POLISH SHAPELESSNESS – ZIEMOWIT SZCZEREK
“Siódemka” only seems to mock the provinces, the provinces that lie in the centre of our country. It is a brutal, outspoken attempt at describing what is familiar and simultaneously very mysterious, and until now unexplored. It is a journey through the Polish heart of darkness, through national insecurities and fantasies, through centuries of history. It is a journey full of the grotesque and the over-the-top, fuelled with alcohol and narcotics.
Ziemowit Szczerek | Author of the books “Przyjdzie Mordor i nas zje, czyli tajna historia Słowian” (nominations to Nike and Angelus Awards), “Rzeczpospolita Zwycięska,” “Siódemka.” He is interested in western Europe and the oddities of geopolitics, history, and culture. He travels to strange places and writes about it. In 2013 received the Polityka Passport Award.