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THE SHADOW THEATRE IN THE ZONE. ON GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS OF CHERNOBYL AND PRIPYAT (Teatr cieni w Zonie. O graffiti na murach Czarnobyla i Prypeci)

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Czapiga M.

Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa

2010

vol. 64

issue 2-3(289-290)

348-352

The text concerns a paradoxical phenomenon, namely, graffiti on the walls of abandoned houses in the 'ghost towns' of Chernobyl and Pripyat. The zone is empty and suspended communication makes it impossible to establish a concrete place. While penetrating its space, the arrival must perform an arduous task - discover and name the existing traces and restore meanings, both impossible and present only in those traces. What are we to do with drawings displayed in ghost towns without any people? How are we to deal with texts deprived of spectators-readers? Present-day urban graffiti possesses predominantly a certain aesthetic function - it was painted to be noticed in sheer cascades of visual impressions. Graffiti artists working on the walls of Chernobyl and Pripyat must take into account that no one will ever see their works. The communication model shall be abolished because communication characteristic for graffiti must be suspended - an author, codes and communication are present but there is no addresse...

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THE SHADOW THEATRE IN THE ZONE. ON GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS OF CHERNOBYL AND PRIPYAT (Teatr cieni w Zonie. O graffiti na murach Czarnobyla i Prypeci)