Happy Ending Story by Dominika Łabądź

The Happy Ending Story project as an artistic research is based on an artistic collaboration which results in a collective publication co-created by professional artists and non-artists alike. It combines the competences of many people from different fields. The form of the project is by definition open, without expert diagnoses and ambitions. It is not so much result-oriented as it is rather focused on deficiencies and creating space for independent thoughts and their circulation. The "Happy ending story" project, referring to the issue of catastrophe and the end of times, has become an attempt to work through this loss, but also a reflection on the extent to which this loss has already taken place. It is something like mourning, but difficult to survive without the support of a community. The publication is relational in nature and draws on the potential for interaction and participation of those who can influence the shape of the work. It thus excludes monological artistic practices that attribute creative agency mainly to one artist or artists. The field of interest is the testing of narrative potentials, the deepening of optical awareness, conscious and empathetic perception and action in a world of global interdependence, politics of exclusion, and growing inequalities. The strategy of democratization of knowledge, inclusiveness of art creation and networking of local creative habitats, collectives for building social awareness and community can be an effective form of resistance against neoliberal practices leading to commodification of knowledge and art.

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HAPPY ENDING STORY

Happy ending story is a project of co-creation of the publishing house, directed to professional artists and artists, as well as to people not involved in art.

Artists-researcher: Dominika Łabądź

Artistic collaboration: Balcer Karolina, Bielak Katarzyna, Bochenko Izabela, Bubak Joanna, Chmielewska Magdalena, Chmiel Mateusz, Czekański Paweł , Dobżalska Katarzyna, Domańska Karolina, Dziadowska Natalia, Frankowska Katarzyna, Golachowska Joanna, Greszta Małgorzata, Grzyb-Jarodzka Bożena, Iwanek Zofia, Jamróg Marta, Jarodzka Anastazja, Jarodzki Paweł, Jarosz Iwona, Jeruzel Piotr, Jołda Paulina, Kaczorowska Katarzyna, Komorowska Natalia, Kosałka Jerzy, Kozieł Karol, Krakowian Kaja, Kwiatek Henryk, Kwiatek Marta, Kwiatkowska Monika, Lizurej Marzen, Lizurej Renata, Grupa Luxus, Łyjak Kamil, Markowska Anna, Nawojczyk Marta, Niedźwiecki Andrzej, Ogrodzka Iwona, Okuszko Marzena,Pastuszka Anna, Piotrowicz Paweł, Piróg Katarzyna, Podsiadły Dominik, Pylypushko Bohdan, Rózga Aleksandra, Rymko Piotr, Sawicka Małgorzata, Savashevich Ala, Sidorowicz Wanda, Siekiera Anna, Soćko Aleksandra, Soni Irmina, Tarnowski Krzysztof, Tofan Wiktoria, Tokareva Varvara, Tomaszewska Aga, Tymińska Marta, Wałaszek Aleksandra, Wałaszek Krzysztof, Wiejak Agata, Wojciechowska Wiktoria , Wolszczak Kamila, Zacharska Elwira, Zachdej Katarzyna, Zaleski Stefan Paweł, Zaremba Katarzyna, Zdulska Marta, Ziomek Mateusz

Books design, print, preparation: Dominika Łabądź

Publishing house: Dzikie Przyjemności

Project presentations:

Performetive reading workshops of the images with Anna Markowska - Studio BWA Wrocław 24.07.2020

Performative reading of a book Happy Ending Story with Marezn Lizurek, Jacek Kasprzak, Zbigniew Koźmiński, Justyna Woźniak - Studio BWA Wrocław

31.07.2020

Tommorw it will be great. Exposition and discusion with František Kowolowski, Dominika Łabądź and Aleksandra Ska moderated by Anna Mituś - Tajne Komplety. Prawdziwa księgarnia, a nie sklepz książkami.

17.11.2021 - 7.12.2021

Under the guidance of: Paweł Jarodzki

Research Catalogue exposition & design: Dominika Łabądź

The Happy Ending Story project is the artistic part of my doctoral disertation The disintegration of symbolic space in the community and the aestheticization of life as new phenomena in art at the Academi of Fine Art in Wrocław.

Temporary use of institutional and non-institutional resources:

BWA Wrocław

Tajne Komplety

Dzikie Przyjemności

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