Festin

The video depicts a feast that brings to mind the works of 17th-century Flemish animalist painters like Frans Snyders or Jan and Ferdinand van Kessel and at the same time it presents an experimental vision of the decline and fall of a human-dominated world. Doroszuk's work shows a refined image of sophisticated foods, fresh flowers, exotic fruit and elegant serving dishes gradually being invaded; first by insects, then by hungry dogs. We hear the animals' slobbering and the crashing of overturning dishes, but no one appears to chase the beasts away. This is a world without humans, and without the hierarchy of species that humans impose. The work was given honorable mention at WRO 2013.

In April and May DailyArt, in collaboration with the WRO Art Center, will be featuring prizewinning works from the 2011 and 2013 editions of the WRO Media Art Biennale in Wrocław, Poland. The presentation is part of the WRO Active Art Archive, and it serves as a lead-in to this year's WRO Biennale, entitled Test Exposure, which opens May 13th-17th, 2015. This presentation of media art – videos, installations, media performances – is an unprecedented event in app history. It's impossible to present these pieces through single images, so each photo is accompanied by a link containing useful documents, sometimes with statements from the artists as well. Earphones will be useful!