FESTIVAL: 24 SURVIVAL ART REVIEW | FINGER IN THE HEART
Address: the former clinic of Psychiatry and Nervous Diseases in Wrocław (Bujwida 44 street)
You are invited to the 24th SURVIVAL Art Review, held under the theme “A Finger in the Heart,” which will take place from June 26 to June 30 at the former Clinic of Psychiatry and Nervous Diseases complex (ul. Bujwida 44, Wrocław).
This time we will reflect on the theme “Finger in the Heart.” The curatorial team—Michał Bieniek, Daniel Brożek, Małgorzata Miśniakiewicz, and Ewa Pluta—write in their curatorial statement:
The eponymous Finger in the Heart emerges at the intersection of science, violence, ignorance, and emotion. It directly refers to a plaster cast of the finger of the legendary Wrocław cardiac surgeon Wiktor Bross, whose research and pioneering operations were conducted at the Clinics.
In the historical description of the space, Ewa Pluta writes:
From its inception, several renowned psychiatrists and neurologists worked at the clinic, foremost among them Alois Alzheimer, the celebrated researcher of memory degeneration. In 1912, he assumed the chair of the university’s Department of Psychiatry and the position of clinic director. Although his groundbreaking research on the “disease of forgetfulness” had already been published by the time he arrived in Wrocław, it initially had little impact on the scientific community.
About SURVIVAL Art Review
The SURVIVAL Art Review is a festival of contemporary art organised by the Art Transparent Foundation in Wrocław since 2003. It takes place outside exhibition institutions, often in abandoned and inaccessible places, sometimes in public buildings or open spaces. The history of the venue determines the nature of the intervention by inspiring the themes taken up by the artists and the way in which the works are presented. Each year SURVIVAL co-funds and produces dozens of brand new artistic works. An important part of the Review is its rich Public Forum programme.
Our aim is to bring issues raised by young contemporary art into the public debate. During SURVIVAL, art created outside of institutions clashes with a reality annexed by advertising, the economy and current politics. For this reason, the invited artists address fundamental issues that focus reflection on the post-1989 transformation not only in Wrocław, but in many Polish cities, such as neoliberal management, the treatment of architectural and urban heritage, or concepts of public space.
Further information here.