14/01/2026
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Meeting with Konrad Smoleński
- Konrad Smoleński is a visual and sound artist, performer, and curator currently based in Warsaw. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań and co-founded groups such as Penerstwo, Kot, and BNNT. In 2013, he represented Poland at the 55th Venice Biennale. Since 2022, he has been running the mobile Vanish Gallery and the Kraina Foundation.
- Smoleński’s practice focuses on sound and energy as material phenomena capable of directly affecting the body and its surroundings. He works with installations, sculptural objects, film, and performative actions to expose tensions embedded in the technological infrastructure of contemporary society—sound systems, transmission networks, and architectures of power. In his works, sound often ceases to function as a communicative medium and instead becomes a physical force, producing intensity, discomfort, or a sense of threat. Smoleński consistently foregrounds technical apparatus, treating it as a visible trace of processes of energy production and accumulation. His work operates at the intersection of sound art, sculpture, and performance, engaging in a critical reflection on the relationships between technology, power, and perception in the contemporary world.
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- Every week, we meet live with artists to talk about art: creative processes, works, and current experiences.
- We host both artists who have previously taken part in Ujazdowski Castle’s programme and those making their debut. In this series, we would like to focus on individual approaches and artistic practices.
- Why take part?
- The events will be recorded for archival purposes, and the recordings will be made available online through the Mediateka.
- In times of tensions and crises, thinking and talking together about contemporary art – which responds to today’s challenges in unconventional ways – helps strengthen social resilience. Art is not only the object – just as important are the process, the thinking, the emotions, and the relationships that accompany it. The meetings offer a closer look at how art is created and, most importantly, who creates it.
- Every week, we meet live with artists to talk about art: creative processes, works, and current experiences.
- The meetings are open to everyone, from people working professionally in culture and art, to those who are curious about artists and their work, or simply want to talk about art.
- We do our best to make the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art accessible to everyone – we would like to adapt the event to you and your needs. To help us do that, please contact our accessibility coordinator: dostepnosc@u-jazdowski.pl, no later than the Monday before the event.
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