"Transforming The City. Postsoviet Architecture and Art" - Workshops lead by Jacek Wielebski & Waone

“Transforming The City. Postsoviet Architecture and Art” is a series of meetings and field activities led by an award-winning Polish urban designer and animator: Jacek Wielebski. Waone, Ukraine's most famous muralist, will also join in leading the workshop. 

Programme: 

• Thursday 03.04.25 / 6PM - 8PM   
• Friday 04.04.25 / 6PM - 8PM  
• Saturday: 5.04.25 / 12PM - 4PM / Field workshops in the city of Chisinau 

 Thesis:  

1. History: What happened in Poland after the political changes in the 1990s in the context of the large post-soviet districts. 
2. Reasons - Why it happened? - What happened? - Economic and social problems - How it affected the look of architecture?
3. Art - good and bad examples. Street art / muralism / urban art / architectural interventions and sculpture - potential and identity of the post-soviet housing estates. 
4. Working with society - needs and problems of the locals - involvement of citizens in the creative process. 
5. How to make a project (my personal way)? From the idea to scouting the location for art, creative process, financial support. 
6. Case studies in the City of Chisinau. 
7. The art in wartime (Waone).