LIGHT YEAR

We started the Light Year at the beginning of January by switching on a neon sign on the façade of the WRO Art Center. This phrase, thrown as a joke, became the watchword for our activities in 2022. In the following events, we explored micro- and macrocosms, burned pixels, filled fibre optics with data, illuminated clues and brought our archives into the light.

As we enter 2023, we are not turning off the lights, but illuminating the gallery space with interactive installations and objects that will light our way towards the WRO 2023 Biennale.

TIMELINE

works presented on the timeline:

1989.12.04
Sound Basis Visual Art Festival WRO 89
opening coverage

1989.12.10
Czesław Niemen - special concert at the Philharmonic
Sound Basis Visual Art Festival WRO 89

1996.05.04
Józef Robakowski - I Am Electric
documentation of a performance broadcasted live from the TVP studio in Wrocław
WRO 96 Polish Monitor

1997.04.30
Marek Chołoniewski - Lighting and Doubles
documentation of a performance
WRO 97

1997.05.01
Muntadas - video show and an artist talk
WRO 97

1997.05.01
Lev Manovich - Seven things we can learn from Dziga Viertow – how to make new media more interesting
documentation of a lecture
WRO 97

1997.05.03
Jaron Lanier – How music will save the soul of technology. Virtual Reality as Musical Instrument
documentation of a performance
WRO 97

1997.05.04
Stelarc – Cyberhuman. Involuntary Body, Third Hand. Split Body Voltage-in Voltage-out
documentation of a performance
WRO 97

2007.05.20
Scanner + D-Fuse – Light Turned Down
documentation of a performance
WRO 07

2008.02.29
Paweł Janicki + Dominika Sobolewska – Painting with Light
Interactive Playground
opening of the WRO Art Center

2010.04.09
Rafał Jakubowicz – Sztuka pojęciowa/Post Scriptum
documentation of a neon on the WRO's facade

2010.09.24
Jarosław Kapuściński – Where's Chopin
documentation of a concert
Dilston Grove, London

2010.09.25
Where's Chopin – Józef Robakowski, Jarosław Kapuściński, Paweł Janicki
documentation of an exhibition
Dilston Grove, London

2010.09.25
Józef Robakowski – Attention: Light! 2.0
cooperation: Paweł Janicki, Wiesław Michalak
documentation of an installation
Dilston Grove, Londyn

2010.09.26
Paweł Janicki – Mapping Chopin
documentation of an installation
Dilston Grove, London

2013.05.09
Justyna Misiuk – RGB Lookbook
documentation of an installation
DH Renoma
WRO 2013 Pioneering Values

2015.05.16
Michael Candy – Big Dipper
documentation of an installation
DH Renoma
WRO 2015 Test Exposure

2015.05.21
Kenny Wong – Squint
documentation of an installation
DH Renoma
WRO 2015 Test Exposure

2017.05.18
Andrey Ustinov – Film Noir
documentation of a public space event
WRO 2017 DRAFT SYSTEMS

2017.05.20
UFF feat. WRO
documentation of a BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer) event
WRO 2017 DRAFT SYSTEMS

2019.05.15
Taavi Suisalu – Waiting for the Light
documentation of an installation
Four Domes Pavillon
WRO 2019 CZYNNIK LUDZKI | HUMAN ASPECT

2019.05.15
LIGHTUNE.G (Bojan Gagić, Miodrag Gladović) – lighterature reading
documentation of a performance
The Bakery
WRO 2019 CZYNNIK LUDZKI | HUMAN ASPECT