White Lie

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Book

White lie is not just an exhibition, it is also the title of a publication accompanying the project. This theoretical and critical extension constitutes a kind of summation and documentation of the exhibition with the collection of texts of its curators: Emily Orzechowska and Stanisław Ruksza, psychologist Agnieszka Jasińska, critics of literature Anna Kałuża and the historian of art Agata Cukierska. They draw a wider context for the phenomenon of "untruths" and enter the exhibition in the contemporary socio-cultural context.

The content of the publication: project, texts and photos were created according to the adopted assumption regarding two ways of using the catalog. It is kind of curator's tour around the exhibition. You can also scroll the pictures and read extensive descriptions using the reference system.

Exhibition

Title phrase „white lie” can be explained as consciously telling the untruth (which is at odds with true conviction of the speaker), without giving intentions to the one that is being deceived. A white lie is meant to mislead, but it is not meant to hurt or harm. On the contrary, it is often meant to help (at least as far as the lying is concerned). It is the kind of a lie we tell others to make them feel better. But does the fact that we do not want to be deceived mean that we want to hear the truth? What does telling the truth and nothing but truth involve? What are the emotional, social and moral expenses? How does it influence our self-image? Authors together with creators have conducted a type of investigation, an inquiry aimed at examining certain phenomena and situations from a distance or through negation.

curators
Emilia Orzechowska, Stanisław Ruksza
editor
Stanisław Ruksza
texts
Agata Cukierska, Agnieszka Jasińska, Anna Kałuża, Emilia Orzechowska, Stanisław Ruksza
photos
Marcin Wysocki, Daniel Rumiancew (p136, p137), Andrzej Karmasz (p184)
graphic design
Marcin Wysocki
copyright
2017, Authors, CCA Kronika in Bytom
evaluation
400 copies