photo. Mateusz Woźniak, MuFo
Can waste be the subject of photography? MUFO x Interzero collaboration
We avoid them because we are not fond of seeing them. At the same time, we produce a lot of it every day. Even if we bury it very deep down, waste makes itself felt. Can waste be the subject of photography? How can we tell the story of dealing with waste in a clever, responsible and interesting way?
Interzero joins forces with the Museum of Photography in Krakow, to talk about the idea of the circular economy and its challenges. On this occasion, we will take photographs to test the potential of photography as a visual way of talking about contemporary world problems and raising awareness of environmental issues.
The recipients of our project will be invited to workshop and interpret, and the results of all meetings will be presented in a publication that can also be used as a tool by educators.
The publication will be available with the beginning of 2024 on the websites:
Homepage - Museum of Photography in Krakow (mufo.krakow.pl)
Homepage - Eko Bez Kantów (ekobezkantow.pl)
Meetings and workshops will be led by:
Krzysztof Story - Reporter for 'Tygodnik Powszechny'. He writes about social issues and man's relationship with nature. Together with Wojciech Jagielski, he hosts the Jagielski Story podcast about international events. He prefers the beauty of nature to any other. He climbs, travels and collects photos of inscriptions on walls. Author of the book "From Here. 150 doors at one address". He also publishes photos and texts on www.krzysztofstory.pl
Dr. Rafał Siderski - Visual artist working mainly with photography. He completed his doctoral studies at the Institute of Creative Photography in Opava. He is part of the Albom.pl initiative dealing with digitisation and work on photographic archives. In 2019, he published the book "Leave Stay" which was awarded in the competition for Photographic Publication of the Year 2019. In September 2021, together with Małgorzata Lebda, he had a literary-visual-poetic adventure "Reading Water: The Vistula', from which material was published on an ongoing basis in Pismo Magazine. In August 2022, the material collected then was used to create the exhibition 'Flow(s)', which is a visual and literary interpretation of the relationship with the river during that adventure. In his spare time he is 'going somewhere' or being 'somewhere'. He has participated in numerous exhibitions in Poland (e.g. Białystok, Rybnik, Poznań, Warsaw, Gliwice) and abroad (e.g. Germany, Czech Republic, Belarus, Italy, Lithuania and Japan). His work has received a number of awards and prizes, and he has received a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Culture on the Web). Since 2023, assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Photography and Visual Communication Creation at the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa.
Monika Krysztofińska - Cultural studies scholar, project manager with experience in the implementation of alternative education. Creator of educational programmes, workshops, lectures, exhibitions for children and adults. Initiator of projects focused on sustainable development in cultural institutions and private companies. Information collector on technology, digital ecology, psychology, communication, art.Member of the Environmental Education Team at Interzero. She works at the intersection of sectors.
We invite you to follow our collaboration and learn more about the details of the project:
Museum of Photography in Krakow - events (mufo.krakow.pl)
photo. Mirosław Żak, MuFo