ART AGAINST POLITICS

2020 1-Channel-Video 30min

LENA MARIA HELD / MARCUS NEBE

For their film, Lena Maria Held and Marcus Nebe, spoke with diverse members of the Warsaw art scene, such as the visual artist Zuzanna Janin, the illustrator Luka Rayski or the photographer Rafal Milach, about their efforts to impact Poland’s political environment through the use of art as a kind of political tool. Beginning with its 2015 victory of the presidential and parliamentary elections in Poland, the National Conservative Party "Law and Justice" (PiS), gradually undermined Poland’s democratic institutions by disrupting the separation of powers. As Polish citizens sensed the shortcomings of the new government, resistance reached the streets. Art Against Politics documents interventions of local artists, who were drawn to respond to the political turmoil and contribute to the social resistance movement through the means of creating and the film makers listen to the artists' thoughts on the role art can play in shaping the ways we live together.