June 18 – June 22
June Art Break! The 23rd SURVIVAL Art Review in the Casemates of Leśnica Castle
How much time do we spend bored, and how much working? The Art Transparent Foundation invites you to reflect on time, labor, and attention in an age of sensory overload. The 23rd edition of the SURVIVAL Art Review will take place over the long June weekend (June 18–22, 2025) in the casemates of the 800-year-old castle in Leśnica – within the space of the former Forty Club and the surrounding park.
Who will be exhibiting at the Review?
This year’s open call for artistic proposals received hundreds of submissions. The curatorial team – Michał Bieniek, Daniel Brożek, Małgorzata Miśniakiewicz, and Ewa Pluta – selected several works that will be presented in the Castle, the outbuilding, and the park.
Artists selected through the open call include: Martyna Baranowicz, Maciej Cholewa, Maks Cieślak, Roberto Cura, Ewa Dąbkowska, Jagoda Dobecka, Łukasz Horbów, Filip Jakubowski, Maja Janczar, Paweł Franciszek Jaskuła, Julia Królikowska, Jakub Leniart, Piotr Mlącki, Irmina Murawska, Miguel Rozas Balboa, Szymon Szewczyk, Anna Sztwiertnia, Kacper Wiatrak, Paulina Włostowska, Katarzyna Wójcicka, and the Babirot Collective (Olga Budzan, Ewa Głowacka, Emilia Konwerska, Dominika Kulczyńska, Laura Malinowska, Anna Pastuszka, Marta Sieczkowska, Ewa Zwarycz).
The full list of participating artists →
Theme: Time and Focus
The 23rd SURVIVAL – titled “3s/8h” – focuses on the relationship between time, work, and attention. It references historical demands of labor movements for an eight-hour workday and contrasts them with today’s three-second attention span on social media. It is an invitation to reflect on how we manage time – as individuals and as a society – in the age of overstimulation, flexible employment, and constant availability.