Animations by artists from all around the globe on Wrocław’s tenement walls. We know the program of the 4th edition of Kinomural

Once again and as early as 24th of September, Wrocław will be transformed into a city of moving murals. During the 4th edition of Kinomural, a unique event combining cinema with the urban tissue, over 70 artists from all around the world will present their animations on the tenements of the historic district by the name of Przedmieście Odrzańskie. 6 themed walls will feature several dozen audiovisual works. This year their creators will compete to win prizes including the Prize of the Mayor of Wrocław. Kinomural will be preceded by a historic walk in the district, as well as a meeting dedicated to art in the public space.

For four years already, a single evening hosts a dozen or so thousand spectators who gather to view a gigantic outdoor gallery. Tenement side walls are transformed into enormous canvases for moving murals, ephemeral projections in various forms – from video art through sound performance and experimental films, to audiovisual installations.

Themed walls, Nick Cave and special eventsDuring this year’s Kinomural we will see works by artists from all around the globe whom the curator’s committee has selected to the main section, works awarded in an open call for audio-visual interpretations of a quote from Nick Cave’s song “Fireflies”, as well as animations by students of the Department of Media Art at the Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław.

The fourth edition of the event has some novelties in the program template – For the first time each of the six projection walls has its leading theme– says Bartek Bartos, the director of Kinomural – The wall on Jagiellończyka street are pulsating fantasies about the body and the mind, both fascinating and disturbing. Ołbińska are cosmic puzzles that coalesce into astounding structures. Then there is also the wall on Wincentego street which will prove that the various can become harmonious– he adds. The wall at Niemcewicza 27 hosts not only our traditional Bed-time cartoon on the largest screen in the world, but also the Poetry Wall, curated by Adriana Prodeus, which will tackle the question of what motion visual poetry is. The wall at Niemcewicza 30b will be used exclusively by Peter Burr, a New York master of computer animation. Together with the artist’s digital works, we will dive into the world of video games and try to find the exit out of a maze of endless landscapes, dystopias, and flickering pixels.Living and working in Brooklyn, Burr will come to Wrocław in person. Trzebnicka street will display the results of the workshops carried out within the LAACT project Light as a Creative Tool) by Robert Sochacki from the NOKS collective. Visual and sound artists will create an animation whose starting point is the light – its presence in everyday life and its significance in modern art.

The organizers are preparing two special screenings – a new glimpse into Tomek Tryzna and Agata Bartos’s project „Threshold” that is, stories that take place in the world that suddenly and dramatically lacks color and a special project by Piotr Bartos, Filip Zawada, and Konrad Imiela with music by Tom Waits.

For the first time in Kinomural’s history, the jury will award prize money. Thanks to the patronage of OKRE Development three equivalent prizes in the amount of 2000 PLN each, will be awarded among the artists from the open call.Three further awards in the same amount – the Prize of the Mayor of Wrocław – will go to artists in the main section. The jury’s verdict will be announced on September 25.

Przedmieście Oławskie to discover
This year Kinomural moves to a new place. This time we will watch moving murals in the historic district of Przedmieście Odrzańskie. On the 17th of September at 4 p.m., you can take part in a walk around the district. –Together we will search for the genius loci of Nadodrze in its places, art, and lives of the inhabitants of this part of the city – says Ewa Pluta, art historian and guide.The tour will start right under the mural at Łokietka 1, titled “The Gate to Nadodrze”. Participation in the event is free of charge, but it is necessary to book your place in advance:
https://app.evenea.pl/event/spacerprzedmiescieodrzanskie/

Kinomural 2022 will take place on September 24 at 7:30-10:00 p.m. at six locations: Trzebnicka 19-21, Jagiellończyka 40, św. Wincentego 39a-41a, Niemcewicza 27 and Niemcewicza 30b, and Ołbińska 16.

The event will be preceded by a discussion panel dedicated to art in the public space organized by Kinomural and OKRE Development. It is scheduled for September 23 at 6 p.m. in Pod Ciśnieniem (Sudecka 96). This will be a meeting of an artist, a designer and an architect, with Peter Burr, Paweł Grobelny, and Zbigniew Maćków.The discussion will be hosted by art critic and curator of Kinomural, Adriana Prodeus. All events at Kinomural are free of charge.

The highest quality of projections on tenement walls is ensured by EPSON – the event’s technological partner. Kinomural takes place thanks to the support of the Municipality of Wrocław.

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http://www.kinomural.com/en/edition/2022/news

http://www.kinomural.com/en/edition/2022/program