Egzystencjalne i ekonomiczne wymiary „czynnościowania” Zofii Kulik i jej matki Heleny

The text analyses Zofia Kulik’s two films that form the cycle ”Cultivating the Archive: How the Sum Total of Small Actions Builds the Archive” (2016) and ”A Sum of Rags and an Archive Next Door, the Kingdom of Helena Kulik, Zofia’s Mother, in which the Archivist Grew Up” (2017). Both interweave two...

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Main Author: Agata Jakubowska
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Published: Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw 2018-01-01
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description The text analyses Zofia Kulik’s two films that form the cycle ”Cultivating the Archive: How the Sum Total of Small Actions Builds the Archive” (2016) and ”A Sum of Rags and an Archive Next Door, the Kingdom of Helena Kulik, Zofia’s Mother, in which the Archivist Grew Up” (2017). Both interweave two themes: work and the mother – daughter relation. The artist shows that her connection with her mother runs through ‘activitation’ (‘czynnościowanie‘, Zofia Kulik’s term) – an inner urge to constantly ‘do something’ and the resulting ongoing performance of a range of activities that are (or at least Kulik and her mother believe them to be) necessary for the maintenance of the collection and the surrounding environment. However, their activities are not identical and, above all, they function differently in the social order. The films do not raise the question of labour division in a straightforward way, but it resonates more strongly in statements concerning the mother’s significance in the development of the artist’s career. I also highlight a different economic aspect of ‘activitation’: the failure to satisfy the neoliberal demand of productivity.
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spelling doaj-art-df9ea4cccaa1465298c42e77a4cd6a412025-08-23T18:34:40ZengAcademy of Fine Arts in WarsawMiejsce2450-16112956-41582018-01-0141225Egzystencjalne i ekonomiczne wymiary „czynnościowania” Zofii Kulik i jej matki HelenyAgata Jakubowska0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8345-5662University of Warsaw: Warsaw, PLThe text analyses Zofia Kulik’s two films that form the cycle ”Cultivating the Archive: How the Sum Total of Small Actions Builds the Archive” (2016) and ”A Sum of Rags and an Archive Next Door, the Kingdom of Helena Kulik, Zofia’s Mother, in which the Archivist Grew Up” (2017). Both interweave two themes: work and the mother – daughter relation. The artist shows that her connection with her mother runs through ‘activitation’ (‘czynnościowanie‘, Zofia Kulik’s term) – an inner urge to constantly ‘do something’ and the resulting ongoing performance of a range of activities that are (or at least Kulik and her mother believe them to be) necessary for the maintenance of the collection and the surrounding environment. However, their activities are not identical and, above all, they function differently in the social order. The films do not raise the question of labour division in a straightforward way, but it resonates more strongly in statements concerning the mother’s significance in the development of the artist’s career. I also highlight a different economic aspect of ‘activitation’: the failure to satisfy the neoliberal demand of productivity.https://miejsce.asp.waw.pl/egzystencjalne-i-ekonomiczne-wymiary-czynnosciowania-zofii-kulik-i-jej-matki-heleny-2/agata jakubowskazofia kulikcultivating the archivekultywowanie archiwum
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Egzystencjalne i ekonomiczne wymiary „czynnościowania” Zofii Kulik i jej matki Heleny
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zofia kulik
cultivating the archive
kultywowanie archiwum
title Egzystencjalne i ekonomiczne wymiary „czynnościowania” Zofii Kulik i jej matki Heleny
title_full Egzystencjalne i ekonomiczne wymiary „czynnościowania” Zofii Kulik i jej matki Heleny
title_fullStr Egzystencjalne i ekonomiczne wymiary „czynnościowania” Zofii Kulik i jej matki Heleny
title_full_unstemmed Egzystencjalne i ekonomiczne wymiary „czynnościowania” Zofii Kulik i jej matki Heleny
title_short Egzystencjalne i ekonomiczne wymiary „czynnościowania” Zofii Kulik i jej matki Heleny
title_sort egzystencjalne i ekonomiczne wymiary czynnosciowania zofii kulik i jej matki heleny
topic agata jakubowska
zofia kulik
cultivating the archive
kultywowanie archiwum
url https://miejsce.asp.waw.pl/egzystencjalne-i-ekonomiczne-wymiary-czynnosciowania-zofii-kulik-i-jej-matki-heleny-2/
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