Documents, photographs, witness statements, films and all sources systematically collected by Porta Polonica are digitized and recorded in a database.
‘A conversation with an interesting person.’ Episode 6: Henryk Brzozowski
He was a very talented carpenter. His dream was to make a round table. But the People's Republic of Poland was economically planned and left no room for creative and talented craftsmen. Club of Polish...
Zeitgeist in Echtzeit. Episode 6: “Is love between a German and a Pole possible?”
German-language production by the Club of Polish Failures, with ‘top advisor’ Adam Gusowski. The key words from the history of German-Polish relations here are: Sonja Ziemann and Marek Hłasko.
Ill. 41b: Y. Gianikian/A. R. Lucchi - Journey to Russia
1989-2017. Six-channel video and sound installation. Digital video transferred from various formats, colour and black and white, sound, 88 minutes. New Gallery
Zeitgeist in Echtzeit. Episode 2: “Is flying still appropriate nowadays?”
German-language production by the Club of Polish Failures, with ‘top advisor’ Adam Gusowski. The keyword from the history of German-Polish relations here is: LOT in Tempelhof.
‘Mrs Selke and the Hatred’. Episode 3: The Polish necklace
Silent film with German intertitles by the ‘Club der Polnischen Versager’ (Club of Polish Failures), as part of the satirical magazine ‘Die Schizonationale’ (The Schizo-National), around 2012.
‘A conversation with an interesting person.’ Episode 7: Jerzy ‘Jurek’ Kranz
A typical story of transformation during Poland's transition period: from small retailer to big businessman who brought the UEFA EURO 2012 European Championship to Poland and Ukraine. Club of Polish F...