PHOTOMONTH IN KRAKOW — 2012 
SHOWOFF SECTION 2012
Following a thorough review of almost 600 applications and an emotional discussion, the jury of the ShowOFF Section 2012 – working in pairs of Grzegorz PiÄ
tek and JarosĹaw TrybuĹ, Witek Orski and Janek Zamoyski, Adam PaĹczuk and MichaĹ Ĺuczak, Zuza Krajewska and Bartek Wieczorek, and Magdalena and GaweĹ Kownacki, selected this year’s winners: Tomek Brodawka, Lena Dobrowolska, Jan Durina, MichaĹ LichtaĹski, Laura Makabresku, Dawid Misiorny, Martyna Rudnicka, Ĺukasz Rusznica, Mateusz SareĹĹo, and Ola Walków.
SHOWOFF SECTION CALENDAR
17.05.2012; 18:00
Curators: Grzegorz PiÄ
tek & JarosĹaw TrybuĹ
Galeria Trzecie oko, ul. BocheĹska 5
Open: 17.05–17.06.2012; TUE–FRI: 1 p.m.–6 p.m., SAT, SUN: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
17.05.2012; 19:00
Curators: MichaĹ Ĺuczak & Adam PaĹczuk
Museum of Municipal Engineering in Krakow, ul. Ĺw. WawrzyĹca 15
Open: 17.05–31.05 TUE–SUN: 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
01.06–17.06 TUE–THU:10 a.m.–6 p.m., ĹR, FRI–SUN: 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
17.05.2012; 20:00
Curators: Adam PaĹczuk & MichaĹ Ĺuczak
"3okna" Gallery in Artefact Cafe", ul. Dajwór 3
Open: 17.05–17.06.2012; DAILY: 11 a.m.–11 p.m.
17.05.2012; 21:00
Curators: Grzegorz PiÄ
tek & JarosĹaw TrybuĹ
Radar Gallery, ul. Brzozowa 17
Open: 17.05–17.06.2012; DAILY: 10 a.m.–10 p.m.
18.05.2012; 17:00
Curators: Janek Zamoyski & Witek Orski
New Roman, ul. Krasickiego 9/8
Open: 17.05–17.06.2012; THU–SUN: 12 p.m.–6 p.m.
19.05.2012; 15:00
Curators: Janek Zamoyski & Witek Orski
ArteFactory Gallery, ul. Stradomska 16
Open: 17.05–16.06.2012; THU–SAT: 12 p.m.–6 p.m.
19.05.2012; 16:00
Curators: Magda Kownacka & GaweĹ Kownacki
Tenement Bogoria, ul. Senacka 6
Open: 17.05–17.06.2012; THU–SUN: 12 p.m.–6 p.m.
19.05.2012; 17:00
Curators: Zuza Krajewska & Bartek Wieczorek
Fundacja WyspART, ul. MikoĹajska 4, 1st Floor
Open: 17.05–17.06.2012; THU, FRI, SUN: 12 p.m.–6 p.m., SAT: 3 p.m.–6 p.m.
19.05.2012; 17:00
Curators: Zuza Krajewska & Bartek Wieczorek
Fundacja WyspART, ul. MikoĹajska 4, 1st Floor
Open: 17.05–17.06.2012; THU, FRI, SUN: 12 p.m.–6 p.m., SAT: 3 p.m.–6 p.m.
20.05.2012; 19:00
Curators: Magda Kownacka & GaweĹ Kownacki
F.A.I.T., ul. Pijarska 5
Open: 17.05–17.06.2012; DAILY: 10 a.m.–2 a.m.
CURATORS FOR SHOWOFF SECTION 2012
 Magdalena Kownacka and GaweĹ Kownacki
Magdalena Kownacka (1981) – graduate in Art History and Museum Curator Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Co-founder of Artists Innovation Theory Foundation (F.A.I.T.), author of texts on art, curator of exhibitions including Kryptonim Matrioszka [Codename Matrioshka] (Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Krakow), Privat villa [Private Villa] in collaboration with the architectural group Umschichten, Subvision Festival (Hamburg, DE), A summary plot for a proposed novel, book exhibition (Outpost Gallery, Norwich, UK), Barwy klubowe [Club Colours] (FAIT Gallery, Krakow).
GaweĹ Kownacki (1977) – artist, organiser and producer of artistic events. He studied photography and graphic art in Krakow and Essen. Graduate of the Andrzej Wajda Direction Masterclass (1997), co-founder of the Artists Innovation Theory Foundation (F.A.I.T.), curator of exhibitions including Nasze najgorsze zdjÄcia [The worst photos we've ever taken] (FAIT Gallery, Krakow), Backflash, Fotografia z Zurychu [Photography from Zurich] (FAIT Gallery, Krakow), East's Desires (Outpost Gallery, Norwich, UK), Just give me five seconds of your attention, solo exhibition by Stefan Burger (FAIT Gallery, Krakow).
www.fait.pl
Zuza Krajewska and Bartek Wieczorek
Zuza Krajewska (1975) and Bartek Wieczorek (1979) – photo duo whose fresh, intense and sexy work has left its mark on contemporary Polish fashion photography. The couple take stunning sessions for many magazines and advertising campaigns for famous clothing brands, but also observe the fashion industry with a critical eye using a decadent "junk aesthetic" – an alternative view of the canons of beauty and behaviour.
They have many individual exhibitions under their belts, including POWER (Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, ĹódĹş, 2011), What do you want me to do? (Polnisches Institut, Berlin, Germany 2010), I just want to see the boy happy (BWA Design Gallery, WrocĹaw, 2009, Transphotographiques, Maison de la Photographie, Lille, France, 2009), Traces (Transphotographiques, Maison de la Photographie, Lille, France, 2009) and collective, including Bryce Draper "What do you want me to do" (Ars Homo Erotica, National Museum, Warsaw, 2010), Krystof Strozyna and Traces (Fashion Invasion, InSPIRACJE, Szczecin, 2010), Doda (Poland Venus, Photomonth in Krakow, Krakow, 2008), Happy Birthday (Last Few Days of Laboratory Space, CSW, Warsaw, 2005).
krajewska-wieczorek.blogspot.com
Adam PaĹczuk and MichaĹ Ĺuczak  
Adam PaĹczuk (1978) and MichaĹ Ĺuczak (1983) – their work primarily focuses on everyday life, asking about human attitudes and choices, and drawing out the meanings from successive layers of reality. As the only Polish photographers, they were honoured in 2009 at the prestigious The Magnum Expression Award – PaĹczuk for the cycle Karczeby (2008 - 2009), Ĺuczak for MĹodzi Górnicy [Young Miners] (from 2008).
Since 2010 they have both belonged to the Sputnik Photos International Association, as part of which they created the project Is(not) in Iceland. Lecturers at the Academy of Photography. Cultural animators (they jointly organise the "4x3" photography workshops run by Sputnik Photos, and Ĺuczak organises photographic exhibitions in Upper Silesia as part of his with the Image Culture Foundation).
They have won many awards in Poland and abroad (PaĹczuk: incl. Picture of the Year International, Lens Culture International Exposure Awards, PHotoEspana (PHE) OjodePez Award for Human Values, Grand Press Photo, Sony World Photography Awards; Luczak: incl. Mio Photo Award, AudioFotoDoc, NewsreportaĹź, BZ WBK Press Photo).
Adam PaĹczuk: www.adampanczuk.pl
MichaĹ Ĺuczak: www.michal-luczak.com
 Grzegorz PiÄ
tek and JarosĹaw TrybuĹ
Grzegorz PiÄ
tek (1980) and JarosĹaw TrybuĹ (1976) – architecture critics and curators. The first is a trained architect, and the second an art historian. Curators of projects on the border between architecture and photography, such as Hotel Polonia. The Afterlife of Buildings, with Nicolas Grospierre and Kobas Laksa (exhibition awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, 2008), the group exhibition Modernización (PhotoEspana festival in 2010, Cuenca, second show in Barcelona) and Jan Dziaczkowski’s Góry dla Warszawy [Mountains for Warsaw] (BÄc Zmiana Foundation, 2009). Since 2011 they have been working together on the Centre for Architecture Foundation.
www.centrumarchitektury.org
Janek Zamoyski i Witek Orski 
Janek Zamoyski (1978) and Witek Orski (1985) – professional photographers, founders of the independent CzuĹoĹÄ Gallery, operating since 2010. In their curatorial practice, they treat photography as a medium of contemporary art, focusing primarily on the process of shaping the sensitivity of young artists, and not the presentation of finite achievements by recognised artists. As gallery owners, they are opposed to the formalised climate of cultural events and strive to overcome the unnecessary distance between the creator, the creation, and the viewer. In practice, this means avant-garde art exhibitions and "impertinent" events.
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