JURKIEWICZ. OCCURRENCES exhibition at the Muzeum Narodowe in Wrocław … More
Visual Ethics After Communism
This theme issue of Martor examines the ethical questions raised by the publication and display of images and objects associated … More
Post-atheistic religiosity – a talk in Budapest
This a film of a talk that I gave at Artpool’s 40th anniversary conference in Budapest in February 2020 on … More
Facing Space – Jarek Kozakiewicz
This is an extract from a much longer essay which I wrote about the work of artist Jarek Kozakiewicz who … More
A Revolution In Sound: Inside The Polish Radio Experimental Studio
An extract from my book, Ultra Sounds. The Sonic Art of Polish Radio Experimental Studio, introducing the Polish Radio Experimental … More
Modernizm realny około 1981 roku
If you read Polish, here is a long essay on ‘real existing Modernism’ in the PRL. Click here. it appears … More
Modernism and the Spectres of the Past in Piłsudski’s Poland
I gave this lecture in New York at the Bard Graduate Centre in 2018 at a symposium on Revivalism in … More
faktografia.com 