- Krzysztof Wodiczko
Krzysztof Wodiczko is an
artist currently living inBoston and teaching atMIT . The son of Polish conductorBohdan Wodiczko ref|1, he was born in1943 inWarsaw , and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw in1968 with a degree inindustrial design , and taught at theWarsaw Polytechnic until1977 . Heemigrate d that year toCanada to teach at theUniversity of Guelph inOntario . In1979 he taught at the Ontario College of Art inToronto and from 1977 to1981 at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax.Wodiczko is most well known for his over 40 large-scale outdoor projections, which have been installed in over a dozen countries. His works are usually socially conscious, and often
political in nature. Examples include projections onto buildings of hands or faces of people who speak about personal experiences or crimes they have suffered, allowing the public airing of issues usually kept private. He has labeled this style of art "Interrogative Design". His most well-known installation took place in1985 when he projected the image of aswastika on theSouth Africa nembassy during a protest march in criticism of the country'sapartheid system.A controversial project of his was the design and construction of a special cart for homeless people. After consultation with homeless people in
New York City , the cart could be used to transport a small number of belongings, provided space for the collection of bottles, and could be used as a primitive shelter.His more recent work involves the construction of highly designed electronic objects to encourage interaction between
immigrant s and the public.Footnotes
# cite journal
author = Douglas Crimp; Rosalyn Deutsche; Ewa Lajer-Burcharth; Krzysztof Wodiczko
year = 1986
month = Autumn
title = A Conversation with Krzysztof Wodiczko
journal = October
volume = 38
issue =
pages = 36
id =
url = http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0162-2870%28198623%2938%3C23%3AACWKW%3E2.0.CO%3B2-YExternal links
* [http://www.culture.pl/en/culture/artykuly/os_wodiczko_krzysztof Krzysztof Wodiczko at Culture.pl]
* [http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/wodiczko/ Biography, interviews, essays, artwork images and video clips] from PBS series "" - Season 3 (2005).
* [http://art-history.concordia.ca/eea/artists/wodiczko.html Wodiczko Biography at Concordia]
* [http://architecture.mit.edu/people/profiles/prwodicz.html MIT Staff Page]Film
* [http://www.nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?id=26017&v=h&lg=en&exp=${Krzysztof}%20AND%20${Wodiczko}/ Krzysztof Wodiczko : projections, directed by Derek May, 52 minutes, 1991, National Film Board of Canada]
Further reading
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Mark Jarzombek , "The Post-traumatic Turn and the Art of Walid Ra'ad and Krzystof Wodiczko: from Theory to Trope and Beyond," "Trauma and Visuality", Saltzman, Lisa and Eric Rosenberg, editors (Lebanon, NH: Dartmouth College Press/University Press of New England, 2006)
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