Marta Żakowska

Vice Versa

Biography

Marta Żakowska, born 1986, student at the Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw and alumna of the Centre for Public Space Research, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Co-operates with the Agora publishing house, where she sometimes contributes with reportages and interviews. She is currently working on the REMIKS project, which is due to appear soon in the urban space of Warsaw.

Project: And Vice Versa

„Vice Versa!” is an outdoor game based on the Braille Alphabet. The plot, which develops in the urban space, is co-created by Filip Zagończyk (filipzagonczyk.blox.pl), Polish Association of the Blind and Joanna Turek and Marta Żakowska from the Centre for Public Space Research. Both seeing and blind people are welcome to take part. Relying on multi-sensual stimuli, the structure of the game refers to urban domination of the sense of sight in the cultural industry of the city. It also revolves around social, relational methods and the origins of developing projects that merge art and social activism. What’s more, by re-enacting situations of everyday moving and getting around the city, which is not adapted to the needs of the visually impaired, the authors want to point out that the city is a space of exclusion (and that the need exists to change the status quo). During the game, it is the blind who guide the seeing.

Related Events

POLE MOKOTOWSKIE | KNOWLEDGE | Sunday, 20.06.2010 | 17:30

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Conclusive debate of the ‘Vice Versa!’ game, ogranised by the Centre for Public Space Research

POLE MOKOTOWSKIE | EVENT | Sunday, 20.06.2010 | 13:00

Vice Versa!

Outdoor game based on the Braille Alphabet by Joanna Turek, Filip Zagończyk, Marta Żakowska