Aleksander Prugar (Poland)

Commercity (2008)

Programme: Miejska Galeria Sztuki 13 muz, plac Żołnierza Polskiego 2 Thursday (19.03) Start 19:13

Born in 1984 in Gliwice. A multimedia journalist, mixing photography and audio records whilst producing his reports. He works for Gazeta Wyborcza. He has now
graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at the University of Warsaw. A laureate of photo contests, e.g. Grand Press Photo, BZ WBK, PressPhoto, KFP , Silesian Press Photography . A graduate of Eddie  Adams Workshop 2008.  A grant holder of Silesian Province in the field of culture. Participation in a cross-sectional exhibition Actualisation... within the framework of Photo Month in Krakow. In his work his motto is: Nothing does nor will happen twice.  The second yesterday or today will not be. It will stay for the future in photographs – if one takes them. Despite taking photographs he writes poems and deals with graphics.

Commercity
Do not go to Warsaw!  There is no capital any more. You will not see anything! Someone has hidden it from us. Ads is newspapers, TV or radio are not enough. They are too gentle, too minute. Today advertisement posts are building facades. Architecture is not important. The bigger building the better , a bigger ad may be hung. The message must be strong and clear: buy, buy, buy more! The absolute stuffing of ads continues. In the pictures Warsaw which does not exist.  Ads are tempting, they present a different, happy life. They are unreal and the city? It is an unreal space of illusion.