Wydział Sztuki Uniwersytetu Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach zaprasza na trzydniowe sympozjum artystyczne pt. “Designing Europe: Polish–Turkish Perspectives in Poster Art. Art & Design Symposium”. Wydarzenie odbędzie się w dniach 28-30 października 2025 r. (wtorek-czwartek) w Instytucie Sztuk Wizualnych przy ul. Podklasztornej 117.
Przedsięwzięcie jest wynikiem współpracy Wydziału Sztuki UJK w Kielcach z Kütahya Dumlupınar University w Turcji.
Program wydarzenia:
Dzień 1 / 1st day (28 października / October 28)
The first day will begin at Jan Kochanowski University with a visit to the National Museum in Kielce (11.00 am), offering an opportunity to explore the cultural relations and artistic influences shared by Turkey and Poland throughout history. The program will then continue at the Institute of Design in Kielce, followed by a transfer to the Faculty of Art at UJK for ice-breaking and introductory activities between Turkish and Polish students and lecturers. In the afternoon, participants will visit the art and design studios Institute of Visual Arts, concluding with a tour of the Center for Contemporary Art ArtLAB, where the exhibition Man Does Not Live by Posters Alone (curated by dr Wojciech Domagalski) is on view—an international presentation of posters, graphic art, and painting accompanying the 29th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw.
Evening theoretical session:
15:30-16:30 Dr. Maciej Zdanowicz (UJK) Visions and Letters: Two Traditions of the Polish Poster. Global Letters, Local Voices: The Contemporary Typographic Poster as a Medium of Dialogue
16:30-17:00 Dr. Resul Ay, Visual Metaphor in Poster Design – Intercultural Aspects
17:00-17:30 Dr. Wojciech Domagalski (UJK), Beyond the Image: Domagalski’s Posters as Tools of Public Memory
17:30-18:00 Gökhan Koç, Turkish Graphic Design
18:00 discussion and chillout time
Dzień 2 / 2nd day (29 października / October 29)
09:00–09:30 Opening and introduction: the poster as a medium of intercultural communication
09:30–10:00 Division into working groups (classical typography, expressive typography, narrative illustration, abstract illustration)
10:00–13:00 Design Session I: research, brainstorming, concept sketches, first visual explorations
13:00–14:00 Lunch break
14:00–17:00 Design Session II: developing concepts, manual and digital work
17:00–18:00 Group consultation and collective discussion of progress.
Dzień 3 / 3rd day (30 października / October 30)
09:00–12:00 Design Session III: finalizing posters and preparing works for presentation
12:00–13:00 Summary session: selection of works and preparation of captions/texts
13:00–15:00 Exhibition set-up at the Corner Gallery (installation, arrangement, curatorial coordination)
15:00–17:00 – Lunch & technical break
17:00 – Opening of the exhibition Beyond Words: Posters Across Cultures in the Corner Gallery Center for Contemporary Art ArtLA