FAR
WAY
HOME

 "Far Way Home" is a space where two multidimensional narratives meet, seemingly thoroughly personal, but referring to universal experiences and experiences of the recipient. They are a testimony of the past influencing what is and what is to come. They are a kind of record of transition processes, emotions and experiences, they meander between longing, hope and happiness, only to deviate from the course after a while towards sadness, anger and trauma. The exhibition includes practical parts of master's theses realized by Wojciech Kamerys and Jan Kazimierz Barnaś in the Institute of Photography and Multimedia at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz.

video, photobook
"Murphy" video: Wojciech Kamerys
"Hide and Seek" photobook: Wojciech Kamerys
Tutor: Prof. Marek Domański, Prof. Łukasz Ogórek
Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz
2022

video, photobook, installation
"Boogeyman" video: Jan Kazimierz Barnaś
"I'm scared - one and three traumas" multimedia installation: Jan Kazimierz Barnaś
Tutor: Prof. Marek Domański, Prof. Łukasz Ogórek
Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz
2022

EXHIBITIONS:
ART_INKUBATOR, ul. Tymienieckiego 3, Lodz
30.06.2022-04.07.2022

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"Murphy" photobook presentation, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Wojciech Kamerys, 2022
"Murphy" photobook presentation, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Wojciech Kamerys, 2022
"Murphy" photobook, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Wojciech Kamerys, 2022
"Murphy" photobook, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Wojciech Kamerys, 2022
"Murphy" photobook, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Wojciech Kamerys, 2022
"Murphy" photobook, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Wojciech Kamerys, 2022
"Murphy" photobook, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Wojciech Kamerys, 2022
"Murphy" photobook, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Wojciech Kamerys, 2022
"I'm scared - one and three traumas" multimedia installation, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2022
"I'm scared - one and three traumas" multimedia installation, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2022
"I'm scared - one and three traumas" multimedia installation, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2022
"I'm scared - one and three traumas" multimedia installation, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2022
"I'm scared - one and three traumas" multimedia installation, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2022
"I'm scared - one and three traumas" multimedia installation, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2022
"I'm scared - one and three traumas" photobook, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2022
"I'm scared - one and three traumas" photobook, from "Far Way Home" exhibition, Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2022
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essential:
The Happy Death of Images
Essential is a multidisciplinary project by Brave Boy Studio, involving the academic community of Łódź. 24 persons will receive a pinhole camera with a single photo frame inside, and will be asked to photograph what they find important. A darkroom is built in the exhibition space, where these images, one by one, will be developed by their authors. Each person will be invited to tell the story of what was captured. At the same time, the image itself, in the revelation process, will not be fixed, and will have only a short life. Following this disclosure and slow death of visual representation, the day after, the only thing that will remain in the exhibition is the sound recording of the stories of the images that are gone.

CURATORS
Bruno Humberto, Franek Ammer

PARTNERS
Łódź, Łódzkie Centrum Wydarzeń, Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Fabryka Sztuki, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Łodzi, Szkoła Filmowa w Łodzi / PWSFTviT, Месяц фатаграфіі ў Мінску/Month of Photography in Minsk, Odesa Photo Days Festival, Futures Photography
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COLOR OF CONQUER
"COLOR OF CONQUER" by Piotr Rzeka, created by BRAVE BOY STUDIO under the "Development of Creative Sectors Program", co-financed by the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sport.
Shot on Fomapan 400 black and white film, developed in Fomadon R09 1+50, with Lomokino camera from LOMOGRAPHY, and self-designed 3D printed SMØL pinhole cameras,

DIRECTED BY BRAVE BOY STUDIO
Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, Wojciech Kamerys
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, Wojciech Kamerys
LIGHT
RMJ-FILM / Mirosław Sas Set Designer Justyna Olczak
STORYBOARD, ILLUSTRATIONS AND BACKSTAGE
Maryia Aviarkiyeva
GRAPHIC DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY
Anastasiya Sidarchuk
DIGITALIZATION AND PRE-EDIT
Jan Kamerys
STAGE CONSTRUCTOR
Wojciech Kamerys
3D PINHOLE CAMERA PRINT
Magdalena Stecka
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Tomasz Adamkiewicz, Witold Kolasa
ART CONSULTATION
Prof. Marek Domański, Phd. Dagmara Bugaj

STARRING
Piotr Ostróżka, Justyna Olczak, Tomasz Rodowicz, Sebastian Topolski, Katarzyna Barnaś, Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, Wojciech Kamerys, Maria Maćczak, Kazimierz Maćczak, Katarzyna Krawczyk, Wiktor Moraczewski, Anna Maszewska, Małgorzata Lipczyńska, Daria Dziedzińska, Katarzyna Galicka-Szer, Anna Małkowska, Jan Wodzyński, Marta Nawrocka, Karolina Włodarczyk, Agata Gansiniec, Adam Lipman, Maryia Aviarkiyeva 

SPECIAL THANKS TO
Academy Of Fine Arts In Lodz, Prof. Marek Domański, Phd. Dagmara Bugaj, Witold Kolasa, Fabryka Sztuki W Łodzi, Maciej Trzebeński, Katarzyna Krawczyk, Rafał Kołacki, Tomasz Adamkiewicz, Marcin Pajchert, Julia Szwed, Marcin Giza, Michał Kupicz, Łukasz Kastelik, Bartosz Jędrecki, Jakub Tokarz, Marta Kamerys, Katarzyna Barnaś, Celina Barnaś

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From the set of "Color of Conquer", 2021
From the set of "Color of Conquer", 2021
From the set of "Color of Conquer", 2021
From the set of "Color of Conquer", 2021
From the set of "Color of Conquer", 2021
From the set of "Color of Conquer", 2021
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RETURNS: SETOMAA
The life of the Seto people goes on slowly. They live far from civilization, surrounded by forests and lakes. The rush of the modern world is not known to them or they have forgotten about it long time ago. Years later, more residents return home. They often led a prosperous life among the Estonian cultural, business and political elite. However, is it possible to live away from your own paternity, the land of your ancestors? Is it possible to live with the feeling of abandoning your own nation?
It is difficult to define what could be the main element influencing a cultural memory. It is rather a set of behaviors used by parents, guardians, towards children. A certain mysticality of their traditions, beliefs, celebrations of days significant for the community, leaves a mark on Seto. An important element of their identity is the land of their ancestors, which somehow influences them. Seto’s tradition and culture, cultivated by the community, is rooted deeply in an archaic tribal tradition.

classic silver photography, medium format photography, 135mm camera movie and photos
medium format photos: Wojciech Kamerys
135mm film photos: Jan Kazimierz Barnaś
135mm camera movie: Jan Kazimierz Barnaś
Tutor: PhD. Dagmara Bugaj, Prof. Marek Domański,
Prof. Maciej Rawluk
Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz
2020

EXHIBITIONS:
GALERIA OGRODOWA 8, ul. Ogrodowa 8, Lodz
Fotofestiwal 2021, main program
03.10.2020-18.10.2020
GALERIA ASP, ul. Piotrkowska 68, Lodz
PRIME STAGE 2020 exhibition
01.03.2021-25.03.2021
MIEJSKA GALERIA SZTUKI, ul. Sienkiewicza 44, Lodz
Strzemiński Contest exhibition
13.04.2021-25.04.2021

AWARDS:
PRIME STAGE 2020, the best bachelor's diplomas Award
official distinction
Wojciech Kamerys
PRIME STAGE 2020, the best bachelor's diplomas Award
2nd place
Jan Kazimierz Barnaś
38.  Władysław Strzemiński Competition - Fine Arts 2021
Grand Prix
Wojciech Kamerys
38.  Władysław Strzemiński Competition - Fine Arts 2021
Award of the Marshal of the Lodz Region
Jan Kazimierz Barnaś

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from series "Returns: Setomaa", Wojciech Kamerys, 2020
from series "Returns: Setomaa", Wojciech Kamerys, 2020
from series "Returns: Setomaa", Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2020
from series "Returns: Setomaa", Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2020
from series "Returns: Setomaa", Wojciech Kamerys, 2020
from series "Returns: Setomaa", Wojciech Kamerys, 2020
from series "Returns: Setomaa", Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2020
from series "Returns: Setomaa", Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2020
from series "Returns: Setomaa", Wojciech Kamerys, 2020
from series "Returns: Setomaa", Wojciech Kamerys, 2020
from series "Returns: Setomaa", Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2020
from series "Returns: Setomaa", Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2020
NO MAN'S LAND
No man’s land is the area between the positions of the parties of the conflict, it is uncontrolled, it is ​​potential confrontation, the area seemingly devoid of property, space for appropriation, therefore full of potential tensions, seemingly amorphous transition area. Few are going there and even less comes back. Those who have succeeded are bringing stories about what they experienced by crossing various boundaries. The no man’s land in the era of post-internet, in the era of hybrid, invisible wars, can lurk everywhere. Two young artists, students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, found it in Kazakhstan and Israel. Photographers have traveled hundreds of miles around these two countries. As a result, cycles of black and white views ready for appropriation were created. Their works are also an objective record and a personal interpretation of fragments of reality. They draw the viewer into the space of emptiness and loneliness, introduce us to an unknown, menacing and strange world, waiting for the discoverers of his potential meanings.

classic silver photography, 135mm film
photo series, photographic book available on:
photos: Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, Wojciech Kamerys
typography, design and typesetting: Witek Gretzyngier
Tutor: PhD. Dagmara Bugaj, Prof. Marek Domański
Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz
2019

exhibitions:
GALERIA ASP, ul. Piotrkowska 68, Lodz
07.06.2019-20.06.2021
ARTSTEPS online exhibition
08.06.2020-14.06.2020
co-financed by the Kultugranty 2.0 program
powered by Łódzkie Centrum Wydarzeń
FUTURES TALENTS slideshow
Muzeum Książki Artystycznej, Lodz
08.08.2020
FESTIVAL MANIFESTO slideshow
Toulouse, France
20.09.2020

photobook presentations:
Fotofestiwal 2019, Polish Paradise 2020 (Riga Photomonth, Nida. International Symposium of Photography, Festival ManifestO, 18th Photo Confluence of Toulouse, Kaunas Art Book Fairs), Fotofestiwal 2020, TIFF Festival, Krakow Photomonth

AWARDS:
FUTURES PHOTOGRAPHY, TALENTS 2020
Amsterdam, Netherlands
15.06.2020
FOTOFESTIWAL 2021 - Photobook contest of the Year (finalist)
10.06.2021

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from series "No Man's Land", Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2019
from series "No Man's Land", Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2019
from series "No Man's Land", Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2019
from series "No Man's Land", Jan Kazimierz Barnaś, 2019
from series "No Man's Land", Wojciech Kamerys, 2019
from series "No Man's Land", Wojciech Kamerys, 2019
from series "No Man's Land", Wojciech Kamerys, 2019
from series "No Man's Land", Wojciech Kamerys, 2019
from series "No Man's Land", Wojciech Kamerys, 2019
from series "No Man's Land", Wojciech Kamerys, 2019
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