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Fabryka Sensów Osobistych – FSO 2017: Photographs of Industrial Heritage at Praga Museum of Warsaw

This exhibition captures personal histories and the profound connection between FSO factory workers and their industrial environment.

The "Fabryka Sensów Osobistych – FSO 2017" exhibition at Praga Museum of Warsaw showcases photographs from a workshop project. These compelling images explore the relationship between former FSO factory workers and the industrial space in Żerań. Through journalistic and topographical methods, the series captures the plant's identity and deep social history, revealing personal narratives.

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This exhibition showcases photographs created by participants of the 'Fabryka Sensów Osobistych – FSO 2017' project. The images explore the relationship between former factory workers and the space of the former FSO factory in Żerań, presenting a dialogue with the plant's identity and history through both journalistic and topographical approaches.

Curatorial context

The 'Fabryka Sensów Osobistych – FSO 2017' exhibition presents a series of photographs born from a workshop project focused on the former car factory in Żerań. Participants adopted both journalistic and topographical photographic methods to capture the essence of the industrial space and its connection to the people who worked there. The resulting images highlight the visual richness of the factory interiors and the deep personal histories of its former employees, fostering a dialogue about the factory's identity and historical narrative. Complementing the exhibition, a debate titled 'Kultura robotników czy z robotnikami w tle?' (Worker culture or with workers in the background?) was held. This discussion delved into the role of workers in Polish culture over the last century, examining their agency in cultural creation versus their representation in art and politics. It contextualized these themes within the history of the FSO factory, the 1956 strikes, and the social history of large industrial plants during the PRL era and its subsequent transformation. The debate featured notable guests including historian Dr. hab. Błażej Brzostek, sociologist Dr. Przemysław Sadura, cultural theorist Dr. Dorota Sosnowska, and journalist Jolanta Zientek-Varga, who had a history with the FSO factory's own newspaper.

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Praga Museum of Warsaw
Current status
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Exhibition schedule
From Dec 1, 2017
Artist line / attribution
The exhibition features photographic works by Paweł Starzec, Jakub Szafrański, Jakub Siedlecki, Kamila Adamowicz, Krzysztof Sienkiewicz, Marlena Jabłońska, Natalia Mikołajczuk, Agata Kubis, Ryszard Szpytman, Sobiesław Franczak, and Sylwia Rowicka. The accompanying debate was led by Maciej Duklewski and Karolina Grzegorczyk, with guests including Dr. hab. Błażej Brzostek, Dr. Przemysław Sadura, Dr. Dorota Sosnowska, and Jolanta Zientek-Varga.
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