Warsaw. Pre -war Warsaw in the pictures, concert and dance. Birthday of Warsaw photoplasticon. Schedule of events

It was established at the beginning of the 20th century, for 17 years it has been a branch of the Warsaw Uprising Museum. The Warsaw Fotoplastikon celebrates his next birthday. They will be an opportunity to immerse themselves in the pre -war capital, which will allow numerous exhibitions.

There are already over 10,000 three -dimensional photographs in the collection of photoplastikone: from photos documenting exotic travels around the world from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, through Warsaw at various historical periods, to contemporary work of famous authors. “Stereoscopic photography collections are rich and successively expanded with subsequent collections. Thematic exhibitions are changed at least once a month, while every Sunday and Monday a constant exhibition of photos of former Warsaw is presented” – described the town hall in the communiqué.

But Fotoplastikon is not only an unusual gallery of three -dimensional photos. Chamber concerts, city games, workshops and museum lessons, as well as conferences are also held there. It is also a place for the scenery for films, programs and reports about old Warsaw.

A week full of exhibitions

The birthday week with a photoplasticon will start with a jazz concert and end with a dance in the courtyard to live music. The celebration will start on Saturday, May 31, and will last until Sunday, June 8.

Detailed event program:

31.05 (Saturday): time. 10: 00-18: 00-exhibition “Trajlusiem through the city, i.e. Warsaw at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s in the lens of Zbigniew Szczypka”; time. 19:00 – jazz concert in the yard from the series “All Around Jazz” (free admission).

01.06 (Sunday) – Children's Day: time. 10: 00-18: 00-exhibition “Legoludki”; time. 16:00 – Family photo workshops “Cyanotype, or BluePrint”; (Free admission – registration is valid: mkoziara@1944.pl).

02.06 (Monday): time. 10: 00-18: 00-exhibition “Nobody will give these years, i.e. the Polish People's Republic in photographs from the 1950s and 1960s”; time. 18:30 – a film screening from 1959 entitled “Train”, dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz (free admission).

03.06 (Tuesday): time. 10: 00-18: 00-exhibition “A country of enlightened governments. Japan in photographs from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries”; time. 18:30 – Japanese embroidery workshops Sashiko (free admission, registration: registrationfw@1944.pl).

04.06 (Wednesday): time. 10: 00-18: 00-exhibition “Tour d'UREWE, or Europe 1960 in photographs of Andrzej Zawada”; time. 18:30 – screen printing workshop (free admission, registration: registrationfw@1944.pl).

05.06 (Thursday): time. 10: 00-18: 00-exhibition “The Lord did not stand here, that is, about rapidly disappearing buildings”; time. 18:30 – meeting with Patrycja Jastrzębska “It was here” (free admission, registration is valid: registrationfw@1944.pl).

06.06 (Friday): time. 10: 00-18: 00- Stereoscopy Day; Exhibition “From PKS to the third dimension” as well as shows and workshops on stereoscopy (all day).

07.06 (Saturday): time. 10: 00-18: 00-exhibition “Megalopolis. The east coast of the United States in photographs from the 1950s and 1960s”; time. 19:00 – a birthday swing dance under the stars with Swingin 'Promise Band and with the Shimsham Dance School – Warsaw Swing (free admission); time. 22: 00-23: 00-evening exhibition for adults entitled “Without a corset, turnaurans and pantaloons, or a bit of erotica in Warsaw photoplasticon” (introduction for people over 18 years of age).

08.06 (Sunday): time. 10: 00-18: 00-exhibition “The realities of the reconstruction of the capital: between ideology and reality”; time. 18:30 – film screening “One day in the PRL”, dir. Maciej Drygas (free admission).

He appeared and disappeared

The Warsaw Fotoplastikon was created at the beginning of the 20th century and operated throughout the centuries with breaks. At first, he was called a miracle of technology, which delighted regularly with the changed programs. From 1946, he has its location in the historic Hoser tenement house at Aleje Jerozolimskie 51. It became a symbol of the lost city, one of the few places displaying colorful images that reminded about the destroyed capital, as well as a small window to the world from behind the iron curtain.

A decade later, he received the name of bikinathic breeding grounds, who arrived at the permanent address in Aleje, only to buy foreign music from under the counter or in Sing-Sing socks to go crazy at the dance party organized in the yard of the age of the tenement house.

In 2008, the facility was looked after by the Warsaw Uprising Museum and has permanently returned to the city's cultural map. It became an element of Warsaw's identity.