Velvet flowers & melting views
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Magic Wands is an artistic collective of Marta Szewczyk and Monika Proniewska. Previously, the artists conducted research on organic forms, publishing limited editions of art books under the label Massif Zines.
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Currently, in the photo book Velvet flowers & melting views they continue this line of research. By juxtaposing analogue photographs, the artists follow their intuition. Objects taken out of their original context, often resized, out of focus, produce a collective dream in which the boundaries between personal and shared experience are blurred. Places and objects are endowed with a poetic and surreal dimension here. The book touches upon issues of reminiscences, memory, and unreal spaces. Accompanying the photographs is a text by the writer Maria Karpińska.
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During the premiere of the book, the artists will show a video work, while Zoja Michailova will present a sound composition inspired by the book’s aesthetics.
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- Marta Szewczyk
- is a photographer, combining photography, collage, and film in her work. She creates series inspired by the reality surrounding her, exploring portrait, still life, and recurring motifs.
- Monika Proniewska
- is a graphic designer and visual artist. In her projects she combines hand-drawn patterns and gradient shapes with modern typography. She collaborates with cultural institutions and publishers, creating visual identifications, books, album covers, and posters.
