BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//ddaysoftware.com//NONSGML DDay.iCal 1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:18000101 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=10;BYMONTHDAY=25,26, 27,28,29,30,31 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:18000101 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=4;BYMONTHDAY=1,2,3,4 ,5,6,7 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070101 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11;BYMONTHDAY=1,2,3, 4,5,6,7 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070101 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3;BYMONTHDAY=8,9,10, 11,12,13,14 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Andrzej Lojko Born on 11 December\, 1949 Traditions TRADYCJE Fo lk music\, national costumes\, cut-outs\, culture\, and Cepelia stores – f or so many years the media in the People's Republic of Poland attempted to build an image\, which made people reluctant rather than caring for value s they wanted to promote. There was a certain amount of excess and artific iality\, which\, when polished and refined\, produced an appearance of kit sch. Even today many people are still ashamed of admitting that they come from a small village. They’re ashamed of their own parents\, who are good hardworking folks. Everyone was fleeing the countryside. The ethos of the country has never existed up to this day. In the 70’s and 80’s\, like ever yone else\, I succumbed to the almighty culture of the West. In communist Poland there was a huge demand for it\, because it was a forbidden fruit. We needed twenty years to get saturated with it and understand that cultur e is becoming a product\, over-commercialized\, which has lost its freshne ss and impact. At the end of the 70’s I worked with Tadeusz Kantor during his performances in Warsaw. His art had a tremendous impact on me\, and ev eryone else for that matter. People needed several years to understand tha t the foundation of his success is his past and its creative interpretatio n. I didn’t have dramatic life experiences similar to Kantor’s. I couldn’t shock people\, shout and howl. I had to tell my story my own way\, perhap s even sing it out. I was searching for the subject with which I could ide ntify\, which I could call my own. The Polish countryside\, a place where I spent my childhood\, seemed appealing and universal enough. We all have our own Atlantis or Utopia inside of us. I think it’s worthwhile to get th ere\, because a journey into our inner being may change us and show us a s ense in life. For many years I have been collecting old objects that have visible traces of wear and tear caused by human hands. I think there is so mething magical about them. The frequent use of these objects makes their surface smooth. It also changes the original shape. Old and useless\, they started a new life in photographs. I believed I should go back to the tim es these objects were in everyday use\, which I still remember from my chi ldhood. In the Polish countryside after the WWII the electrification proce ss wasn’t fully completed. There were plenty of places where time seemed t o come to a halt\, where people lived like in Chopin’s days. I was very yo ung and the passage of time has blurred many details. I couldn’t recall pl enty of details\, but I could remember the climate and atmosphere of these bygone days. They are not that important. I believe the Polish countrysid e and reminisce were a pretext for a certain game or for testing my skills . The countryside and tradition is the subject on which I decided to dwell . Light and composition is the challenge to be faced. Many years in the ad vertising business\, thousands of wasted paper\, and curiosity about what I have learned so far and if I can still learn? Working in advertizing req uires a lot of compromises and sacrifices to be made. Usually something be tter or more subtle loses to the things that are more popular\, fashionabl e\, or plainly stupid. Could I still say something normal without resortin g to cheap tricks? Simply and straightforwardly? Photography is light\, as the very name suggests: photo graphy – writing with light. This may be as sociated with the work of painters\, masters of the Renaissance and Baroqu e. I wonder if they would paint today if they were alive. Painters often p ainted the same scenes from different perspectives\, conducting a sort of dialogue. I opt for an intellectual journey in time\, which can give you t hrills and evoke a déjà vu effect. I have been photographing people of dif ferent culture\, race\, and age for many years\, and I believe there are n o ugly people. If they change their attire to national costumes\, the chan ge is drastic – they become different\, more interesting\, original\, and more beautiful. After all everyone is yet to see an ugly mountaineer. The change is more visible in older people\, who become more attractive over t ime. Wrinkles\, a headache of every modern woman\, are like a map of life. Every age has its good sides\; youth has beauty\, whereas old age enjoys wisdom. Is there any sense to fight this? I decided to go back to folk cul ture. I began learning and rediscovering it. I felt proud of being Polish on so many occasions as I was discovering historical facts about our cultu re\, folk art\, or pioneering efforts in old Europe. I began to lose my co mplexes developed under communist regime. Work\, traditions\, costumes\, c ulture\, music\, and instruments – this is a never-ending mine of subjects . People and artists\, the models with whom I worked and came to know\, ha ve successfully exploited these inexhaustible resources as well. The world I portray in my works is slowly disappearing. There are no TVs\, washing machines\, fridges\, phones\, cars\, or other modern gadgets in it. The li fe I show is simple\, but the people are happy\, full of love and understa nding. They are our parents and grandparents. The year 2010 marks the 200t h anniversary of Chopin’s death but it also is the 400th anniversary of Mi chelangelo Merisi’ death\, a great master of the Renaissance known as Cara vaggio. Perhaps\, we should find a way to combine these two events? www.an drzejlojko.pl 53 Bilder sind derzeit im SPIEGELSALON zu sehen.Die Photogra phien sind im Format 70 x 100 cm.Gerahmt kosten sie 500.- € 34 Motive lieg en auch als Postkarten vor. DTEND;TZID=Eastern Standard Time:20131114T130000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014642 DTSTART;TZID=Eastern Standard Time:20130914T110000 LOCATION:Spiegelsalon 14057 Berlin Friedbergstr. 29 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Ausstellung - Photographien von Andrzej Lojko UID:00360111-7dfc-4073-b8ef-d9752dd11852 URL:http://www.charlottenburger-kiez.de/ausstellung-photographien-von-andrz ej-lojko-2013-09-14.aspx END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR