Archive of Public Protests


The Archive of Public Protests is a collective of photographers and writers and their work documenting post-2015 protests in Poland, established in 2019. A website and an Instagram account host its images, and it also publishes Strike Newspaper. Members of the collective include co-founder RafaƂ Milach as well as Adam Lach and Chris Niedenthal. The collective has been nominated for the Spojrzenia award as well as the Paszport Polityki, and has had an exhibition of its work at Labyrinth Gallery in Lublin.
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The Archive of Public Protests was established in 2019 by RafaƂ Milach, and five other photographers, in response to Law and Justice taking power and making drastic changes to policy and legislation, resulting in many protests and protest movements.
A website and an Instagram account host the images, which include photographs of the protests against Polish judiciary reforms, the August 2020 LGBT protests in Poland, the 2020–2021 women's strike protests in Poland, and the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests.
The archive is intended "to serve as a resource, as evidence of the protests", given "Polish mainstream media, which is now almost entirely controlled by the state, has given little airtime to the ongoing action." "There is no editorial goal. Instead, the APP is a depository of information for academics, historians and journalists to utilise."
The collective also publishes Gazeta Strajkowa / Strike Newspaper, which launched in 2020. It includes photography, writing, bold typography and coded symbolism. The printed paper is handed out for free, or available to download. Its design is such that people can "hold up the pages as flags, paste them on walls as posters, and display them in windows."

Members

  • MichaƂ Adamski
  • Marta BogdaƄska
  • Karolina Gembara
  • Ɓukasz GƂowala
  • Agata Kubis
  • Michalina KuczyƄska
  • Marcin Kruk
  • Adam Lach
  • Alicja Lesiak
  • RafaƂ Milach
  • Joanna MusiaƂ
  • Chris Niedenthal
  • Wojtek RadwaƄski
  • Bartek Sadowski
  • PaweƂ Starzec
  • Karolina Sobel
  • Grzegorz WeƂnicki
  • Dawid ZieliƄski

Publications

  • Gazeta Strajkowa / Strike Newspaper ''n. 1. Self-published, 2020..
  • Gazeta Strajkowa / Strike Newspaper n. 2. Self-published, 2020..
  • Gazeta Strajkowa / Strike Newspaper n. 3. Self-published, 2021..
  • Gazeta Strajkowa / Strike Newspaper n. 4. Self-published, 2021..
  • Gazeta Strajkowa / Strike Newspaper n. 5. Self-published, 2021..
  • Gazeta Strajkowa / Strike Newspaper n. 6''. Self-published, 2021..

Awards

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions by APP

Group exhibitions