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Limited edition, signed by the artist: 33 + 4 exemplars
Edition text: Sandro Droschl

Video: Zuzanna Janin
2009, 15:54 min


Edition Medienturm, release 25 / 09

Zuzanna Janin

The Way

The installation “Majka from the Movie” (Szaleństwo Majki Skowron/ Madness of Majka Skowron, 1975), which was presented at Kunstverein Medienturm’s show “forbidden love: art in the wake of television camp”, 2010, of Zuzanna Janin (born in 1964 in Warsaw, lives in Warsaw) shows six episodes of the 1970s Polish Television series of the same name. Utilizing both found and self-shot material, Janin superimposes and blends her images with the original footage. The principal role of the eponymous television star was originally played by Janin herself, a part which is contemporaneously held by her daughter. Presented as an image-journey, Majka embarks upon the search for her identity, encountering famous personalities such as philosopher Slavoj Žižek and musicians Iggy Pop and Tom Waits along the way.

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