(Dreams of Gdynia)
Art Festival
ORIGIN
"Dreams of Gdynia" grow out of imagination — the one that a hundred years ago allowed us to build the city from scratch, and the one that helps us think
about its future. The starting point is Julian Rummel's vision from 1934: utopian, bold, designing Gdynia as a modern, open and good place to live.
We return to it on the city's hundredth birthday,
to ask the question: what kind of Gdynia do we dream of today?
WHAT KIND OF GDYNIA
DO WE DREAM OF TODAY?
Art here becomes a space for experiment — a place to test different scenarios, imagine what
does not yet exist, and observe what is already changing. It does not provide ready-made answers, but opens up a field for thought, doubt, and conversation.
ARTISTS
Dreams of Gdynia consists of works by nearly 40 artistic individuals — most of which were created especially for this exhibition. Their sensitivity acts here like a seismograph, capturing the tensions, changes, and non-obvious processes that shape the contemporary city.
In addition to artists associated with Gdynia and the Tricity, there are also individuals from outside the region. These two perspectives — rooted
and distanced — meet, creating a polyphonic story about the city seen from both the inside and the outside.
The Festival is organized by the Przypływ Gallery
Contemporary art gallery in Gdynia
Gdynia Art Festival
About the festival
Scattered across the space of the Downtown district, the exhibition leads through various threads: from the challenges of modernity, through the city's relationship with nature, to its histories, myths, and possible futures.
Each of these perspectives attempts to capture what is invisible at first glance — challenges, fears, desires, and imaginations.
Agata Abramowicz
Festival Curator
and President of the PRZYPŁYW FOUNDATION
IDEA
Dreams of Gdynia are also an attempt to look at the images that have shaped our thinking about the city over the years — its histories, myths, and narratives to which we constantly return. They create a common point of reference, but they can also limit our imagination.
EDUCATION
The project also develops beyond the exhibition itself. Educational activities, walks, workshops, and debates become a tool for collective thinking — a way to pause for a moment and ask how we want to live and what kind of Gdynia we want to co-create.
DISCUSSION
Dreams of Gdynia thus propose a shift — not by rejecting the past, but by looking at it from a new perspective. Perhaps that is precisely when — when we temporarily stop repeating what we already know so well — space emerges for something else.
Opening hours
Premises
During the Dreams of Gdynia Festival, all venues will be open on the following days and hours:
Wednesday - Friday
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Saturday - Sunday
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Art Festival
GENESIS
Dreams of Gdynia grow from the imagination. The one that allowed us to build the city from scratch a hundred years ago, and the one that helps us think about its future. The starting point is Julian Rummel's vision from 1934: utopian, bold, designing Gdynia as a modern, open, and good place to live.
GENESIS
Dreams of Gdynia grow from the imagination. The one that allowed us to build the city from scratch a hundred years ago, and the one that helps us think about its future. The starting point is Julian Rummel's vision from 1934: utopian, bold, designing Gdynia as a modern, open, and good place to live.
WHAT KIND OF GDYNIA
DO WE DREAM OF TODAY?
Art here becomes a space for experiment — a place to test different scenarios, imagine what does not yet exist, and observe what is already changing. It does not provide ready-made answers, but opens up a field for thought, doubt, and conversation.
ARTISTS
“Dreams of Gdynia” consists of works by nearly 40 artistic figures.
For the most part, they were created specifically
for this exhibition. Their sensitivity acts here like a seismograph, capturing the tensions, changes, and non-obvious processes that shape the contemporary city.
In addition to artists associated with Gdynia and the Tricity, there are also individuals from outside the region. These two perspectives — rooted
and distanced — meet, creating a polyphonic story
about the city seen both
from the inside and the outside.
ORGANI-
ZER OF THE FESTIVAL IS THE PRZYPŁYW GALLERY
Gallery of modern art
Art Festival
in Gdynia
About the festival
Distributed throughout the Downtown space, the exhibition guides through various threads: from the challenges of modern times, through the city's relationship with nature, to its histories, myths, and possible futures.
Each of these perspectives attempts to capture what is invisible at first glance — challenges, fears, desires, and imaginations.
Agata Abramowicz
Festival Curator
and President of the PRZYPŁYW FOUNDATION
IDEA
Dreams of Gdynia are also an attempt to look at the images that have shaped our thinking about the city over the years — its histories, myths, and narratives to which we constantly return. They create a common point of reference, but they can also limit our imagination.
EDUCATION
The project is also developing beyond the exhibition itself. Educational activities, walks, workshops, and debates are becoming tools for collective thinking — a way to pause for a moment and ask how we want to live and what kind of Gdynia we want to co-create.
DISCUSSION
Dreams of Gdynia thus propose a shift — not by rejecting the past, but by looking at it from a new perspective. Perhaps that is precisely when — when we stop for a moment to repeat what we already know so well — space appears for something else.