MATEUSZ DWORCZYK
Mateusz Dworczyk (*1994 Zabrze, Poland)
lives and works in Kiel, Germany. Between 2015 and 2022 he studied at the Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel. Dworczyk graduated in photography under Prof. Peter Hendricks and Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Petra Maria Meyer.
In 2018, he opened a common dialogue with Hannes Fleckstein, which has since resulted in various works and exhibitions, like »witness to the (digital) world« (2021) at NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen. Together with Ramona Kortyka, Jennifer Merlyn Scherler and Juan Blanco, Dworczyk also initiated the collaborative project memeclassworldwide (mcww). To this date, the artist group has held numerous lectures and organised different seminars, workshops, and research residencies in the D-A-CH region.
Mateusz Dworczyk participated in various exhibitions, for example, »Mache mir einen Menschen!«, 2022, Kunstraum B, Kiel [S]; »Fluid«, 2022, Offspace satellite exhibition as part of the Triennale of Photography, Hamburg [G]; and »Gottfried Brockmann 2012« Prize of the State Capital Kiel, 2021/2022, Stadtgalerie, Kiel [G].
Procedural Incarnation, 2023
50 x 40 cm (gerahmt);
Pigmentdruck auf Fine Art Papier (Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta, 325 gsm); Abzug: 2023; 1/3 + AP
Body Options I, 2021
40 x 30 cm (ungerahmt);
Pigmentdruck auf Fine Art Papier (Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 310 gsm);
Abzug: 2022; 3/3 + 2 AP
Fotos: Mateusz Dworczyk & NAK-Photo-Simon Vogel
Artist's Statement Mateusz
The origin of my artistic practice lies predominantly in the exploration of photography, as well as the engagement with the use of photo-related and photo-based imaging processes. In my multimedia works, which consciously transcend the boundaries of photography, the focus is on images that have an impact on social discourses, cultural conditions or political realities. Here, a theoretical reflection is particularly important to me in the time of research, artistic process and exhibition planning. Based on my academic background, I bring a media studies perspective with a philosophical focus to my work.
Dealing with those affect-evoking images and their media-specific process of creation includes both the examination of contemporary phenomena and dynamics
in socio-technical networks, such as memes and viral diffusion and the use of new technologies, such as machine learning. In this context,
I do not consider digitalisation to be a parallel structure or a supplement, but rather an integral and influential part of all areas of life. In this frame of mind, however, I question at the same time how technical achievements or mass media filter and change our perception of reality.
Another important aspect of my work is the establishment
of dialogical and collective structures. This includes my collaboration with Hannes Fleckstein as well the cooperation on the joint project memeclassworldwide with Ramona Kortyka, Jennifer Merlyn Scherler, Juan Blanco and Bernhard Garnicnig. Especially the initiation and structuring of memeclassworldwide as an autonomous class for digital practice within the educational institution and the related conception of seminars, lectures and exhibition projects
reflect my understanding of art as action.
Another important aspect of my work is the establishment
of dialogical and collective structures. This includes my collaboration with Hannes Fleckstein as well the cooperation on the joint project memeclassworldwide with Ramona Kortyka, Jennifer Merlyn Scherler, Juan Blanco and
Bernhard Garnicnig. Especially the initiation and structuring
of memeclassworldwide as an autonomous class for digital practice within the educational institution and the related conception of seminars, lectures and exhibition projects
reflect my understanding of art as action.