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Construction in Process (Konstrukcja w procesie) was an art festival, described as an international art event. Its first edition was held in 1981 in Łódź and the last in 2000 in Bydgoszcz.

The Construction in Process was an international art festival, which, depending on the time and place, had a different face each time. The first Construction in Process took place in Łódź, with the support of the Solidarity movement. The initiator and organiser of Konstrukcja w Procesie was the Polish artist Ryszard Waśko, a participant in the Film Form Workshop at the PWSFiT in Łódź, who in 1980 took part in the international art exhibition of the 1970s Pier + Ocean at the Hayward Gallery in London. This exhibition gave rise to the idea of presenting Western art of the 1970s in Poland, where apart from the circulation of independent author galleries, there was little dialogue between artists and society. In this situation, the organisation of the first Konstrukcja w Procesie was for Ryszard Waśko a kind of social duty, a desire to bring art closer to the people. By organising Konstrukcja w Procesie, Ryszard Waśko introduced Western art into the public space of Lodz - a space subject to censorship and excluded from artistic activities. In 1981, in a situation of economic and political crisis, Ryszard Waśko invited artists from abroad to Lodz, who came at their own expense, to create art in the factory spaces of the city.

From 1981 to 2000, Konstrukcja w Procesie was organised by an association called the International Artists' Museum, which was founded by Ryszard Waśko and Maria Waśko. Construction in Process took place in multiple places, including where important political and cultural transformations were taking place, in Łódź (1981, 1990, 1993), Munich (1985), Israel (1994), Melbourne (1998) and Bydgoszcz (2000). In 1993, after the political changes in Poland and Eastern Europe, Lodz became the headquarters for a venture called My Home is Your Home. More than 100 artists, critics and poets (including Allen Ginsberg) came to Lodz to participate. In 1995, an art event called 'Co-existence' took place in the Negev desert in Israel, uniting Israeli and Palestinian artists in support of peace in the Middle East. In 1998, an art event called The Bridge was organised in Melbourne with Aboriginal and Asian artists. In 2001, the Creators project was realised in Venice, with the participation of more than 100 artists and poets. (Source)

Editions[edit]

Construction in Process I[edit]

The first Construction in Process took place in 1981 in Łódź.

Exhibition participants:

Process und Konstruktion - Construction in Process II[edit]

The second edition was held in Munich in 1985.

Exhibition participants:

  • Vito Acconci
  • Janusz Bałdyga
  • Tom Bills
  • Hartmut Boehm
  • Sjoerd Buisman
  • Daniel Buren
  • Gunter Demnig
  • Norman Dilworth
  • Ugo Dossi
  • Peter Downsborough
  • Charles Gaines
  • Paul Gees
  • Ewerdt Hilgemann
  • Rebecca Horn
  • Halina Jaworski
  • Kazuo Katase
  • Steven Keister
  • Erika Kiffl
  • Tomasz Konart
  • Joseph Kossuth
  • Les Levine
  • Sol LeWitt
  • Yutaka Matsuzawa
  • Albert Mertz
  • Rune Mields
  • Antoni Mikołajczyk
  • François Morellet
  • Massimo Nannucci
  • Maurizio Nannucci
  • Ansgar Nierhoff
  • Richard Nonas
  • Roman Opałka
  • Robert Ryman
  • Fred Sandback
  • Richard Serra
  • Joel Shapiro
  • Daniel Spoerri
  • Pat Steir
  • Hanne Tierney
  • Ben Vautier
  • Didier Vermeiren
  • Ryszard Waśko
  • Roger Welch
  • Lawrence Weiner
  • Ryszard Winiarski
  • Michael Witlatschil

International Artists' Museum[edit]

In 1989, artists associated with the organisation Construction in Process founded the International Artists' Museum. Emmett Williams was elected as president. Artists' Museum developed a network of offices around the world.

Back in Łódź - Construction in Process III[edit]

The third edition was organized in 1990 in Łódź.

Exhibition participants:

  • Marcela Anselmetti
  • Ilan Averbuch
  • Janusz Bałdyga
  • Reiner Barzen
  • Terry Berkowitz
  • Tom Bills
  • Hartmut Boehm
  • Monika Brandmeier
  • Jean Pierre Brigaudiot
  • Wojciech Bruszewski
  • Peter D'Adostino
  • Jacqueline Dauriac
  • Braco Dimitrijević
  • Peter Downsborough
  • Kristian Dubbick
  • Bernd Eickhorst
  • Wendy Elliott
  • Lilli Engel
  • Gene Flores
  • Michael Galasso
  • Klaus Geldmacher
  • Jochen Gerz
  • Leszek Golec
  • Jerzy Grzegorski
  • Ryszard Grzyb
  • Marcia Hafif
  • Tadashi Hashimoto
  • Wolfgang Heinke
  • Marygold Hodkinson
  • Alexander Honory
  • Peter Hutchinson
  • Jean Luc Jehan
  • Rolf Julius
  • Wolf Kahlen
  • Elżbieta Kalinowska
  • Andromahi Kefalos
  • Edmund Kieselbach
  • Marek Kijewski
  • Adam Klimczak
  • Igor Kopystiansky
  • Svetlana Kopystiansky
  • Anna Kutera
  • Romuald Kutera
  • Emma J. Lawton
  • Les Levine
  • Sol LeWitt
  • Taka Limura
  • Emilio Lopez-Menchero
  • Edward Łazikowski
  • Milovan Markovic
  • Jonas Mekas
  • Rune Mields
  • Antoni Mikołajczyk
  • Teresa Murak
  • Giovanni Nicolini
  • John Nixon
  • Richard Nonas
  • Ann Noel
  • Dennis Oppenheim
  • Erick Oppenheim
  • Paul Panhuysen
  • Luigi Pasotelli
  • Beverly Piersol
  • Anna Płotnicka
  • David Rabinowitch
  • Margaret Raspe
  • Daniel Reynolds
  • Rafael Rheinsberg
  • Józef Robakowski
  • Ingrid Roscheck
  • Nicolas Rowan
  • Karin Sander
  • Anthony Sansotta
  • Eva Maria Schon
  • Philip Smith
  • Mikołaj Smoczyński
  • Eric Snell
  • Michael Snow
  • Paweł Sobczak
  • Marek Sobczyk
  • Ann Thulin
  • Hanne Tierney
  • Sissel Tolaas
  • Francesc Torres
  • Tout
  • Endre Tót
  • Dagmar Uhde
  • Micha Ullman
  • Ken Unsworth
  • Ian Wallace
  • Maria Waśko
  • Ryszard Waśko
  • Lawrence Weiner
  • Emmet Williams
  • Xawery Wolski
  • Brigida Wróbel-Kulik
  • Marthe Wery
  • Sofia Zezmer

My Home is Your Home (Mój dom jest twoim domem) - Construction in Process IV[edit]

In 1993, the fourth edition of Constructions in Process was held in Łódź.

Exhibition participants

  • Peter Akfen
  • Driss Sans Arcidet
  • Sam Auinger
  • Ay-O
  • Su Baker
  • Barbara Banish
  • Iwan Bala
  • Krzysztof Bednarski
  • Emilie Benes-Brzezinski
  • Tom Bills
  • Hartmut Boehm
  • Andrea Blum
  • Jean-Pierre Brigaudiot
  • Jürgen Brockmann
  • Brad Buckley
  • Lillian Budd
  • Rudiger Carl
  • Mimmo Catania
  • Xang-Jie Chang
  • Igor Chatskin
  • Henning Christiansen
  • Krzysztof Cichosz
  • Jean Clareboudt
  • Wojciech Czajkowski
  • Carsten Dane
  • Marta Deskur
  • Peter Downsborough
  • Richard Dunn
  • Daniel Dutrieux
  • Marianne Eigenheer
  • Elena Elagina
  • Andrey Filippow
  • Dieter Froese
  • Bernhard Garbert
  • Jarg Geismar
  • Allen Ginsberg
  • Janusz Głowacki
  • Kenneth Goldsmith
  • Toni Grand
  • Grupa Łódź Fabryczna
  • Wenda Gu
  • Jusuf Hadzifejzofic
  • Marcia Hafif
  • Amy Hauft
  • Robin Hill
  • Sibylle Hofter
  • Tom Homburg
  • Sharon Horvath
  • Andrzej Janaszewski
  • Marek Janiak
  • Jean-Luc Jehan
  • Zhu Jinshi
  • Joan Jonas
  • Helen Jones
  • Sven-Ake Johansson
  • Laszlo Kerekes
  • Nazzih Khire
  • Yuiji Kitagawa
  • Kay Kruger-Moths
  • Włodek Książek
  • Harald Kubiczak
  • Tilman Kuentzel
  • Ewa Kulasek
  • Eve Laramee
  • Laurenee Laure and Jean-Christophe Royoux
  • Emma J. Lawton
  • Richard Lerman
  • Cecile Le Talec
  • Sol LeWitt
  • Philis Levin
  • Russel Lynch
  • Marcia Lyons
  • Vusisizwe Mchunu
  • Igor Makarevich
  • Christian Marclay
  • Jean-Charles Massera
  • Helen Mayer and Newton Harrison
  • Chistoph Meier
  • Rune Mields
  • Harry Miller
  • Robert C. Morgan
  • Tracy Morris and Paul Brewer
  • Antonio Muntadas
  • Markus Mussinghoff
  • Benno Mutter
  • David Nash
  • Joshua Neustein
  • Małgorzata Niedzielko
  • Ann Noel
  • Richard Nonas
  • NOTORIOUS GROUP
  • Mordechai Omer
  • Dennis Oppenheim
  • Erik Oppenheim
  • Sean O'Reilly
  • Yigal Ozeri
  • Mark Palmer
  • Paul Panhuysen
  • Matthew Partridge
  • Tadeusz Piechura
  • Vera Pogodina
  • Joanna Przybyła
  • Yufen Qin
  • Philip Rantzer
  • Michal Rovner
  • Patricia Ruiz-Bayon
  • Robert Rumas
  • Karin Sander
  • Anthony Sansotta
  • Roland Schefferski
  • Gunnar Schmidt
  • Buky Schwartz
  • Glen Seator
  • Seiji Shimoda
  • Christopher Snee
  • Ronny Someck
  • Judith Shea
  • Stuart Sherman
  • Yuan Shun
  • Suzy Sureck
  • Maciej Toporowicz
  • Francesc Torres
  • Nicholas Tsoutas
  • Dagmar Uhde
  • Micha Ullman
  • Ken Unsworth
  • Hendri van der Putten
  • Peter Vermeulen
  • Henk Visch
  • Gregory Volk
  • David Wakstein
  • Ryszard Waśko
  • Jenny Watson
  • James Welling
  • Lawrence Weiner
  • Kees Wevers
  • Allan Wexler
  • Emmett Williams
  • Jack Whitten
  • Ryszard Winiarski
  • Michael Witlatschil
  • Lynne Yamamoto
  • Adem Yilmaz
  • Harumi Yonekawa
  • Sofia Zezmer
  • Zhang Jianjun
  • Konstantin Zvezdochatov

Co-existence - Construction in Process V[edit]

The Negev desert in Israel was the site of the fifth CiP in 1995. The name "Co-Existence" or "Dukium" was created to coincide with the Israeli–Palestinian peace process.

Participants:

  • Marina Abramović
  • Yael Amzaleg
  • Ilan Averbuch
  • Josefina Aerza
  • Sam Bachrach
  • Amnon Barzel
  • Sarah Bayliss
  • Elena Beriollo
  • Tom Bills
  • Hannes Boringer
  • Sarah Birghberg
  • Marianne Brouwer
  • Emilie Bennes-Brzezinski
  • Rana Bishara
  • Malgorzata Borek
  • Miriam Tovia Boneh
  • Hartmut Boehm
  • Monika Brandmeier
  • Brad Buckley
  • Mimmo Catania
  • Yaacov Chefitz
  • Charile Citron
  • Lech Czolnowski
  • Hayek Dauod
  • Michael Delmi
  • Agnes Denes
  • Owen Drolet
  • Zbigniew Dudek
  • Orna Elstein
  • Betu Simon Fainaru
  • Dave Fasvoldt
  • Wojtek Filipczak
  • David Fagel
  • Craig Fischer
  • Regina Frank
  • Alexandra Funk
  • Martina Galvin
  • Tslbi Geva
  • Gideon Gechtman
  • Jarg Geismar
  • David Ginton
  • Zarmuch Gilad
  • Isaac Golombeck
  • Eles De Groot
  • Wenda Gu
  • Jerzy Grzegorski
  • Janusz Glowacki
  • Marcia Hafif
  • Paula Halwani
  • Pawel Hartman
  • Frederika Holt
  • Jusuf Hadzifejzovic
  • Oliver Herring
  • Jessica Higgins
  • Henry Philip Israel
  • Amad Kanaan
  • Laszlo Kerekes
  • Daniel Kish
  • Adam Klimczak
  • Erika Knerr
  • Alison Knowles
  • Hana Kofler
  • Anette Kovacs
  • Loraine Kordecki
  • Wlodzimierz Ksiazek
  • Piotr Kurka
  • Eve Andree Laramee
  • Emme Lawton
  • Sol LeWitt
  • Arye Bar-Lev
  • Russel Maltz
  • Margalit Mannor
  • Jenny Marketou
  • Tomasz Matuszak
  • Agata Michowska
  • Robert C. Morgan
  • Solfrid Mortensen
  • Grzegorz Musial
  • Markus Mussingfoll
  • Beno Mutter
  • Dominique Nahas
  • Joshua Neustein
  • Ann Noel
  • Gideon Ofraf
  • John O'Mara
  • Dennis Oppenheim
  • Yigal Oyeri
  • Tamar Raban
  • Lee Ramon
  • Eli Ran
  • Philip Rantzer
  • Talia Rapaport
  • Revina Regev
  • Osvaldo Romberg
  • Ayala Rom
  • Michel Rovner
  • Raphael Rubinstein
  • Jack Sal
  • Eva-Maria Schoen
  • Glen Seator
  • Bucky Schwartz
  • Joshua Selman
  • Arik Shapira
  • Tamar Sharon
  • Christopher Snee
  • Gita Snee
  • Malgorzata Sidor
  • Ronny Somek
  • Mariusz Soltysik
  • Angelika Stepken
  • Haim Steinbach
  • Levia Stern
  • Suzy Sureck
  • Richard R. Thomas
  • Danny Tisdale
  • Maciej Toporowicz
  • Dean Jokanovic-Toumin
  • Susan Reimer Torn
  • Dagmar Uhde
  • Micha Ullman
  • Vulto
  • Gregory Volk
  • Sharif Waked
  • David Wakstein
  • Maria wasko
  • Lucja wasko
  • Ryszard Wasko
  • Alan wexler
  • Emmett Williams
  • Richard Wilson
  • Adam Yilmaz
  • Sophia Zezmer
  • Baruch Zilbershats

The Bridge - Construction in Process VI[edit]

In 1998, the sixth edition was organised in Melbourne, Australia.

Exhibition participants

  • Ay-0
  • Marcus Bergner
  • Wendy Berick
  • Lauren Berkowitz
  • Tom Bills
  • Hartmut Boehm
  • Montien Boonma
  • Małgorzata Borek
  • Joan Brassil
  • Tim Burns
  • Karen Casey with Tim Cole
  • Krzysztof Cichosz
  • Henning Christensen
  • Charlie Citron
  • David Cranswick
  • Maria Cruz
  • Nick Curmi
  • DAMP
  • Domenico de Clario
  • Agnes Denes
  • Cor Dera
  • Gu Dexin
  • Anita Dube
  • Avraham Eilat
  • Martina Galvin
  • Jårg Geismar
  • Guillermo Gonzalez
  • Ann Graham
  • Jerzy Grzegorski
  • Phillip Gudthaykudthay
  • Edgar Harris
  • Paweł Hartman
  • Romuald Hazoume
  • Binghui Huangfu
  • Andrzej Janczewski
  • Magdalena Jetelová
  • Wolf Kahlen
  • Oki Kano
  • Fassih Keiso
  • Dok Hi Kim
  • Adam Klimczak
  • Maureen Lander
  • Sol LeWitt
  • Mary Longman
  • Rita McBride
  • Alastair MacLennan
  • Anna MacLeod
  • Andrew Margululu
  • Dhuwarrwarr Marika
  • Tomasz Matuszak
  • Dominique Mazeaud
  • Peter Minygulu
  • Markus Mussinghof
  • Michael Nicholls
  • John Nixon
  • Ann Noël
  • Bjørn Nørgaard
  • Jittima Pholsawek
  • Grzegorz Pleszyński
  • Kerry Poliness
  • Kim Power
  • Josef Ramaseder
  • Alwin Reamillo
  • Józef Robakowski
  • Cameron Robbins
  • Lisa Roet
  • Sabine Russ
  • Mmakgabo Mmapula Sebidi
  • William Seeto
  • Josh Selman
  • Paco Simon
  • Tex Skuthorpe
  • Christopher Snee
  • Mariusz Sołtysik
  • Mark Stoner
  • Suzy Sureck
  • Jon Tarry
  • Neil Taylor
  • Martine Pascale Tayou
  • Ken Thaiday
  • David Hugh Thomas
  • Dagmar Uhde
  • Micha Ullman
  • M. S. Umesh
  • Albertina Viegas
  • Laura Vinci
  • Miloš Vojtěchovský
  • Gregory Volk
  • Peter Walsh
  • Maria Waśko
  • Ryszard Waśko
  • Wastijn & Deschuymer
  • David Waters
  • Naup Waup
  • Lee Wen
  • Emmett Williams
  • Ah Xian
  • Djalinda Yunupingu

This Earth is a Flower (Ta ziemia jest kwiatem) - Construction in Process VII[edit]

In 2000, the last Construction in Process was held at the Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Exhibition participants

  • Maria Thereza Alves
  • Katherine Armstrong
  • John Axon
  • Siarzuk Baberka
  • Janusz Bałdyga
  • Barbara Benish
  • Maricn Berdyszak
  • Elena Beriollo
  • Mauro Bianchi
  • Tom Bills
  • Vladimir Biritski
  • Margret Blondal
  • Hartmut Böhm
  • Monika Brandmeier
  • Slawomir Brzoska
  • Steve Buchanan
  • Chandrasekaran S.
  • Yaacov Chefetz
  • Amarit Chusuwan
  • Andrzej Ciesielski
  • Mark Daniel Cohen
  • Sylvie Courvoisier
  • Witosław Czerwonka
  • Vlasta Delimar
  • Gunter Demnig
  • Agnes Denes
  • Tomasz Domański
  • Peter Downsbrough
  • Jacquie Dunn
  • Jimmie Durham
  • Barbara Edelstein
  • Avram Eilat
  • Tory Fair
  • Jens Fånge
  • Emilio Fantin
  • Fred Firth
  • Vadim Fishkin
  • Gideon Gechtman
  • John Gian
  • Aleksandra Gieraga
  • Matthew Gold
  • Michael Goldberg
  • Eugenia Gortchakova
  • Lorenna Grant
  • Izabella Gustowska
  • Anne Graham
  • Tadashi Hashimoto
  • Romuald Hazoume
  • Ulrike Hein
  • Joanna Hoffmann
  • Elżbieta Jabłońska
  • Randy Jewart
  • Joan Jonas
  • Liliana Kadichevski
  • Ahmad Kanaan
  • Oki Kano
  • Fassih Keiso
  • Sora Kim
  • Grzegorz Klaman
  • Piotr Kurka
  • Konrad Kuzyszyn
  • Aleh Ladislau
  • Algis Lankelis
  • Via Levandovsky
  • Vitaly Levchenya
  • Les Levine
  • Alicja Lewicka
  • Oleg Ladysow
  • Ivan Macha
  • Brian Maguire
  • Vlado Martek
  • Antoni Maznevski
  • Josiah McElheny
  • Shirley Meshulam
  • Robert C. Morgan
  • Ikue Mori
  • Florian Mutschler
  • Anna Myca
  • Warren Niesluchowski
  • Ann Noël
  • Richard Nonas
  • Jüri Ojaver
  • Dennis Oppenheim
  • Ben Patterson
  • Dorota Podlaska
  • Doron Polak
  • Grzegorz Pleszyński
  • Steven Rand
  • Dodi Reifneberg
  • Daniel Reynolds
  • Józef Robakowski
  • Paul Rodgers
  • Jon Rose
  • Andreas Roth
  • Sabine Russ
  • Zygmunt Rytka
  • Jack Sal
  • Karin Sander
  • Annika Carmen Schmidt
  • William Seeto
  • Michal Sedaka
  • Christopher Snee
  • Paco Simon
  • Anatol Stepanenko
  • Jon Tarry
  • Pascale M. Tayou
  • Richard Thomas
  • Maciek Toporowicz
  • Yvonne Troxler
  • Dagmar Uhde
  • M.S. Umesh
  • Rebecca Quaytman
  • Cedomir Vasic
  • Albertina Viegas
  • Richard Vine
  • Gregory Volk
  • Sharif Waked
  • Regina Walter
  • Ryszard Waśko
  • Jürgen Weichardt
  • Lilly Wei
  • Kirsten Weiner
  • Lawrence Weiner
  • Emmett Williams
  • Jeanne Wilkinson
  • Mike Wodkowski
  • Gary Woodley
  • Lynn Yamamoto
  • Wojciech Zamiara
  • Zhang Jianjun

Video[edit]

Catalogues[edit]

  • “Muzeum Artystów”: międzynarodowa prowizoryczna wspólnota artystyczna, Łódź / „The Artists` Museum”: international provisional artist`s community, Łódź, ed. Komitet Wykonawczy Muzeum Artystów, Łódź: Muzeum Artystów, 1996. (Polish)/(English)
  • The Artists’ Museum & Construction in Process, Lodz: The Artists’ Museum, 1999.
  • The Bridge: Construction in Process VI, ed. Richard Thomas, Melbourne, 2000. Review: Rebecca Nissen (fAf). [2] [3]
  • Konstrukcja w Procesie 1981 - wspólnota, która nadeszła? / Construction in Process: The Community That Came?, eds. Anna Saciuk-Gąsowska and Aleksandra Jach, Łódź: Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi, 2012, 219 pp. Publisher. Issuu. Excerpt. Article. (Polish)/(English)
  • Galeria Wschodnia. Dokumenty 1984–2017 / Documents 1984–2017, eds. Daniel Muzyczuk, Tomasz Zatuski and Anna Wiśniewska-Grabarczyk, trans. Katarzyna Gucio, Maciej Świerkocki, and Elżbieta Wysakowska-Walters, Łodz: Galeria Wschodnia, Fundacja In Search Of..., and Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi, 2019, 916 pp. Bibliography. Chronology. Photographs. Figures. Tables. Maps. Publisher. Excerpt. Reviews: Zboralska (ArtMargins), Bryzgel (Slavic R), Banasiak (Szum). (Polish)/(English)

Literature[edit]

  • "Konstrukcja w procesie", Solidarność Ziemi Łódzkiej 23, 1981, pp 1-2. (Polish)
  • Richard Nonas, "Construction in Process", Tema Celeste 3, Italy, Mar 1991.
  • New Observations 102: "Construction in Process", ed. Suzy Sureck, New York, Jul-Oct 1994, 63 pp. Contains writing and photographs from and about the fourth “Construction in Progress” event held in Lodz in 1993. [4] [5] (English)
    • Gregory Volk, "Interview with Ryszard Wasko".
  • Maciej Cholewiński, "Konstrukcja w procesie & Muzeum artystów", Sztuka i Dokumentacja 4, 2011, pp 101-111.

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Links[edit]

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