How do we read the contemporary post-socialist city?
How does architecture shape the relationship between memory, power and the everyday experience of urban space?

Whose City? is the first exhibition in a series exploring themes developed as part of unLoc. An important focus of this stage of our research is the role of words – terms, associations and concepts through which we define and experience architecture. They become carriers of emotions, memories and perceptions associated with space, while also serving as a medium for its reinterpretation. The language of meanings and concepts meets the language of architectural forms, while artistic practices, emotional mapping of space, speculative design and AI tools open up new possibilities for interpreting architecture. At the heart of the exhibition are questions about who the city belongs to and who has the right to define its meanings.

curators: Małgorzata Łuczyna, Jacek Złoczowski

participants: Klaudia Adamek (PL), Daria Barbu (RO), Ioana Blănaru (RO), Sebastian Bożek (PL), Natalia Buchta-Stochel (PL), Giorgia Chang Zhang (LV), Adara Cheles (RO), Chob / Olga Ciob (RO), Franciszek Derkowski (PL), Agnieszka Dutka (PL), Wiktoria Guzik (PL), Laima Jaunā (LV), Teo Ralfs Jēkabsons (LV), Marcin Kłeczek (PL), Pola Komarowa (PL), Tomasz Krajewski (PL), Michał Litwa (PL), Cristina Luca (RO), Szymon Martewicz (PL), Ola Maslenkova (PL), Katarzyna Mazur (PL), Memorymorph (Małgorzata Łuczyna, Jacek Złoczowski PL), Michał Menkarski (PL), Małgorzata Minchberg (PL), Aleksandra Mytnik (PL), Patrycja Mytnik (PL), Ana Maria Pătroi (RO), Konrad Peszko (PL), Jakub Pierzchała (PL), Marks Popkovs (LV), Teodora Rotaru (RO), Karolina Sitnik (PL), Piotr Szewczyk (PL), Julia Szumiec (PL), Kristaps Tarvids (LV), Danylo Vasiur (UA), Wiktoria Wojciechowska (PL), Aleksandra Żmuda (PL)

content consultant: Aldona Guzik, Karolina Kolenda
exhibition design and visual identity: Damian Nowak (Parastudio)
creative coding with AI: Marcin Kłeczek

Galeria Podbrzezie
Institute of Art and Design, 3 Podbrzezie Street
Opening: 19 November 2026, 6:00 PM
Exhibition on view until 20 December 2026