Save the dates May 25–27, 2012, for the press and professional preview in Gdańsk!


Alternativa is a two-year pilot program aimed at establishing a recurring large-scale, knowledge-based and politically informed curatorial practice whose distribution will be through exhibition aims, publications, workshops and radio broadcasts in the Gdansk Shipyard. Leire Vergara, Ines Moreira, Arne Hendriks and Alternativa Artistic Director, Aneta Szylak, will work around the notion of materiality for the 2012 edition, whilst Ewa Tatar and Dominik Kuryłek will work from the Wyspa’s archives, looking at early artistic practices that have influenced the stance and forms of work being practiced at Wyspa Institute of Art today. Krzysztof Gutfrański continues to work as a Head of Publications at Alternativa Editions.


Alternativa 2010–2012 is a joint initiative of Wyspa Institute of Art, City of Gdansk and Gdansk 2016, with committed funds from the City of Gdansk and European Union.

On behalf of Wyspa Institute of Art, we would like to warmly thank all our donors, participants and the audience for a wonderful auction. We gathered 88 800 PLN in a fervent bidding. All money after deducting handling charges will be earmarked for „Buy Yourself Wyspa!” campaign – which is a buyout of WIA building.


We invite you to familiarize yourself with the auction catalog.