each time up to 50 (from 8371) randomly selected photographs are displayed, according to the criteria chosen.
we set off in in August 2009 in Gliwice, photographing over a thousand people at two photoshoots.
posing against a neutral background, so that a human being could be highlighted, so that nothing could distract the viewer’s attention.
so that one could take a close look.
in order to put all those people together, one by one.
just the way they were back then, the way they will never be again.
unique.
about the project
The Street Atelier is an in-between project touching upon a happening and documentary photography - we grab passersby, capturing the fleeting moments of their lives... At the same time, it is an attempt to focus on an individual - resulting in a personal portrait of any person willing to grant their consent for being photographed at that very instant. The neutral background allows for fixing attention on details, outfit trivia, posture and face expression.
To some extent, it is an attempt to make time stand still and remember all those persons just the way they were at that very instant, the way they will never be again... Last but not least, it is having them meet one another - all of them alike and yet... so much unalike. It is delight at diversity. It is delight at a human being.
While joining the stream of similar projects springing up across the world, we strove to enable the visitors to select the criteria freely, to juxtapose persons sharing similar features while also aiming at retaining some degree of randomness through constant shuffling, just as witnessed in real life...
Piotr Chlipalski & Michał Mrozek
authors
so far
8th, 30th August 2009 - Gliwice, Rynek
during 3rd International Street Artists' Festival "Ulicznicy"
23-24 October 2009 - Poznań, Stary Rynek
invited by SPOT Foundation, City Gallery Arsenal and The City of Poznań; honorary patronage: Mayor of Poznań
21-22 April 2010 - Wrocław
University of Economics' Campus
23-24 April 2010 - Wrocław
Main Market Square
1-2 May 2010 - Cieszyn
during 12. Kino na Granicy Festival
16-17 June 2010 - Lublin
during The Central European Theatre Festival, "The Neighbours"
9th July 2010 - Lubiąż
during SLOT Art Festival
exhibitions
10-31 May 2010 - Wrocław
Main Market Square
future
17-18 September 2010 - Rybnik
as a part of the "BORDERLESS" project
15-16 October 2010 - Cieszyn
as a part of the "BORDERLESS" project
20-21 October 2010 - Ostrava
as a part of the "BORDERLESS" project
We're arranging new venues, awaiting your invitation!
