ShowOFF Section 2016

Another equally important part of the festival is the ShowOFF Section which will be presenting premiere projects by young artists selected through an open competition. They have worked on the final shape of their exhibitions under the watchful eye of recognized specialists in the visual arts: Kuba Bąkowski – a visual artist who creates photographs, installations, and kinetic objects, Lidia Popiel – a photographer, lecturer at the Photography Department of the Warsaw Film School, and editor-in-chief of fineLIFE.pl web magazine, Agnieszka Rayss – a documentary photographer, co-founder of the Sputnik Photos collective, and Simon Karlstetter – a founder and one of the art directors of Der Greif, many times awarded literary and photographic project. The group of curators is rounded off by Honza Zamojski, an outstanding artist, book publisher, and designer who will be designing a photobook jointly with one of the winners of the ShowOFF Section.

This year foreign experts have joined the curators of the ShowOFF Section. And once again, all the exhibitions by young artists will be held in a specially arranged area, so that viewers will be able to compare the various projects.

The winners of the ShowOFF Section 2016 are: Weronika Gęsicka, Katarzyna Hoffmann, Filippo Menichetti & Martin Errichiello, Krzysztof Racoń, Constantin Schlachter, Michał Siarek, Kacper Szalecki, and Justyna Wierzchowiecka.