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Album The Best Polish Illustrators | COMIC BOOK

7/1/2021

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Album TBPI 4 | COMIC BOOK: text, biographies / critical texts

I am the author of all 35 biographies / critical texts in the TBPI 4 | COMIC BOOK. Something like that has never happened before! It is the first album with the works of the best Polish comic book cartoonists who influenced the image of Polish comics in the world and what is becoming known as the Polish school of comics.

Artists whose names and works are presented in The Best Polish Illustrators | COMIC BOOK were chosen almost three years ago because it took so long to work on the publication, but finally, the album is now available for sale. It is 312 pages, 251 works by 35 comic book authors; each has 8 pages of biography and portfolio, all in a gilded case and an elegant hardcover.

The Best Polish Illustrators | COMIC BOOK is a review of illustrations in Polish realistic, satirical, committed, romantic, horror, and fantasy comics. More information you can find in my text on the page where you can order the album, and even more about the history of the latest Polish comic, I write in one of the texts in the album.

Since I deal with all areas of visual arts, this is another time when the {slow} Foundation invited me to cooperate. In the previous album TBPI 2 | CONCEPT ART, I wrote about the history of concept art, the history of the concept itself, and the concept artist's workshop.
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Conducting workshops for artists

2/12/2019

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I had the great pleasure of conducting training during the first Artist Management Workshops for artists organized by Artist Management ART at Studio Bank.

I conducted a practical part of the training, i.e., promotion and communication (including how and what to write, who to write to, how it should look to help yourself - not to harm, and how to create a beautiful and coherent visual identification).
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 At the workshops, there were other experts in the art market, business, image building, promotion, valuation of works, copyright and licenses, among others:  Anna Niemczycka-Gottfried (artist manager, editor-in-chief, publisher of Rynek i Sztuka).

Some opinions about me of workshop participants:

​"Kamila surprised us positively with her colorful personality, which ideally transferred to a way of providing information and good contact with each participant. Her lecture was the quintessence of practical knowledge needed to exist in the world of art.
Besides theoretical knowledge, which is the basis of every action, we got from her practical tips answering key questions: how - where - and when, and also tips on self-promotion. Kamila knows how to indicate made mistakes critically, but she does it in such a way that her words become a drive for further action and education.
She is a motivating lecturer, with enormous knowledge, and also or perhaps above all, with practical knowledge, open to the world and people, breaking the artificiality barrier at the first meeting. We would wish for more such people in the lecturers' environment, at universities, courses and trainings."
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​"Training is really a trainer, and his/her preparation and attitude determine the quality of the training. Kamila is the proverbial 'Petard' - volcano of energy and an empathic person. In a brilliant, engaging way, she gave me knowledge based on her experience and practice. Very well-prepared training in terms of content, time maximally used. What I liked the most was her individual approach to each participant - lots of useful clues and words of criticism that only motivate to action - a revelation for me. Kamila, you were born to train. "
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Freedom in Internet: my statement as a media expert in the last weekend edition of “Rzeczpospolita”

26/10/2019

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In the last theme issue of „Rzeczpospolita. Plus Minus”, in Artur Bartkiewicz’s article there is my statement about the theme issue ""Czy da się poprawić Internet”?" [Is it possible to improve Internet?].

I talked about how the internet has recently measurably modified our freedom and equality, both in the context of existing social exclusion and the possibility of expressing global opposition.​

The article is also available 
online under the title:
"Internet wciąż jest narzędziem wolności” [Internet is still a means of freedom]
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“Magica Tenebrae" (Polish title "Magiczny rytuał"): substantive and linguistic editing of the comics gamebook (or paragraph comics)

25/7/2019

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I had a pleasure again to be responsible for substantive and linguistic editing of the comics gamebook (or paragraph comics). a fantasy manga with a dark atmosphere:  “Magica Tenebrae" (Polish title: "Magiczny rytuał") by Manuro (scenario) and Ottami (illustrator).

This is the next volume in „Komiks, w którym bohaterem jesteś ty” [Comic book, in which you're the Hero], the series published by FoxyGames.

The previous volume, which I worked on, was the comics gamebook (or paragraph comics) in western convention: “Your Town”.

The essence of comic gamebooks is the fact, that the reader reads and plays at the same time, because (s)he decides about the main character's action. Depending on the player's choices, there are several endings possible, so the paragraph comics can be read many times.
More about I wrote here.

👉You can see “Magica Tenebrae” commercial here.
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Substantive and linguistic editing of the comics gamebook (or paragraph comics): “Your Town”

15/4/2019

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I have not updated the website for a long time, and it has happened so much! As Wocial-Tuszyńska art collective we had a solo show in Warsaw, which has just finished.

I had a pleasure to be responsible for substantive and linguistic editing of the comics gamebook (or paragraph comics) in western convention: “Your Town”.
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This is the next volume in „Komiks, w którym bohaterem jesteś ty” [Comic book, in which you're the Hero], the series published by FoxyGames.

Gamebooks sometimes called “choose your own adventure books” or CYOA after the series “Choose Your Own Adventure” have been known since the 1960s, but comics gamebook is something new on the Polish market, although the mechanics is the same in both products.
The reader reads and plays at the same time, because (s)he decides about the main character's action and by moving between the numbered panels affects the story. Depending on the player's choices, there are several endings possible, so the paragraph comics can be read many times.

The comics gamebook – as an entertainment – combines my two research fields: comics and narration.


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You can see “Your Town” commercial here: https://youtu.be/T9NAYplGxu0
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I was a guest of the program "O wszystkim z kulturą", Program 2 Polskiego Radia

15/11/2018

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Today I had the pleasure to take part in the discussion in the program “O wszystkim z kulturą” [About Everything with Culture] by Michał Szułdrzyński. The second guest was Paweł Wieczorek and we talked about autobranding – the art of building and selling the image online and influencer marketing.
 
We considered how to create a personal brand in social media and how to be a cohesive influencer. I noted how the influencer differs from the opinion leader and why these are not the same concepts.
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I also mentioned the recent experiment by Mediakix,  a dedicated influencer marketing agency, which had revealed how simple it is to create a fake “influencer's” accounts on Instagram and collect thousands of followers and simulate engagement. 
I always emphasize the role of honesty and authenticity as a key condition in engaging followers in social media. Although on the other hand, in the world where Lil Miquela and the model Shudu have 1,5 million and 150, 000 followers and as digital avatars, totally fictional characters, they promote Dior or Diesel, above issues do not seem to matter. 
There is already available a podcast, I cordially invite you to listen.
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Chairing the meeting during opening the exhibition by Bartosz Maciejewski

2/10/2018

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On 2nd October, in open a few days earlier Praga Koneser Centre, as part of “London Outsider” vernissage, the exhibition of London photography, I had the pleasure of chairing a short meeting with its author, Bartosz Maciejewski.

During the vernissage, we talked about his style, characteristic of him combining photography with painting and his passion for big-city as the main theme of his photography. I shared also my observations that Maciejewski in his works sometimes approaches to metaphysical art, close to "Melancholy and Mystery of a Street" by Giorgio de Chirico or to the aesthetics of the painter of a street - Marek Włodarski and I am referring, for example, to the painting “Composition with two cyclists”.

More about art at my blog Wernisażeria, the first lifestyle blog about art & vernissages, becuase culture and art are the way of life, not fashion. I write extensive feuilletons about vernissages: subjective, substantive, full of surprising digressions and specific humor texts on exhibitions, art, culture, history and literature.

Photo: Grzegorz Kalinowski
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Photo on the left: Grzegorz Kalinowski

Photo on the right: Michał Sacewicz
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My statement on the technology and new media in the last weekend edition of “Rzeczpospolita”

7/9/2018

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In the last theme issue of „Rzeczpospolita. Plus Minus”, in Artur Bartkiewicz’s article there is my statement about the theme issue:  Czy technologie ogłupiają nam dzieci?” [Do technologies stupefy our children?​]  
 
The starting point was a ban on mobile phones use at schools introduced in France.

I dealt with myths about new media and I explained why technology itself is not bad: it is important to be
 able to navigate in a digital and native environment.

I also talked about improving visual-spatial skills, changes in the perception of the world and socialization, learning new technologies as a part of parenthood and I gave tips on how to use the Internet safely and implement children in new media.
The article is also available online under the title:
Smartfony i Internet: Czy analogowi rodzice powinni się uczyć od swoich technologicznych dzieci
[Smartphones and Internet: Should analog parents learn from their technological children?]
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I was a guest of the program “Świat” [World] in TVN 24 BiS

22/8/2018

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​​I also talked about visual literacy, mistakes in communications by pictures and new way of telling the story, narration through #hashtags, so characteristic for the Generation Z and communication, among others, via Instagram.
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Unfortunately, the whole podcast is not available on TVN 24 BiS website and it is a pity, because there was a really interesting discussion.
Today I had a pleasure to be a guest of the program “Świat” [World] by Adam Wojda in TVN 24 BiS.

During almost 90 minutes together with Przemysław  Truściński, Edgar Bąk, Łukasz Radwan and Justyna Czerniakowska we were talking about visual communication, comics, posters, advertisement and other visual forms and associated with changes in perception of the written word.
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Our sculptures at Salons d'art contemporain art3f in Cannes

30/7/2018

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"3.0 Summer"
​Wocial-Tuszyńska (Paweł Wocial & dr Kamila Tuszyńska)
2017
​120 x 70x 60 cm
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"Tree",
Wocial-Tuszyńska (Paweł Wocial & dr Kamila Tuszyńska)
2017
70 x 53 x 180 cm
We had a pleasure to show our sculptures at international contemporary art fairs Salons d'art contemporain art3f in Palais des Festivals in Cannes.

Art3 takes place in many European cities or countries, among others: Paris, Brussels or Luxembourg. This year, in on July 27-29, it was special, first edition of Salons d'art contemporain art3f in Cannes.
 
Polish gallery Sarapata Art Gallery presented our two sculptures: „3.0 Summer”, created especially for this art fair, and „Tree”, sculpture known from Art Market Budapest 2017, where it was shown for the very first time.
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We do not know the official statistics yet our art was generally appreciated by both artists, art collectors and galleries, as well as people visiting the fair!

​It’s our another time on the Côte d'Azur after solo show in Monte-Carlo in 2017.
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Art3f Cannes,
(fanpage Salons d'art contemporain art3f)
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