THE VERNACULAR SOCIAL CLUB
Presents
VERNACULAR CITYTRIP #1
IN ŁÓDŹ, PL.
10-11-12 MAY 2024
The VERNACULAR CITYTRIP: a weekend around the vernacular document.
Exclusively for its members, the Club wants to offer a weekend every year in a major city, based around vernacular documents and photography. The idea is to get together in a city rich in history, art and culture, to meet local enthusiasts and exchange ideas between members.
On the programme: presentations of vernacular photography collections, film screenings, visits to institutions, discovery of a historic town centre and meetings with passionate collectors!
Edition #1 – ŁÓDŹ 2024: photography, motorbikes and polar bears!
For this first edition of the Vernacular Citytrip, the Club is proposing to meet up in ŁÓDŹ, Poland’s third largest city. Lodz is rich in historical heritage: Poles, Russians and Germans have blended together to weave a unique story.
DETAILED PROGRAMME
Friday 10th May
7.30pm-8.00pm
– Visit to the Film School and its archives, in the company of Krzysztof Brzezowski, Director of the Film School’s Promotion Department.
8.00-9.00 pm
– Presentation of the VSC project
– Presentation of the “Photos de l’ours blanc” collection , by Barbara Caillot and Aleksandra Karkowska.
9.30pm-11pm
– Screening of the film “L’Ours blanc”, VOST (English)
Saturday 11th May
11am-3pm
– Visit to the Moto Weteran Bazar and lunch on site
5.00 pm – 6.00 pm
– Guided tour of Lodz city centre. PIOTRKOWSKA STREET in particular
6.00 pm – 7.00 pm
– Meeting with the Topografie association, an association connected with vernacular photography in Lodz.
– Presentation of the collection by Michał Gruda, a collection of vernacular photographs about Lodz and its history, the pre-war Jewish city, the workers’ movement (mainly women) and its struggles. www.miastograf.pl
(19:30-02:00: EVENING at the LODZ ART CENTER)
7.30pm-8.30pm
– Dinner at the NIEWINNI art centre
8.30pm-10.30pm
– Meeting with an association linked to vernacular photography in Lodz.
– Presentation of the “Fortepan” collection by Gosia Słomska and Marta Szymańska (Fotofestiwal) –
23H00 – 02h00
– AFTER PARTY at Lodz Art Center (Niewinni)
Sunday 12th May
10.00am – 12.00pm
– Guided tour of the Jewish cemetery in Lodz
ORGANISATION & BUDGET
Activities
The Club organises and covers all expenses relating to the activities proposed as part of the CityTrip programme.
Meals
The Club organises and pays for the first meal on Friday evening. The rest of the meals will be paid for by each member. The Club will coordinate the various meal times so that everyone can get together and share a convivial moment with other members.
Travel
Travel to Lodz is the responsibility of each member. Each interested member will organise his or her own travel to Lodz (booking a ticket to Warsaw, then a train to Lodz). The Club will indicate the preferred flight for an on-site meeting on Friday around 6pm, with the first meeting taking place around 7.30pm at the film school.
The Club will coordinate members’ travel to the various weekend activities. Members should be involved in this.
Hotel
The two nights’ hotel accommodation will be the responsibility of each member. The Club will organise the hotel reservation at a preferential rate for all interested members.
HOW TO REGISTER
Are you interested? Would you like to receive further information? Please write to us
