Figure Skating (2005) | Julita Wojcik

Horsecross is pleased to invite you to Domestic Modernism the first solo show in the UK at Threshold artspace by the internationally acclaimed Polish artist Julita Wojcik. The exhibition evokes some of the best and worst aspects of modern architecture.

Domestic Modernism also features Figure Skating (2005) the first artwork by Wojcik which appears on YouTube.

Exhibition | part of Horsecross' Scottish Tides-Polish Spring: a three month celebration of Scotland's vibrant cultural connections with Poland. Supported by the Scottish Arts Council New Work Fund, Homecoming Scotland 2009 and Adam Mickiewicz Institutes Polska! Year: A Year of Contemporary Everything From Poland!

Exhibition co-curated by Iliyana Nedkova and Urszula Sniegowska

Exhibition | Saturday 9 May Sunday 26 July 2009
Threshold artspace | Open Monday to Saturday, 10am 6pm or late on performance evenings. Admission always free

Figure Skating (2005) | Scripted, directed and performed by Julita Wojcik in Sopot. Camera and montage by Jacek Niegoda.

'Another, deliberately pseudo-feminist project of Wojciks demonstrating the blind alleys of an ideological approach to reality where a black and white perception of the world leads to grotesque situations. In reality, it is an action about hiding, about the paradoxical situation of being a performance artist who, willingly or not, has peoples attention on herself [...] though, on the other side, she wants to free herself from under their scrutiny.'
Jacek Niegoda, Ready, Set: Action! Exhibition Catalogue

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• Julita Wojcik
• Threshold artspace
• Perth
• Horsecross
• Iliyana Nedkova
• Domestic Modernism
• Figure Skating

[cymnet]

Nice project! The figure covered with snow in the second part of the video, half black, half white, looks especially interesting.

Only the music is a little disturbing, but it is probably the typical music for a public skating rink. Good luck with the exhibition!