"Dreams of Gdynia: Harmonoise" – an immersive installation that translates the principles of classical painting into the world of modern kinetic art. In a specially adapted festival space, a monumental, looped animation engages in dialogue with an original soundtrack by Daniel Szlajnda. Przemek Blejzyk, known as Sainer, is a contemporary painter whose work, rooted in traditional painting but translated into new media, seeks a new language for the visual arts. Special exhibition tour - July 3, starting at 5 p.m.
Przemek Blejzyk aka Sainer is a contemporary studio painter whose work has a strong, undeniable connection with painterly tradition and history. He has built his name as one of the more accomplished muralists of the past decades, but his current interests and practice have
almost no connection with this part of his artistic journey. Instead, looking at the legacy of renowned Impressionists and Fauvists, and influenced by modern-day aesthetics, he is building a distinctive oeuvre that merges their profound perception with the sensory overload and hyper-vibrancy of the 21st century. (Sasha Bogojev)
I am more interested in describing the times through contemporary mechanisms of vision. When I draw landscapes in my sketchbooks, I sometimes combine a couple of them on one page to create one composition made out of different views connected by a relation of colors. The screens on our computers, TV sets, or smartphones, are divided into multiple windows that we see at the same time. Rather than reproducing the icons that surround us, I want to explore contemporary painting through the way we consume images. (Sainer)
The "Dreams of Gdynia" project brings together nearly 40 invited artists creating works spread out across Gdynia's city center, with one special exception. The starting point is Julian Rummel’s 1934 vision: utopian, bold, projecting Gdynia as a modern, open, and livable place. We return to it on the city’s hundredth birthday to ask: what Gdynia do we dream of today?
Visitors can explore contemporary art in pop-up spaces, discover Gdynia through an urban game, or join a bilingual (Polish–English) curatorial tour on Saturday, July 4, at 1:00 PM, starting at Galeria Przypływ (3 Maja 27/30). The remaining locations are open Wednesday–Friday from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM and Saturday–Sunday from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
