Forms of Friendship Guided Tour at Arsenal Gallery
A guided tour of 'Forms of Friendship' at the Arsenał Municipal Gallery in Poznań, curated by Jarosław Kozłowski and Luiza Kempińska, explores works from the NET Collection and Akumulatory 2 Gallery. The NET Manifesto (1971) by Kozłowski and Andrzej Kostołowski proposed free exchange of ideas across Cold War borders, first received in a private flat in Poznań in 1972 before a Security Service raid. Akumulatory 2 Gallery, founded in 1972 at 7 Zwierzyniecka Street, operated without institutional backing, hosting nearly 200 events over 19 years. The exhibition draws on Bojana Pejić's essay 'A Politics of Friendship (Remembered)' and Jacques Derrida's 'The Politics of Friendship', framing friendship as a non-hierarchical, horizontal art history practice. The tour highlights the network's intermediaries, including censors and customs officials, and the materiality of letters and parcels. Over 60 artists are featured, including Joseph Beuys, Yoko Ono, Gilbert & George, and Lawrence Weiner.
Key facts
- Guided tour of 'Forms of Friendship' at Arsenał Municipal Gallery, Poznań.
- Curated by Jarosław Kozłowski and Luiza Kempińska.
- NET Manifesto written in 1971 by Kozłowski and Andrzej Kostołowski.
- First NET reception in early 1972 in a private flat in Poznań, interrupted by Security Service.
- Akumulatory 2 Gallery founded in 1972 at 7 Zwierzyniecka Street, Poznań.
- Gallery co-run by Hanna Łuczak from 1981; nearly 200 events over 19 years.
- Exhibition references Bojana Pejić's essay and Jacques Derrida's philosophy.
- Features over 60 artists including Joseph Beuys, Yoko Ono, Gilbert & George, Lawrence Weiner.
Entities
Artists
- Jarosław Kozłowski
- Luiza Kempińska
- Andrzej Kostołowski
- Hanna Łuczak
- Goran Đorđević
- Bojana Pejić
- Piotr Piotrowski
- Jacques Derrida
- Emmett Williams
- Eric Andersen
- Angelo de Aquino
- Imre Bak
- Andrzej Bereziański
- Joseph Beuys
- Włodzimierz Borowski
- Natalia Brandt
- Natalia Brodacka
- Victor Burgin
- William S. Burroughs
- Giuseppe Chiari
- Henri Chopin
- Carlfriedrich Claus
- Cosey Fanni Tutti
- Genesis P-Orridge
- Artur Cravan
- Hanne Darboven
- Mirtha Dermisache
- Andrzej Dłużniewski
- Stanisław Dróżdż
- Gilbert & George
- Wojciech Gorączniak
- Tom J. Gramse
- Peter Mandrup Hansen
- Gerard Hemsworth
- Geoffrey Hendricks
- Margrit Kahl
- Victor Kalinosi Mutale
- Koji Kamoji
- Pierre Keller
- J.H. Kocman
- Akira Komoto
- Shigeko Kubota
- Richard Long
- Jerzy Ludwiński
- George Maciunas
- Piotr Macha
- Inge Mahn
- Andrzej Matuszewski
- Joan Matthews
- Yutaka Matsuzawa
- Maryna Mazur
- Ian McKeever
- Yoko Ono
- Géza Perneczky
- Paweł Polus
- Jerzy Rosołowicz
- Ralf Samens
- Mieko Shiomi
- Mikołaj Smoczyński
- Petr Štembera
- Kishio Suga
- Jarosław Szelest
- Amikam Toren
- Endre Tót
- David Troostwyk
- János Urbán
- Ben Vautier
- Franz Erhard Walther
- Robert Watts
- Lawrence Weiner
- Krzysztof Wodiczko
- Horacio Zabala
Institutions
- Arsenał Municipal Gallery
- Akumulatory 2 Gallery
- NET Collection
- Security Service (Poland)
Locations
- Poznań
- Poland
- 7 Zwierzyniecka Street, Poznań