Saturday, November 28, 2009

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"Women mine in a mining museum

Vernissage photos Silesian photographer Arkadiusz Gola Women mine inaugurated its art galleries in the museum Zmiękczalnia mining "Queen Louise" in Zabrze.
Gallery is located in the small-storey detached building of the former zmiękczalni water. The building was built in 1916 and served to soften the water used to produce steam for the hoisting machine supports the mine shaft. A working steam engine still is the pride of the museum Zabrze.

Install water-softening in the current gallery to work to the 70s Twentieth century. Then, for three decades, the building became empty. A chance to restore him to life has become, Zabrze, Poland implemented a project to create a European Centre of Technical Culture and Tourism Industry.

Centre which, thanks to EU subsidies amounting to nearly 41.5 million zł arises in Zabrze, the institution will be covering several unique sights on a European scale Industrial: Historic Coal Mine "Guido", "Królowa Louise, the Coal Mining Museum, and the main key Sough.

Implementation of the project - a $ 69 million zł - is to be completed in 2011, then - but both levels of the mine's popular today, "Guido" - start a business is the main attraction of the Centre - an underground tourist route including, amongst other numbering about 2 km section (formerly known as extending a distance of 14 km, from Zabrze to Chorzow) Hereditary Adit. The route began

will be the "Queen Louise." Tourists waiting for the descent into the earth will be able to include visit the exhibition in Zmiękczalni. For now, Saturday - exploring the terrestrial part of the museum - you can see there an exhibition of portraits of women working in coal mines in Upper Silesia, by Arkadiusz Gola. As recognized by the quoted author in the exhibition catalog, "soon will be time for that in heavy physical work in positions of women will not work at all. Just as it did several years ago with women who work in underground mines."

series of portraits of women Gola made in 2007-2009 documenting the occasion of the interior of an old mine, "Poland-Wirek" (now "Halemba-Wirek"), as well as existing mines: Bielszowice "," Sośnica-Makoszowy "," Mysłowice- Cheerful, "" Murcki "," Wieczorek "," Uncle "(the movement of" Silesia ")," Staszic "," Boleslaw the Bold "and" Peace. "

According to the Coal Mining Museum staff who will look after art projects Zmiękczalni, it will be presented in such exhibitions relating to the former industrial nature of this place. This mood is to emphasize the revitalized interior galleries, decorated in bright colors, dark lines cut by steel building construction elements, as well as stairs and railings. Similarly Zmiękczalnia looks from the outside - warm beige walls with dark colors, steel beams and window frames.
Source: Onet.pl

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