Please join us for two NYC events curated by Dara Greenwald, with artists Waldemar Fydrych aka Major and Agnieszka Kubas of the Orange Alternative in Poland. This will be the first time they have presented this work in the US.
Each event will include a presentation, film/video screening, and discussion. Different films will be screened each night.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 7:00 pm
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street @ Stanton, NY, NY
Films:
The Orange Alternative, 1989, Mirosław Dembiński (21 min.)
Dwarves go to Ukraine, 2005, Mirosław Dembińskim (on the OA action in the Orange Revolution in 2004)
Thursday, November 19, 2009, 7:30 pm
The Change You Want to See Gallery
http://thechangeyouwanttosee.org
84 Havemeyer Street @ Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Films:
Major or the Revolution of Dwarves, 1989, Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz (40 min.)
Dwarf for the Mayor, 2003, Mirosław Dembiński (36 min.) (on the OA's election campaign for the City Council in Warsaw)
About the Orange Alternative
The Orange Alternative is an underground anarchic movement, which was started in 1981 in Wroclaw, south-west Poland, by Waldemar Fydrych aka “Major.” Somewhat inspired by Provos, and strongly influenced by Dadaism and Surrealism, it painted absurd graffiti dwarfs on city walls, which became its symbol and organized massive happenings oftentimes with participation of thousands of people wearing dwarf hats. It was one of the more picturesque elements of Eastern European opposition against communism.
http://www.orange-alternative.org
Waldemar “Major” Fydrych was born in Torun, Poland on April 8, 1953. Graduated in History and Art History at the University of Wroclaw. Founder of the Orange Alternative. In March 1988, he was arrested for distributing women's hygienic napkins in the street. Sentenced to three months of prison but released following public uproar.
Links:
http://www.pomaranczowa-alternatywa.org/orange-alternative-album/album/i...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Alternative
http://www.inyourpocket.com/poland/wroclaw/feature/70296-Alternative_ora...
http://spoon.as.wvu.edu/spoon-bin/archive/archive.cgi?list=spoon-archive...
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/14/world/wroclaw-journal-police-draw-the-...