Abzgram — Karolina Wojtas. Published by Spector Books.
The book by Karolina Wojtas is both beautiful and painful. The artist managed to camouflage the critical view on Polish education system under the flow of colourful and somehow surreal images. Mysterious performances and site specific installations, mixed with low quality propagandistic found footage construct a frowsty space of the school. This world is dysfunctional and the book as an object reflects that very well.
Rafal Milach is a visual artist, activist, photographer and educator. His work focuses on the tension between society and power structures. Author of photographic publications critically examining the control systems and strategies of protest. A key focal point of his current artistic practice is the clash between non-heroic gestures and ostensibly neutral spaces, which are in fact set against a political background of current events. The oppressive nature of the areas Milach investigates is reflected in architecture, objects, and suitably formatted social structures. Rafal is a co-founder of The Archive of Public Protests and Sputnik Photos collectives. He is a member of the Magnum Photos agency.