Dominik Ritszel – Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art

In the spring of 2014 Dominik Ritszel participated in a residence at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art during which he implemented the work Versus – now being presented in the {Bank Pekao Project Room}. A group of young athletic men, in an unspecified interior, is subjected to training, which constitutes the axis of the film’s screenplay. In professional sports, physical proximity is an element of confrontation based on the strength of the players. The camera tracks the relationships between them, captures their moments of concentration, tension, and hesitation.