Signing of cooperation agreement between PJAIT and Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology

On January 19, JM Rector PJAIT Dr. Jerzy Paweł Nowacki and Ms. Katarzyna Nowak, Director of the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Krakow, signed a cooperation agreement. The two institutions are celebrating their thirtieth anniversary in 2024, which has become an excellent opportunity to begin joint activities at the educational, artistic and exhibition levels.

Ms. Aleksandra Kalfas, Deputy Director of the Museum, has been appointed coordinator of the joint activities, representing the Manggha Museum. In turn, Dr. Jakub Karpoluk will serve as coordinator on behalf of PJAIT . 

The first joint project, which has already entered the implementation phase, is the exhibition Hiroshige - a journey into woodcuts ( curators: Natalia Buchta Stochel and Klaudia Ptasinska-Wajda). As part of it, students of the Faculty of New Media Arts (track English) working under the direction of Dr. Jakub Karpoluk, as well as Edyta Adamczak, M.A., and Yelyzaveta Pysmak, M.A., create animated versions of woodcuts by Andō Hiroshige from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. The animations will become the basis for constructing large-scale audiovisual installations that will enable viewers to take the title "journey into the depths of the woodcuts." The exhibition will open soon.

A joint research symposium PJAIT-Manggha is scheduled for June 2024, with a focus on the role of media in museology and education. The symposium will be hosted by the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology.

We invite you to visit the currently ongoing, at the Manggha Museum, exhibition Hiroshige 2023.