For adults

Mature for Art. Get-together at the ICC Gallery!

The ICC project aimed at people enjoying their free mornings and wishing to increase their competence in the fields of art and culture. Each meeting begins with a guided exhibition tour (currently on view at the ICC Gallery), followed by a short lecture which is an opportunity to get-together over tea and cookies.


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Culture is nature!

February 28, 2012, 11.00 a.m.
Culture is nature – in search of laws that govern nature in green architecture

A lecture by Magdalena Worłowska, a PhD student in art history at the Wrocław University. Her research includes the issues related to green architecture.
In today’s world it is virtually impossible to think about architecture without taking environmental preservation and conservation as well as rational use of natural resources into account. So as to respond to the joint demands of ecology and economy, contemporary architectural designs often imitate nature – not only its form, but, what is particularly interesting, the laws that govern it (e.g. a mechanism of water storage or oxygen production). A sense of convergence of scientific and artistic languages which permeates the debate on green architecture proves how important the relationship between nature and culture, between a man and his surroundings, is. To illustrate this point, the lecture will focus on several contemporary Polish projects carried out in the field of architecture such as intriguingly entitled Wieże Tlenowe [Oxygen towers] (by Jarosław Kozakiewicz), Dzrewodomy [Tree-houses] (by Magdalena Abakanowicz) and Deszczołap [Rain collector skyscraper] (by Ryszard Rychlicki and Agnieszka Nowak).

March 6, 2012, 11.00 a.m.
Erect a house or building in close relation with nature

A workshop chaired by Sabina Woźnica, a graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. An artist whose numerous projects address serious issues related to human condition and environmental protection and conservation.
The workshop will encourage its participants to freely play with architecture “planted” in the heart of nature. Considering architecture to be a part of nature as well as allowing interference with nature  by means of ecological solutions are among the factors responsible for making contemporary Norwegian architecture such a unique phenomenon. The materials most often used are: wood submitted to an innovative method of carbonisation (wood preservatives); glass which creates a physical, but not a mental barrier between a man and nature; concrete whose structure alludes to rocks; as well as rusting steel which is to blend with landscape. All these factors as well as innovative solutions are inspired by a specific character of Norwegian landscape dominated by rocks, sea and wind. The before-mentioned will also serve as a powerful source of inspiration for the participants of the workshop.


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