
Picture under Surveillance
Information Surveillance in the 70's and 80's
in Poland
The project "Picture Under Surveillance" takes a
look at the historical settings in Poland of the 70's and 80's: a
period in which transferring information through channels other than
those of the regime – was extremely difficulty.
Obtaining recording equipment for personal usage was close to
impossible. In this project, art films, personal materials,
documentary films and films made by the Polish secret service will
be displayed- examining the period. This rare compilation is divided
into two parts: the first one focuses on the instrument – the
camera, and the other focuses on the machine – the television set.
The show portrays different ways of taking over the image
and the information: interrupting the formal channels of
information, reconfiguring objects or excluding them all together,
changing the something meaning by "adjusting" the photographed
environment,
voyeurism,
and limiting the technical diversity
of the instrument. Some of the materials will be on public
display for the first time.

Production of the project:
the Jagiellonian University in Poland and The Royal Academy of Arts
in Britain.
Curators: Alexandra Jach,
Agnieszka Kilian, Karolina Harazim, Anna Borejczuk
Organizers of the exhibition in Israel:
Mamuta at the Daniela Passal art and media center, Ein kerem,
Jerusalem
Opening night: January 20 at 19:00
will also include a lecture by the curators Alexandra Yach and
Agnieszka Kilian about the project and works by the artist
Teresa
Tyszkiewicz.
The exhibit will be open until the 19th of February
For more information:
www.mamuta.org
Lecture
January 21 at
14:00 –curatorship
studies in Poland. Lecturer: Agnieszka Kilian
The Center for Contemporary Art, no. 5 Kalisher St.,
Tel-Aviv, 03-5106111
For more information:
www.cca.org.il