Wiktor Stribog
b. 1988, lives and works in Warsaw
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An independent multimedia artist and animator, as well as a music and music video producer, illustrator and, more recently, painter. In his works, he often reaches for themes and methods of mystification, replicating the archaic language and style of the pop culture productions of the past – all with the goal of sparking instinctive responses in the viewer and creating an alternative world haunted by the ghosts of the unfulfilled promises of history. Stribog's works oscillate between a simple joke and frenetic hallucinations that reflect the inner conflict between childish naivete and cynical dismay at how things really are.
The artist's Internet project Mushroom Land TV has received popular acclaim globally and has been translated into 18 languages. It's now considered a precursor to the genre of Analog Horror. During the pandemic, he created the Gęgaloma series to document the prevalent social anxiety of the time in the form of surrealist illustrations and animations. He regularly releases music that falls under the electronic genre known as Hauntology.
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Discography:
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2019 - Poradnik Uśmiechu OST (Pan Tu Nie Stał)
2020 - Latamy (Pan Tu Nie Stał)
2022 - Loss & Los / split album with Mchy i Porosty (GAD Records)
2023 - Astroenergoterapia Psychosonoryczna (Superkasety)
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Selected Animations:
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2013-2017 - Poradnik Uśmiechu
2016 - Piwnica
2017 - Sposoby Na Bycie SyrenÄ…
2018 - Es el Ordenador, Slovenska Televiza (music video)
2019 - Idra, Marvin & Guy feat. Perel (music video)
2019 - What was the COTN incident?
2020 - Extra Mask
2022 - Stations, Wiktor Stribog (music video)
2022 - Indistinct Chatter
2023 - Are we happy?
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Exhibitions & Screenings:
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2024
– Product Displacement, MCK Bydgoszcz, PL (solo)
2022
– Side hole, LETO, Warsaw, PL (solo feat. Aleksandra Waliszewska & Ignacy KamiÅ„ski)
2019
– Nie to, co wchodzi do ust, Galeria Dobro, Olsztyn, PL (film screening)
– Witamy w piekle #5, Galeria Åšmierć Frajerom, Warsaw, PL
– Powrót do Krainy Grzybów, ARS INDEPENDENT FESTIVAL, Katowice, PL
2018
– Dreams about being eaten away, Kronika, Bytom, PL (solo)
– Åšwit Å»ywych Trupów: Kraina Grzybów TV, Octopus Film Festival, GdaÅ„sk, PL (film screening)
2017
– The beguiling siren is thy crest, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, PL (film screening)
– Noc Szalonych Mediów, Digital Cultures, Warsaw, PL (film screening)
– Jak skutecznie jabÅ‚ko, ARS INDEPENDENT FESTIVAL, Katowice, PL (solo)
2016
– Piwnica, LETO, Warsaw, PL (film screening)
2012
– Rezonesans, ACK Chatka Å»aka, Lublin, PL (solo)
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