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CONFERENCE: THIS IMAGE WANTS TO MOVE 

Women Artists Ask about the Future of Video Art and Experimental Film

The conference This Image Wants to Move. Women Artists Ask about the Future of Video Art and Experimental Film will take place on 30 November 2024 at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art. The conversations initiated during its four panels will help understand the current condition of experimental film and video art, propose possible models of support from public institutions and of environmental self-organization, as well as explore the potential of this medium as a space of often non-linear narratives combining documentary and speculation.

The conference organizers are filmmakers, so they will direct the discussion to issues that are close to them personally and environmentally. They invited the widest possible group of experts in the field of video art and experimental film: artists, curators, film critics, and educators. The fourth panel will give the floor to artists selected through an open call – ​​there will be a place for discussion on the creative process and an opportunity to share fragments of works.

Event schedule 

12:15—12:30 Welcome 

12:30—13:45 Foreign examples of support for video art. 

Review of institutions, programmes and collectives supporting video artists in Europe 

Guests: Marta Hryniuk, Anna Kołyszko, Lawinia Rate 

14:00—15:30 Possible bridges (and chasms) between video art and film 

Discussion on the potential of the space between these two fields in the context of concepts and methodology. 

Guests: Weronika Adamowska, Joanna Baranowska, Michał Matuszewski, Andrzej Marzec, Jaśmina Wójcik 

15:45—17:00 How can Polish institutions support video art and experimental film? 

A debate between artists and representatives of cultural institutions. 

Guests: Marianna Dobkowska, Małgorzata Mazur, Natalia Sielewicz, Ewa Szabłowska, Jaśmina Wójcik 

17:15—18:30 About works in process. 

A debate with creatives and screenings of fragments of works

Guests: Jagoda Dobecka, Laura Grudniewska, Agnieszka Mastalerz, Klaudia Prabucka, Kacper Szalecki

Hosts: Ewelina Węgiel, Weronika Zalewska