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• open from April 24 to June 7
• Apr 24 / Friday / 6:00 PM – exhibition opening and announcement of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Award

The Best Media Art Graduation Projects Competition, organized by the WRO Art Center and the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, has for years served as a platform bringing together eight public art academies in Poland: in Gdańsk, Katowice, Kraków, Łódź, Poznań, Szczecin, Warsaw, and Wrocław. At each institution, diploma committees select one work – a representation of distinct methods and sensibilities in thinking about media art. Together, these works form not only a survey but also a dynamic field of exchange, where different educational models are confronted, aligned, and put to the test.

This year’s edition is held under the title superuser_do.

The phrase references the system command sudo, which allows users to perform actions with administrator-level privileges, overriding default restrictions, intervening in system structures, and implementing changes. The exhibition positions artists as superusers: individuals who, through specialization, gain the agency to test, transform, and negotiate the rules of reality. The defense of a thesis marks a moment of transition – from the framework of study to independent practice. Although each work operates in a distinct language, they are united by a critical awareness of the conditions in which we function and a readiness to intervene. These are not only attempts to escape the system, but also actions taken from within – testing its limits, seeking loopholes, and proposing alternatives.

Exploring the relationship between humans and technology – at once nurturing and oppressive; capturing sound generated by biological networks and aquatic flow systems; exposing corporate realities shaped by loops and overload; intervening in image-making and recording tools; constructing a queer archive processed through AI; and examining high fashion in provincial contexts – these are the fields of activity engaged by the artists whose works comprise this year’s exhibition at the WRO Art Center.

Agata PLK Polak
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków
committee members: Michał Ostrowicki (aka Sidey Myoo), Kamil Kuitkowski, Aleksander Janicki, Zuzanna Jaworska, Klio Krajewska

Bartek Walczak
Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznań
committee members: Lena Peplińska, Rafał Żarski, Piotr Bosacki, Dagmara Domagała, Zuzanna Jaworska

Ilo Sękowska-Lenart
Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk
committee members: Agnieszka Kulazińska, Sylwester Gałuszka, Maciej Salamon, Zuzanna Jaworska, Dagmara Domagała

Jagoda Golińska
Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
committee members: Katerina Kouzmitcheva, Agata Horwat, Piotr Lisowski, Dagmara Domagała, Paweł Janicki

Jakub Stelmach
Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice
committee members: Bogdan Topor, Łukasz Trzciński, Matylda Badera, Dominika Kluszczyk, Zuzanna Jaworska

Józef Jakacki
Academy of Art in Szczecin
committee members: Andrzej Witczak, Dominika Łabądź, Marlena Chybowska, Mariia Serhiienko, Zuzanna Jaworska

Martyna Konieczny
Władysław Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź
committee members: Tomasz Załuski, Marcin Małecki, Kuba Szkudlarek, Zuzanna Jaworska, Kinga Gralak

Piotr Stechura
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
committee members: Maja Demska, Martix Nawrot, Piotr Kucia, Zuzanna Jaworska, Dominika Kluszczyk