Krzysztof Wodiczko is renowned for his large-scale slide and video projections on architectural facades and monuments around the world. His projections involve the active participation of marginalised and estranged city residents. Simultaneously, he developed a series of nomadic instruments and vehicles with homeless, immigrant and war veteran operators for their survival and communication.
He will elaborate on public projects that address the existential and political issues of memory, conflict and war, including Hiroshima Projection, War Veteran Vehicle (in Denver, Liverpool and Warsaw) and his most recent proposal: Arc de Triomphe: World Institute for the Abolition of War (Paris).
Wodiczko was awarded the Hiroshima Prize in 1998. In 2009 he represented Poland in the Venice Biennale. A comprehensive monograph of his work was published this year by Black Dog Publishing, London.
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Krzysztof Wodiczko: The Abolition of War
19 October to 14 January
WORK gallery
10a Acton Street, London WC1X 9NG
www.workgallery.co.uk