Open City is one of the most influential events showcasing contemporary art and the largest exhibition in eastern Poland.
The Festival is based on the concept through the act of releasing art from the confines of institutionalised exhibition space for the benefit of the changing city’s surroundings. Art is exposed both to the transient emotions of passers-by and to the changing weather conditions. Artists are usually made to follow ideological programmes imposed by monument founders. During the Open City Festival, the artists are the movers and shakers and are given a mandate to create.
Why is ART strongly related to WAR? Why, when the war enters the streets, art also appears there? - asks Andrei Dureika, curator of the 13th Festival of Art in Public Space Open City/Open City, organised by the "Crossroads" Centre for Intercultural Creative Initiatives.
The opening of the festival (this year is dedicated to Belarusian art) will take place on September 17, 2021. The works will be located in the centre of Lublin will be displayed until October 15.
