Symposia & conferences

2018

4th International Scientific and Artistic Conference GEOMETRY IN DISCOURSE - DISCOURSE IN GEOMETRY titled COMPLEXITY

8-12/09/2018

Find out more

2017

3rd International Scientific and Artistic Conference GEOMETRY IN DISCOURSE - DISCOURSE IN GEOMETRY

25-26/09/2017

Find out more

2016

2nd International Conference GEOMETRY IN DISCOURSE - DISCOURSE IN GEOMETRY titled GRID

10-14/09/2016

Find out more

2015

1st International Symposium GEOMETRY IN DISCOURSE - DISCOURSE IN GEOMETRY

4-6/09/2015

Find out more

1st International Symposium

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

1st International Symposium

GEOMETRY IN DISCOURSE - DISCOURSE IN GEOMETRY

4-6/09/2015

FRIDAY, September 4, 2015

10.00-12.00 Registration of participants
12.00-12.20 Welcoming the participants, the idea of the conference, organizational matters
12.20-12.50 prof. Wiesław Łuczaj, Outline of European Discursive Geometry
12.50-13.30 Panel of participants, self-presentations
13.30-15.30 Lunch break
15.30-17.00 IPS presentation
17.00-17.30 XS Gallery, Chamber concert - Recital performed by Jerzy Mądrawski -accordion and Mariusz Barszcz - clarinet, bass clarinet; in the program incl. Jerzy Mądrawski, Metamorfozy for accordion and bass clarinet (first performance), Jerzy Mądrawski, Epitafium 2014, W. A. Mozart, Sonata A, B. K. Przybylski, Groteski
17.45 Departure to Podzamcze near Chęciny, Da Vinci Conference and Banquet Center
18.00 Gala dinner, barbecue

SATURDAY, September 5, 2015

10.00-11.30 Working meetings
12.00-12.30 Prof. Grzegorz Sztabiński, Geometry and discourse
12.30-13.00 Maciej Zdanowicz, Project of "discursive geometry" as reading and procedure. The art of current towards the issue of transmedia
13.00-13.30 Dr Paulina Sztabińska, Discourse about the city and architecture in concrete art
13.30-14.00 Coffee break
14.00-14.30 Dr Stefan Szydłowski, Discursiveness in the work of Stefan Krygier
14.30-16.00 Panel of participants, self-presentations
18.00-18.30 XS Gallery, Chamber concert of the Świętokrzyski Accordion Duo consisting of: Elwira Śliwkiewicz-Cisak, Jerzy Mądrawski; the program includes: C. Franck, Chorał E, Jerzy Mądrawski, Choral suite, Ł. Woś, Meta Menardi.
18.30 XS Gallery, Opening of the "Interferencje" and "Discursive Geometry" exhibitions

SUNDAY, September 6, 2015

10.00-11.00 Summary and conclusion of the Symposium
11.00 Study visit to the Leonardo da Vinci Science Center of the Regional Center of Science and Technology in Podzamcze near Chęciny. The program includes the exhibition "The World of Leonardo da Vinci" prepared by the Leonardo3 Research Center in Milan.

Organizer:

Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Institute of Fine Arts, ul. Podklasztorna 117, 25-717 Kielce

Co-organizer:

Regional Science and Technology Center in Podzamcze near Chęciny

Accompanying exhibitions:

Discursive Geometry

Rita Ernst (CH), Gerhard Hotter (D), Josef Linschinger (A), Wiesław Łuczaj / Jakub Matys, Boris Müller (D), Przemysław Suliga, Joanna Zak

INTERFERENCJE

Natalia Andrzejewska, Mateusz Dąbrowski, Tomasz Jędrzejko, Krzysztof Kalinowski,

Bartłomiej Michalski, Marcin Mikołajczyk, Michał Misiak, Grzegorz Mroczkowski

Alicja Panasiewicz/Adam Panasiewicz, Przemysław Paliwoda, Sławomir Plewko

Artur Ptak, Magdalena Snarska, Anna Szprynger, Grzegorz Sztabiński, Urszula Śliz

Agnieszka Wasiak, Olga Ząbroń

2nd International Conference - GRID

Programme

2nd International Conference

GEOMETRY IN DISCOURSE – DISCOURSE IN GEOMETRY titled GRID

10-14/09/2016

Programme and Organisational Committee:

Professor Wiesław Łuczaj, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
Dr Stefan Szydłowski, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
Dr Joanna Łuczaj, Kielce
Professor Jan Pamuła (Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow) – honorary member
Professor Grzegorz Sztabiński (University of Lodz, Academy of Fine Arts, Lodz) – honorary member

Organizers:

Institute of Fine Arts, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
Mediateka, Kielce

Partner in the project :

National Museum in Kielce

Honorary patronage :

Centrum Sztuki Galeria EL, Elbląg

Issues to be discussed:

Discursive Geometry – the term, precursors, modern practices, undertaken discourses, etc.
Grid as a structure of painting. Compositions and expression methods of the art which employs the language of concrete.
Grid as links, relations and dependence in art, technology and everyday life.
Grid as the element of discourse in modern art of geometry.
Grid in artistic practices of mapping, generative art.
Grid in avant-garde, neo-avant-garde and postmodernism.

Saturday, 10 September, 2016

10.00-12.00 Arrival and registration of participants, the Institute of Fine Arts (IFA), the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (JKU), Podklasztorna str. 117, 25-717 Kielce
12.00-12.30 Welcoming conference participant by the organisers, organisational meeting (room 13)
12.30 Transfer of participants to the European Centre for Geological Education (ECGE) in Chęciny and accommodation/ check in
14.00-15.00 Lunch at ECGE
15.30 Return to the Institute of Fine Arts
16.00-16.15 Opening of the conference by His Magnificence the Rector of the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Professor Jacek Semaniak (room 13)
16.20-17.20 Inaugural lecture, Professor Grzegorz Sztabiński (Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz), Language, Discourse, Inter-Discourse in Geometric Art and the Issue of Grid (room 13, lecture in Polish*)
17.30-18.00 Opening of accompanying exhibitions: GRID, XS Gallery, ground floor of IFA and HOMMAGE TO THE BLACK SQUARE, XS Gallery, 1st floor of IFA
18.00 chamber music concert, Agata Kurzyk – cello (room 13)
19.00 transfer of participants to ECEG Chęciny
19.30 dinner

Sunday, 11 September, 2016

9.00 Breakfast

10.00 -14.00 First session, moderator: Dr Maciej Zdanowicz (conference hall of ECEG)

10.00-10.40 Professor Wiesław Łuczaj (JKU), Introduction to Discursive Geometry
(lecture in Polish*)
10.40-11.20 Professor Maria Cuevas (Universidad Complutense of Madrid), Surface Tessellations through Parametric Modelling. Voronoi, Delaunay and others (lecture in Spanish*)
11.20-11.40 Dr Karolina Jabłońska, Can Sources of Discursive Geometry Be Found in Avant-Garde of the First Half of the 20th Century? (lecture in Polish*)
11.40-12.00 Coffee break
12.00-12.40 Professor Julian Gil (Madrid), Cuaderno de Polonia (self-presentation in Spanish*)
12.40-13.00 Dr Stefan Szydłowski (JKU Kielce), Between Discourse and Interpretation (lecture in Polish*)
13.00-13.20 Dr Joanna Łuczaj (Kielce), Joanna Zak – Activity Maps (self-presentation in Polish*)
13.20-14.00 Discussion
14.00-15.30 Lunch break

15.30-18.00 Second session, moderator: professor Wieslaw Luczaj

15.30-16.10 Georgi Dimitrov (nonsofia/orthogonal: international forum for non-objective art, Sofia), Non-Objective Art in Bulgaria (lecture in English)
16.10-16.30 Dr Karolina Jaklewicz (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology), Language of Geometry in Liquid Modernity (lecture in Polish*)
16.30-16.50 Dr hab. Agnieszka Wasiak (Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz), Between Plane and Space – Structural Study of My Paintings (self-presentation in Polish*)
16.50-17.10 Discussion
17.10-17.30 Coffee break
17.30-17.50 Dr hab. Magdalena Snarska (Jan Długosz Academy in Częstochowa), Glare-Catching Lines (self-presentation in Polish*)
17.50-18.10 Dr Przemysław Suliga (Kielce), Artificial life – Discourse in Art (self-presentation in Polish*)
18.10-18.30 Discussion
19.30 Barbecue party of Symposium participants

Monday, 12 September 2016

9.00 Breakfast

10.00 -14.00 third session, moderator: Dr hab. Alicja Panasiewicz

10.00-10.20 Professor Jan Pamuła (Krakow), Two Views On Grid (lecture in Polish*)
10.20-11.00 Vesna Kovacic (Ulm), Anamorphose - Nichteuklidisch-Euklidisch (self-presentation in German)
11.00-11.20 Dr Paulina Sztabińska (University of Lodz), From Grid to Performativity. Evolution of Henryk Stażewski’s Work (lecture in Polish*)
11.20-11.40 Dr hab. Adam Panasiewicz (Pedagogical University of Cracow), Geometrical Discourse in Own Works: In/Out (self-presentation in Polish*)
11.40-12.00 Discussion
12.00-12.20 Coffee break
12.20-12.40 Dr Beata Wawrzecka (ASP Lodz), Complexity and Dynamism of Grid in Designing Responsive Websites (lecture in Polish*)
12.40-13.00 Dr hab. Jakub Balicki (ASP Lodz), Function and Grid in Posters (self-presentation in Polish*)
13.00-13.20 Przemysław Paliwoda (Pedagogical University of Krakow), Grid in Didactics of Designing Shapes and their Arrangement (On Plane and In Time) (self-presentation in Polish*)
13.20-13.40 Małgorzata Gorgolewska (ASP Lodz), Grid as a Discretisation Method for Continuous and Plain Forms (self-presentation in Polish*)
13.40-14.00 Discussion
14.00-15.30 Lunch break
15.30-18.00 Sightseeing of a Chęciny Royal Castle of 1295 and walk around the town
18.00 Dinner
19.00 Chamber music concert, trio: Małgorzata Skorupa – violin, Anna Sawicka – cello, Jerzy Mądrawski – accordion

Tuesday, 13 September 2016

9.00 breakfast

10.00 -14.00 fourth session, moderator: prof. Wiesław Łuczaj

10.00-10.20 Dr hab. Zbigniew Romańczuk (Academy of Art in Szczecin), Peculiarity of Image – Digital Technologies and their Implications in a Method of Generating New Visual Phenomena (lecture in Polish*)
10.20-11.00 Dr Michael Rottmann (Ars Electronica Linz), Das RASTER als Strategie der Verhandlung von Text und Bild am BeIFAiel von Josef Linschingers neuer Publikation (The GRID as a Strategy at Work with Text and Image, at the Example of Josef Linschinger’s New Publication) (lecture in German)
11.00-11.20 Dr Artur Tanikowski (POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw), Geometry in Discourse of Memory: Frank Stella in the POLIN Museum (lecture in Polish*)
11.20-11.40 Dr Michał Misiak (Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow), Random Numbers in My Painting Compositions (self-presentation in Polish*)
11.40-12.00 discussion
12.00-12.20 coffee break
12.20-12.40 Dr Olga Ząbroń (Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow), Grid as a Neural Network of Paintings (lecture in Polish*)
12.40-13.00 Monika Aleksandrowicz (OKiS, Wroclaw), Semigraphics –The Art of Writing Special Characters (self-presentation in Polish*)
13.00-13.20 Dr hab. Alicja Panasiewicz (Pedagogical University of Cracow), Searching for the Fourth Dimension of 2.0 (self-presentation in Polish*)
13.20-13.40 Discussion
14.00-15.30 Lunch break

15.30-18.00 fifth session, moderator: Dr hab. Magdalena Snarska

15.30-15.50 Dr inż. arch. Rafał Szrajber (Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz), Visual Form of Video Games as a Modular Structure of Dependencies (lecture in Polish*)
15.50-16.10 Professor Maria Cuevas (Universidad Complutense of Madrid), From A to B. Biomimetic patterns.(self-presentation in Spanish*)
16.10-16.30 Dr Maciej Zdanowicz (JKU Kielce), Geometry of Sound – Imaging of Music and Sound Landscape (self-presentation in Polish*)
16.30-16.50 Coffee break
16.50-17.10 Professor Wiesław Łuczaj (JKU Kielce), Man as a Database (self-presentation in Polish*)
17.10-17.30 Dr hab. Zbigniew Romańczuk (Academy of Art in Szczecin), Interference (self-presentation in Polish*)
17.30-17.50 Professor Jan Pamuła (Krakow), A few quotes on the grid (speech in Polish*)
17.50-18.20 Discussion
18.30 Dinner
19.00 Conclusion of the conference

Wednesday, 14 September 2016

9.00 Breakfast (ECGE)
10.00-11.00 Check out
11.30 Transfer of participants to the Institute of Fine Arts
12.00-12.30 Farewells of participants
12.30 Visit at the National Museum in Kielce (Gallery of Polish Painting and European Decorative Art)

Accompanying exhibitions:

GRID

Monika Aleksandrowicz (PL), Natalia Andrzejewska (PL), Jakub Balicki (PL), Andrzej Banachowicz (PL), Dominique Chapuis (F/D), Waltraut Cooper (A), Maria Cuevas (E), Monika Czarska (PL), Mateusz Dąbrowski (PL), Georgi Dimitrov (BG) Małgorzata Dobrzyniecka-Kojder (PL), Jean-François Dubreuil (F), Rita Ernst (CH), Julián Gil (E), Małgorzata Gorgolewska (PL) Dorota Grynczel (PL), István Haász (H), Gerhard Hotter (D), Karolina Jaklewicz (PL), Tomasz Jędrzejko (PL), Vesna Kovacic (D) Jo Kuhn (D), Marlena Lenart (PL), Josef Linschinger (A) Jakub Matys (PL), Bartłomiej Michalski (PL), Marcin Mikołajczyk (PL) Michał Misiak (PL), Grzegorz Mroczkowski (PL), Boris Müller (D), Beta Oberc-Niemczyk (PL), Aleksander Olszewski (PL), Jürgen Paas (D), Przemysław Paliwoda (PL), Jan Pamuła (PL), Adam Panasiewicz (PL), Alicja Panasiewicz (PL), Sławomir Plewko (PL), Otto Reitsperger (D), Zbigniew Romańczuk (PL) Reinhard Roy (D), Adam Skóra (PL), Magdalena Snarska (PL), Mark Starel (PL), Jolanta Studzińska (PL) Przemysław Suliga (PL), Grzegorz Sztabinski (PL), Martin Vosswinkel (D), Agnieszka Wasiak (PL) Wojciech Wierzbicki (PL), Joanna Zak (PL), Tomasz Zawadzki (PL), Olga Ząbroń (PL), Maciej Zdanowicz (PL)

HOMMAGE TO THE BLACK SQUARE

(Exhibition transferred from the Peter Lindner Gallery in Vienna, Austria)

Anna Maria Bogner (A), Hartmut Böhm (D), Hellmut Bruch (A), Max Cole (USA), Gerhard Frömel (A), Hans Jörg Glattfelder (CH), Eugen Gomringer (CH), Andrea Maria Krenn (A), Josef Linschinger (A), Wieslaw Luczaj (PL), Dora Maurer (H), Franz Riedl (A), Pavel Rudolf (CZ), Andrey Ryzhov (RUS), Akelei Sell (D), Esther Stocker (A)

Vernissage accompanied by a chamber music concert

Agata Kurzyk – cello

Conference accompanied by a chamber music concert

trio: Małgorzata Skorupa – violin, Anna Sawicka – cello, Jerzy Mądrawski – accordion

Pictures from 2nd International Conference GRID

Arrival and registration of participants, the Institute of Fine Arts (IFA), the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce

Arrival and registration of participants, the Institute of Fine Arts (IFA), the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce.

From left: Maria Cuevas (Spain), Julian Gil (Spain), Jan Pamuła (Poland).

Arrival and registration of participants, the Institute of Fine Arts (IFA), the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce

Organisational meeting

Transfer of participants to the European Centre for Geological Education (ECGE) in Chęciny and accommodation/ check in

Pokaż więcej

3rd International Conference - Agenda

Conference Agenda

3rd International Scientific and Artistic Conference

GEOMETRY IN DISCOURSE - DISCOURSE IN GEOMETRY

25-26/09/2017

Programme and Organisational Committee:

prof. dr hab. Wiktor Jędrzejec - Vice-Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts
prof. dr hab. Wiesław Łuczaj - ISP / ASP
prof. dr hab. Błażej Ostoja Lniski - Dean of Faculty of Graphics, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Bielecka - deputy director of Institute of Fine Arts, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
dr Arkadiusz Karapuda - Vice-Dean of Faculty of Painting, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
dr Stefan Szydłowski - Institute of Fine Arts, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
Małgorzata Surma - Pro Arte Association

Organizers:

Faculty of Painting, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Faculty of Graphics, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Institute of Fine Arts, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
Pro Arte Association, Kielce

Proposed issues:

Geometry in discourse, discourse in geometry - areas, manifestations, representatives.
Discursive geometry - precursors, contemporary practices, undertaken discourses.
Grid as an element of discourse in contemporary art - relationships, relationships, dependencies in the area of art, culture and science.

Theoretical part of the conference - papers and self-presentations

MONDAY, September 25, 2017

10.00-12.00 Arrival and registration of participants, Institute of Fine Arts, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, ul. Podklasztorna 117, 25-717 Kielce
12.00-12.15 Welcoming of conference participants by the organizers, organizational meeting (room 13)
12.15 Transfer of participants to the European Center for Geological Education of the University of Warsaw (ECEG) in Chęciny, accommodation
13.00-14.00 Lunch at ECEG
14.30 Return to the Institute of Fine Arts
15.00-15.30 Opening of the conference by prof. dr hab. Wiktor Jędrzejc, Vice-Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (room 13)

15.30-17.30 First session, moderator: prof. Magdalena Snarska (room no. 13)

15.30-16.30 Inaugural speech, prof. Wiesław Łuczaj (UJK Kielce / Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw), Grid as a discourse
16.30-17.15 Dr hab. Jolanta Studzińska (Uviversidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain), "Open System" by Wanda Gołkowska - a model of constant variability
17.30-18.00 Closing of the exhibitions accompanying the conference: GRID, XS Gallery, ISP ground floor
DISCURSIVE GEOMETRY, XS Gallery, ISP 1st floor
18.00 CHAMBER CONCERT, Agata Kurzyk - Big Bad Birds, cello and compositions
19.00 Transfer of participants to ECEG Chęciny
19.30 Dinner and bonfire

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

9.00 Breakfast

10.00-12.00 Second session, moderator: prof. Wiesław Łuczaj (ECEG conference room)

10.00-11.00 Dr Maciej Zdanowicz (UJK Kielce), Beyond Visuality - Transmedia Geometry. Reading, listening to "Rhythmic Lines" by Wacław Szpakowski
11.00-11.20 Dr Stefan Szydłowski (UJK Kielce), The changeability of form in the work of Stefan Krygier
11.20-11.40 Dr Jan Mioduszewski (Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw), self-presentation The Rotating Chair - painting and object
11.40-12.00 Discussion
12.00-12.15 Coffee break

12.15-14.15 Third session, moderator: prof. Wiesław Łuczaj (ECEG conference room)

12.15-12.35 Dr Kazimierz Łyszcz (UTH Radom), Return to Eden. Combinatorics and metaphysics in the works of Aleksander Olszewski
12.35-12.55 Dr hab. Arkadiusz Sylwestrowicz (Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk), self-presentation Soundimages
12.55-13.35 Dr Arkadiusz Karapuda (Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw), self-presentation Place-Space-Network
13.35-14.00 Discussion
14.00-15.00 Lunch break
15.00-15.15 Summary of the conference / farewell to participants
15.15-16.00 Check-out / visiting the ruins of the royal castle in Chęciny from 1295

The artistic part of the conference - author's texts, participation in exhibitions, a music chamber concert

GRID exhibition (participants)

Štefan BALÁZS (SK), Małgorzata BIELECKA (PL), Hellmut BRUCH (AT), Ove CARLSON (SE)

Dominique CHAPUIS (FR/DE), Mateusz DĄBROWSKI (PL), Dariusz GAJEWSKI (PL), Aleksandra GIERAGA (PL), Julián GIL (ES), István HAÁSZ (HU), Victor HULIK (SK), Zbyněk JANÁČEK (CZ), Wiktor JĘDRZEJEC (PL), Arkadiusz KARAPUDA (PL), Rafał KOCHAŃSKI (PL), Jo KUHN (DE), Christine LÖW (DE), Susanne Kathlen MADER (NO), Tomasz MILANOWSKI (PL), Jan MIODUSZEWSKI (PL), Michał MISIAK (PL), Adam MYJAK (PL), Paweł NOWAK (PL), Aleksander OLSZEWSKI (PL), Błażej OSTOJA LNISKI (PL), László OTTÓ (HU), Alicja PANASIEWICZ / Adam PANASIEWICZ (PL), Alina PICAZIO (PL), Sławomir PLEWKO (PL), Anto RABZAS (ES), Jaume ROCAMORA (ES), Reinhard ROY (DE), Zbigniew SIKORA (PL), Magdalena SNARSKA (PL), Jacek STASZEWSKI (PL), Sabina TWARDOWSKA (PL), Gerard van der HORST (NL), Jorge VARAS (ES), Jean-Pierre VIOT (FR), Martin VOSSWINKEL (DE), Agnieszka WASIAK (PL), ZAWA & WORPUS (PL), Tomasz ZAWADZKI (PL), Olga ZĄBROŃ (PL), Wojciech ZUBALA (PL)

DISCURSIVE GEOMETRY exhibition (participants)

Maria CUEVAS (ES), Jean-François DUBREUIL (FR), Rita ERNST (CH), Konrad HAJDAMOWICZ (PL), Gerhard HOTTER (DE), Tomasz JĘDRZEJKO (PL), Josef LINSCHINGER (AT), Aleksandra ŁATECKA (PL), Małgorzata ŁUSZCZAK (PL), Manfred MOHR (USA), Grzegorz MROCZKOWSKI (PL), Boris MÜLLER (DE), Tadeusz MYSŁOWSKI (USA), Jan PAMUŁA (PL), Zbigniew ROMAŃCZUK (PL), Mark STAREL (PL), Przemysław SULIGA (PL), Grzegorz SZTABIŃSKI (PL), Rafał URBAŃSKI (PL), Joa ZAK (PL)

CHAMBER CONCERT

Agata KURZYK (PL) – Big Bad Birds, wiolonczela i kompozycje

3rd International Conference - Dokumentation

Conference registration

Welcoming of conference participants by the organizers and prof. Wiesław Łuczaj

Opening of the conference by prof. dr hab. Wiktor Jędrzejc, Vice-Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw

Inaugural speech, prof. Wiesław Łuczaj (UJK Kielce / Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw), Grid as a discourse

Pokaż więcej

01 Complexity - Conference Agenda

4th International Scientific and Artistic Conference

GEOMETRY IN DISCOURSE - DISCOURSE IN GEOMETRY

titled COMPLEXITY

8-12/09/2018

Programme and Organisational Committee:

prof. Wiesław Łuczaj – chairman, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
prof. María Cuevas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
prof. Julian Gil, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
prof. Wiktor Jędrzejec - vice-rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
prof. Ryszard Ługowski - UJK Kielce, curator of XX1 Gallery, Warsaw
prof. Błażej Ostoja Lniski - dean of the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
prof. Antonio Rabazas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
prof. Jorge Varas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dr hab. Arkadiusz Karapuda - deputy dean of the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
dr Stefan Szydłowski – Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
Małgorzata Surma - president of the Pro Arte Association, Kielce
Jarosław Denisiuk - director of the Art Center EL Gallery in Elbląg

Organizers:

Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (ASP), Faculty of Graphic Arts, Faculty of Painting
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Pro Arte Association, Kielce

Cooperation:

Institute of Fine Arts, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (UJK)
Art Center EL Gallery, Elbląg
XX1 Gallery, Mazovian Center of Culture and Art, Warsaw

Proposed issues:

Complexity and emergence in artistic practice. Knowledge imaging. Generative art. Data visualization. Archive, database, mapping. Understanding the complexity of artists, examples of works, self- presentations.
Relations between science and art. Order and chaos, regularity and randomness, unambiguity and ambiguity. Mathematical isomorphism. The interaction between the system/work of art and the environment, input-output, cause-effect, super-system and sub-system.
The influence of complexity on aesthetic positions. Aesthetics of visual complexity. Contextual theories.
Discursive geometry – concept, precursors, contemporary practices, undertaken discourses.

Conference Agenda

Saturday, 8/09/2018

9.00-10.00 Arrival and registration of participants, Faculty of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 5, 00-068 Warsaw
10.00-11.15 Welcome participants by the organizers, organizational meeting (cinema room of the Faculty of Graphic Arts), visit at the Faculty of Graphic Arts and the Faculty of Painting
11.15-11.30 Opening of the conference by the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Prof. Adam Myjak (cinema room)
11.30-12.30 Inaugural lecture, Prof. Wiesław Łuczaj (Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, JKU Kielce), Complexity as a discourse
12.30-14.00 Lunch break
14.00-15.00 Opening of the exhibition accompanying the conference:
COMPLEXITY, XX1 Gallery, Warsaw, ul. Jana Pawła II 36
15.00-15.40 Chamber concert – site specific performance, Sound Lab, XX1 Gallery, Warsaw
15.45-19.00 Transfer of participants to ECEG, Korzecko / Chęciny
19.00-19.30 Accommodation in ECEG
19.30 Dinner

Sunday, 9/09/2018

9.00 Breakfast

10.00-19.00 Session one, From generativity to interactivity

moderator: Prof. Wiesław Łuczaj (ECEG conference room)

10.00-10.30 Prof. Maria Cuevas (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Algorithmic compositions. Self-similar structures and complex connections
10.30-11.00 Jakub Matys (Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce), Algorithm, formula, procedure – programming as a medium
11.00-11.30 Dr hab. Stefan Paruch (Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej, Warsaw),
Electronic Hommage
11.30-14.00 Coffee break and visiting the ruins of the royal castle in Chęciny from 1295
14.00-15.30 Lunch break
15.30-16.00 Dr. Konrad Hajdamowicz, Color barcodes of time
16.00-16.30 Prof. Małgorzata Łuszczak (University of Silesia, Katowice), The language of geometry in video games
16.30-17.00 Dr hab. Piotr Welk (Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw), The role of digital tools in an artistic creation
17.00-17.30 Coffee break
17.30-18.00 Discussion
19.00 Grill / bonfire

Monday, 10/09/2018

9.00 Breakfast

10.00 -14.00 Second Session, Complexity & Discursive Geometry

moderator: Prof. Małgorzata Łuszczak (ECEG conference room)

10.00-10.30 Gerard van der Horst (The Netherlands), Self-presentation
10.30-11.00 Dr Tomasz Jędrzejko (University of Silesia, Katowice), The role of discourse in search of borders
11.00-11.30 Dr hab. Grzegorz Mroczkowski (Academy of Special Pedagogy, Warsaw), Suspended landscape
11.30-12.00 Coffee break
12.00-12.30 Dr hab. Jolanta Studzińska, Coincidence? Dr hab. Jolanta Studzińska, Coincidence?
12.30-13.00 Prof. Marek Dzienkiewicz (Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw), Geometry, abstraction and reference to art deco in my work
13.00-13.30 Dr Maciej Zdanowicz (Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce), From case to rule. The language of geometry in the face of complexity
14.00-15.30 Lunch break

15.30-19.00 Third Session, Complexity & Concrete Art

moderator: Dr hab. Arkadiusz Karapuda (ECEG conference room)

15.30-16.00 András Wolsky (Hungary), Accidental and intentional
16.00-16.30 Dr. Stefan Szydłowski (Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce), Reflections on distrust towards the "geometric spirit"
16.30-17.00 Dr Małgorzata Gorgolewska, Grid as inspiration
17.00-17.30 Coffee break
17.30-18.00 Discussion
19.00 Dinner

Tuesday, 11/09/2018

9.00 Breakfast

10.00-10.30 Third Session, Complexity & Concrete Art

moderator: Dr hab. Arkadiusz Karapuda (ECEG conference room)

10.00-10.30 Dr Kazimierz Łyszcz (University of Technology and Humanities, Radom), Perfection 'cum grano salis'

10.30-13.30 Fourth session, Beyond Geometry

moderator: prof. Wiesław Łuczaj (ECEG conference room)

10.30-11.00 Prof. Sławomir Marzec (Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw), Complexity as EVERYTHING
11.00-11.30 Prof. Jacek Jagielski (University of Arts, Poznań), Drawing space
11.30-12.00 Coffee break
12.00-12.30 Dr hab. Arkadiusz Karapuda (Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw), Inscriptions, frames, representations - a complication of the painter's metaphor
12.30-13.30 Discussion
14.00-15.30 Lunch break
15.30-16.00 Participants travel to the Institute of Fine Arts of the Jan Kohanowski University in Kielce
16.00-17.00 Study visit to the Institute of Fine Arts of JKU in Kielce
17.00-17.30 Opening of the exhibition accompanying the conference: CONCRETE / DISCOURSE / COMPLEXITY, XS Gallery, Kielce
17.30-18.10 Chamber concert - Kinior Flapart, Institute of Fine Arts
18.10-18.30 Participants return to ECEG Korzecko / Chęciny
19.00 Dinner

Wednesday, 12/09/2018

9.00 Breakfast (ECEG)
10.00-10.15 Summary of the conference
10.15-11.00 Check out
11.00-14.00 Transfer of participants to Warsaw