monday 28th june 2010
The website for The Fairy Fort Project is up and running. It features work by Jay Bedwani, Gina Brocker, Michal Iwanowski, and Dragana Jurisic, documenting their fascinating road trip to the West of Ireland in the Autumn of 2009. Project funded and supported by Wales Arts International.
26th may 2010
Michal photographs Jo Shapland's site sensitive residency '[in]scape' at Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno.
8th april 2010
'Ian Reading Naked' has raised $1,300 at the annual SNAP! fundraiser for people living with, affected by, and at risk for HIV/AIDS. The premier photographic auction took place on Sunday March 21st 2010 at the National Ballet School in Toronto. For mor info go to www.snap-toronto.com
sunday 31st january 2010
ELYSIUM GALLERY IN SWANSEA
'Dialogues: A Fake Romance?' exhibition is opening on the 19th of February at Elysium in Swansea. The show features Michal's '35 Years On' print.
http://dialoguesafakeromance.blogspot.com/
friday 29th january 2010
TACTILEBOSCH EXHIBITION REVIEW
Review of Michal's work in 'Auxesis' exhibition at TactileBosch appears in today's Western Mail (by Darryl Corner)
monday 18th january 2010
'AUXESIS: THROUGH THE LENS'
Photographs from the 'Ne' series included in 'Auxesis: 3of3 'Through the Lens Media' at tactileBOSCH gallery | Andrews Road | CF14 2JP | Opens 23rd January 6.30 till Late | Exhibition remains open until 13th February
sunday 6th december 2009
SNAP! AIDS RELATED FUNDRAISER
Iwanowski's print 'Ian Reading Naked' selected from Flash Forward exhibition hs been donated for an auction aimed at raising money for AIDS/Hiv related causes.
'SNAP! is ACT's newest fundraising special event. SNAP! is a celebration of contemporary photography and photo-based art.'
http://www.snap-toronto.com/auction_gallery_4.php?auction=4
sunday 6th december 2009
IMAGES FROM THE OPENING AT LENNOX CONTEMPORARY
The following link leads to the Magenta Foundation site with documentation of the launch of the book and exhibition.
http://www.magentafoundation.org/books/flash-forward-2009/photos/
friday 14th august 2009
'FLASH FORWARD' BOOK LAUNCH AND EXHIBITION
The Magenta Foundation’s annual emerging photographers competition Flash Forward 2009 opens at Lennox Contemporary on October 8, 2009, accompanied by the Book launch.
monday 20th july 2009
WALES ARTS INTERNATIONAL FUNDS 'FAIRY FORTS'
WAI has awarded a grant towards the completion of 'Fairy Forts Project,' a collaboration between two Wales-based photographers (Jay Bedwani and Michal Iwanowski) with two Ireland-based photographers (Gina Brocker and Dragana Jurisic). Project commences in October with an interactive website and an exhibition to be announced.
friday 17th july 2009
HONORABLE MENTION WINNER OF PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris
"Michal Iwanowski of United Kingdom was Awarded in the PX3 2009 Competition.
Michal Iwanowski of United Kingdom was Awarded in category for the entry entitled, " 'Ne' ." The jury selected winners from thousands of photography entries from over 85 countries.
The "Prix de la Photographie Paris" (Px3) strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent, and introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris."
wednesday 8th july 2009
SUBVERSIVE CORRESPONDENCE # 1 at BROADWALK ARTS
Curated by Diana Ali
An exhibition at Broadwalk Arts includes national and international artists and writers exploring the notion of connectivity, correspondence and dialogue entailing a subversive perspective to the theme. The exhibition runs from Monday 20th July- Thursday 23rd July 2009.
the show features 'gyroscope' written by iwanowski
saturday 7th june 2009
IWANOWSKI AT THE BIG FUSS EVENT
The Big Fuss Presents - The BIG Event 2009.
June 13th - July 31st @ Nos Da, Dispencer Street, Riverside, Cardiff.
- FREE Art Exhibition - Showcasing local Painting, Design, Illustration, Photography, Sculpture, & Performance!
- FREE Live Music - Acoustic Sets, and Spoken Word Performances
- Arts and Crafts Stalls - Interactive Art Stalls, Food and Clothing stalls. link
thursday 7th may 2009
FLASH FORWARD - EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHERS 2009
The Magenta Foundation is pleased to announce year five of its Emerging Photographers exchange. Flash Forward showcases the future of photography, focusing on emerging talent that jurors have identified as having great potential. iwanowski is among the winning photographers from the UK. the initial exhibition and book launch will be held at Lennox Contemporary in Toronto, in October 2009. Other exhibitions will be announced later. for more info go to http://www.magentafoundation.org/books/flash-forward-2009/
sunday 3rd may 2009
A VERY BRITISH COVER UP
iwanowski collaborates with ian smith on his forthcoming production called 'a very british cover-up.' Apart from making photographs for the promotion of the film, iwanowski appears in the film as a paparazzi. the film is due out in june 2009.
thursday 23 april 2009
'CRACK' GROUP SHOW AT HACKNEY EMPIRE THEATRE
The first curated group show in the new exhibition run at Hackney Empire Theatre’s Marie Lloyd Bar is on from 13 May – 9 June 2009, featuring 6 artists, including Iwanowski.
The opening night is on Wednesday 13 May from 6pm till 11pm.
Hackney Empire Theatre. Follow link for more info.
291 Mare Street
London E8 1EJ
monday 23rd march 2009
SIMON THORNE'S 'NEANDERTHAL'
iwanowski photographs the latest production by the wales-based composer Simon Thorne. View images here
tuesday 17 march 2009
TRANSFIXED MOTION|THE TRANSITORY STILL
The Opening of this group exhibition will take place on april 2nd 2009 at Sheffield Institute of Art and Design Gallery
(Furnival Building, Sheffield Hallam University, 153 Arundel Street, Sheffield, S1 2NU). Iwanowski is showing two light boxes from the 'Ne' series.
wednesday 7 january 2009
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Iwanowski shortlisted among 7 other photographers, out of 1500, for the Project Assistance Award 2009.
wednesday 17 december 2008
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Iwanowski longlisted for the 2009 BJP Project Assistance Awards in association with Nikon. Link
wednesday 22 october
IT WILL SINK
This collaboration with photographer Jay Bedwani combines images and stories linked by the imagery of the ocean. The exhibition opens in Milgi gallery in Cardiff on tuesday the 28th october at 6.30pm www.itwillsink.com
monday 20 october
THERE AND BACK
The MFA Documentary photography show (featuring Minus The Mother) opens on the 30th October at Ffotogallery, Turner House in Penarth at 6.30pm. www.thereandbackphoto.com
thursday 28 august 2008
HAJDPARK 2008
III Praski Przeglad Teatralny featuring iwanowski's latest work from 'Ne' www.teatrwytwornia.pl
tuesday 18 march 2008
THE HOWL IN ARCADIA
Follow the link to see images from the show at The Sherman Theatre in Cardiff www.thehowlinarcadia.co.uk
monday 14 january 2008
WE HAUNT
12 artists, 12 full moons, www.greycontent.co.uk/wehaunt
25 october 2007
SIGH
intimacy section has been updated with new images. models still required. apply within. plus a sigh from the author in the absence of greater excitements.
20 august 2007
UPDATES
new address of the site is www.michaliwanowski.com. photo section has been updated with new material from 'intimacy' project. iwanowski is working towards an exhibition later this autumn. updates to follow.
14 august 2007
HAJDPARK THEATRE FESTIVAL, WARSZAWA
20-26 august, II Praski Przeglad Teatralny, www.teatrwytwornia.pl featuring iwanowski's 'intimacy' images projected on buildings after theatre performances.
23 july 2007
SOURCE MAGAZINE
the summer issue (51) of source magazine features an image from the 'baba' ptoject. link
sunday 15 july 2007
IMAGE UPDATES
new images have been added to 'emerging' and 'doll freaks' galleries.
wednesday 4 july 2007
LAURIE ANDERSON
on the 30th june, iwanowski went to see laurie anderson perform at the teatre grec in barcelona. here are some of the images from that amazing 'homeland' performance.
monday 18 june 2007
WRITING UPDATE
the 'written' section has been signifficantly altered. as part of my quest to archive, i organised my writing chronologically, year by year, indicating the progress that has been taking place ever since i first sat down to write. i also added six text that had ripened in the purgatory: geppetto, katecheza spotkan ulicznych, nacl, michal iwanowski, pora malin, and quo vadis
updates in the english written section will follow soon.
thursday 31 may 2007
SALE
milgi exhibition is now down. frames that did not sell are now on sale at iwanowski.tv. follow this link to find out more details: on sale
saturday 14 april 2007
VINCENT RIVER
this may, bristol old vic theatre school brings directors' cut, a series of four plays by four contemporary playwrights. these include 'vincent river' by philip ridley. directed by agnieszka blonska of equaldoubt, this performance is illustrated by iwanowski's image [kiss ]
clink here to see the leaflet
monday 9 april 2007
VICTIMS OF CONVENIENCE
an update in the documented section includes images taken during a VOC gig at barfly
thursday 5 april 2007
EHXIBITION SYNOPSIS
the theme behind 'emerging' exhibition is a collection of one boy's dreams.
I knew a boy who struggled to figure out whether he really existed, or was only someone else’s dream.
At night, he’d switch on a red bulb, get naked, and then lie down in a bath full of developer, holding his breath, waiting for any contours to emerge and reveal what he actually might be.
A boy as an idea rendered on a grainy film.
[Accipite et manducate ex hoc omnes:
hoc est enim Corpus meum, quod pro vobis tradetur]
wednesday 28 march 2007
MODELS
i am seeking models for my forthcoming project called 'darkroom 4 5,' in which i plan to photograph individuals going about their routines in the privacy of their bedrooms after sunset.
do get in touch for more details.
tuesday 27 march 2007
DANIEL SZYMANSKI PAINTS IWANOWSKI
image can be vieved here
wednesday 14 march 2007
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION
on 8th april, 6 p.m. at Milgi Gallery in City Rd, an opening night + private viewing of iwanowski's solo exhibition. view flyer here
wednesday 14 february 2007
EMERGING
from Dante's Hell, from Freud's Couch, poems written with light all over my numerous faces. this is the beginning of a new body of work called emerging.
thursday 1 february 2007
WALLS AND BOYS
the shot sections has now a new baby called walls. that is an ongoing project on boundaries the eye has to cross in order to pull the mind with it. in the written section, the boy has had another adventure...
iwanowski is not well.
monday 22 january 2007
BABA UPDATE
the films from Poland have been processed and I've just added a few examples of what 'baba' looks like. I'm reading Estes's 'women who run with the wolves,' and discovering how storytelling can hold a healing power for the storyteller. I am amazed how relevant it is to what my mother says, independantly. These latest images are as if sound-out sketches; they're tiny drawings that I make in order to tame baba, and get her used to my presence in her forest. view images here
monday 08 january 2007
THINGS CHANGE WHEN YOU GO AWAY
and so they do. i returned from poland. it was warm and productive. i dragged my mother into the woods in search of baba, shot nine rolls among the trees. it was magical and plain at the same time. it was like accepting the fact that mystical and ordinary have always taken equal parts of my reality. it was like accepting that half of my life has been magical and half has been plain. i cannot figure out which quenches my anxiety better.
films have been sent for processing. Images coming up soon!
thursday 14 december 2006
BABA
'baba' in polish stands for a 'mature woman.' this term implies simplicity. not necessarily derogatory simplicity, what numerous sayings might suggest. 'baba' refers to the very basic image of a country woman, whose existence is half dependant on the course of nature, and half dependent on the mystial forces. she is the wise woman of the woods, and she is the stupified wife of a matriarch plowman. she maintains sanity, yet runs wild with forest creatures.
i have asked jozefina, my mum, to write down stories of the woods she visits every day. she's come back with a series of amazing narratives, which i'm going to publish here soon. within the next few weeks i'm going to visit mokrzeszow and see how 'baba' is actually doing this winter... and hey, merry christmsa 2006!
wednesday 29 november
MOONFLOWERS
the latest update in the 'shot' section includes images of the flowers from the moon as i see them. it is my smile towards aletheia casey, an australian artist-photographer, whose perverse flirt with transparency film has created truly amazing images and ispired me greatly! [www.aletheiacasey.com]
thursday 23 november 2006
PHOTOGRAPHY UPDATE
the 'shot' section has been now completely re-arranged. i have added three new galleries [TUNES, MOKRZESZOW and DOLL FREAKS]'Tunes' are an ongoing project, so is Mokrzeszow - the forest and the woman in it are going to be my main focus during christmas. i've also added new images to the already existing galleries 'glances' and 'faces.' there is more stuff coming soon!
tuesday 14 november 2006
ROMANTYCZNOSC
i have just added a new text to the polish section of fumador. I'm currently writing another story 'about the boy who,' which should be up in a few days. I'm also writing a script for a play for Equaldoubt, and thinking about dropping off uni. so much fun for one person!
wednesday 08 november 2006
BENCHES
i have just updated the 'project' section, where you can find out how my collabotarion with wroclaw's poet pawel dunajko is progressing. I have translated his poems into english, even though I know that poems really have a life in one language only.
saturday 28 oct 2006
KICK OFF
i'm putting the site up right as we speak. in its primal form, not for long probably, as i will keep adding new material once it's made its way to this world out of my stuffy mind. all alterations to the site along with reflections and ideas will be mentioned here. until then, with a glass of red wine, i'm welcoming you to me!
