The Baltic Meetings of Illustrators is a cycle of events taking place on annual basis focused on the best Polish and foreign book illustration. Meetings have an interdisciplinary character – they consist of exhibitions, presentationts, meetings with illustrators, publishers, writers as well as workshops both for children and young artists.
The main subject of this year’s edition of the Batic Meetings will be the works of the Prince of Illustration – eminent painter, graphic designer, sculpturer and book illustrator – Józef Wilkoń.
Another time we encourage you to take part in a meeting with the most interesting book illustrations. This time the main subject of the Baltic Meeting of Illustrators will be well known from the Scandinavian mythology Trolls, gnomes and hobgoblins. Together with our guests we shall take a closer look on their presence in literature, visual arts and music. They wiil also be a leitmotiv of presentation and discussions. Nevertheless, we won’t confine our interests only to the Scandinavian reflections, but also encourage our guests to talk about the Polish hobgoblins and dwarfs well known from Maria Konopnicka’s fairy tales – recently published short stories for children gave them a new life.
How to combine embroidery with belly dance? What connections are there between the world's reggae legend and an orchestra of punk mandolinists? Is it possible to put together an American pioneer of the ambient and a producer of impressive visualizations with Serbian avant-garde artists who create their art from discarded scrapes? What has cabaret country-punk in common with fairytale-like combinations of jazz and electronic music?
Or perhaps it doesn't make sense to search for fake links and tracks? Perhaps it’s not worth explaining and theorizing?
Clashes, surprises, bewilderment.