iD - an international collaborative project examining the creation and expression of artistic identity iD is an international site-specific project taking place in Gorzow, Poland, from 5-12th June 2009.
Organised by Cork-based artist Bartek Nowak with SKART (Cork), Salon Bruit (Berlin), and Association Strefa Sztuki (Gorzow), and hosted by the Municipal Centre of Art (MOS) Gorzow, the project will bring together over 20 artists from Ireland, England, Germany, Poland, and Japan for a week-long series of exhibitions, events, talks, and presentations addressing the issue of artistic identity.
Participating atists include: Agata Janicka, Agnieszka Kowalska, Agnieszka Krupienczyk, Andrzej Janczewski, Bartosz Nowak, Beata Stanek, Daniel Adamski, Daniel Weiss, Dawid Szafranski, Dr. Nexus, Ewa Bone, Ewa Wawrow, Farah Hatam, fastandhot, Froggy Burger, Graeme Walker, Hubert Winnik, Jo FRGMNT Grys, Kevin Tuohy, Krzysztof Matuszak, Krzysztof Zimmermann, le cade and guests les enfants bondible Mateusz Puchaiski, Michel Rajchemba, MISIETUPODOBA, Pawel Zimmermann, Peggy Sylopp, Sara Buame, petitr musiwue apocaliptyoque, Schmacke, Seamus O’Donnell, Sharon McCarthy, Slawomir Kusnierz, Stephanie Hough, Takahiro Suzuki, Tomasz Kalitko, Tomasz Madajczak, Zie Nietoperze.
“The formation and development of artistic identity is a very complex and never-ending process, influenced both consciously and sub-consciously by a wide range of factors including social, economic, and political context; climate, family, media; deliberate choices and concidences such as location, nationality, religion. The main exhibition venue for the project in Gorzow is a former orphanage, and though not deliberately selected we feel it is a particularly relevant building in which to explore the creation and expression of individual and collective artistic identity. As Ireland faces into a new and unexpected economic future, there seems to be a rise in artistic activity, as artists attempt to help redefine a new type of society. This project is, hopefuly, the first in a series of collaborations and exhanges between Berlin, Cork and Gorzow to be organised by this group.
