ORAPIZM at the Guatemalan National Pavilion at Spazio Berlendis during the 61st Venice Biennale
Some encounters end with the final sentence of a conversation. Others remain — as an experience, a relationship, and an important trace of a moment.
I would like to share the full recording of the Conversation with the Artist: Krzysztof Konopka, conducted by curator and art critic Dr Valentina Minniti, and dedicated to ORAPIZM® – The Art of INACJA / Artistic Practice Based on PRESENCE, held at the Guatemalan National Pavilion at Spazio Berlendis during the 61st Venice Biennale.
At the centre of the encounter were Orapizm – The Art of INACJA and the painting “I now”, but equally important were the people whose presence and work made this presentation possible.
My special thanks go to Dr Ariadne Caccavale, curator and art critic, for her trust, sensitivity, critical perspective and involvement in the realization of this Venice project. Her presence and attentiveness were a very important part of this journey.
With great gratitude, I also thank Dr Stefania Pieralice, curator of the Guatemalan National Pavilion, for her curatorial support and for creating the institutional space for this presentation.
I would also like to thank Dr Valentina Minniti, curator and moderator of the conversation, for the sensitivity, attentiveness and openness with which she shaped and conducted this dialogue around Orapizm – The Art of INACJA.
My thanks also go to Wiktoria Maszczyk for interpreting my words into English, allowing the conversation to flow naturally between languages.
I am deeply grateful to the friends who travelled especially from Poland to be with us in Venice that day, and to everyone who took part in the event, followed it and supported it online. Your presence became part of this encounter.
I would also like to thank Start Edizioni Group and everyone involved in making this event possible.
Special thanks go to Alessandro Poggiani and AGR Press for the article dedicated to Orapizm and its presence in Venice:
“Krzysztof Konopka, inventor of the artistic theory called ‘Orapizm’, arrives in Venice”
👉 https://agrpress.it/krzysztof-konopka-inventore-della…/
For me, this encounter became something more than the presentation of an artistic concept.
It became an encounter centred on artistic practice, presence, and the possibility of experiencing an image before it becomes explanation.
Krzysztof Konopka
Creator of ORAPIZM®
ORAPIZM® – The Art of INACJA / Artistic Practice Based on PRESENCE
🎥 Full conversation:
https://youtu.be/-_w4Xcwjgj4?is=BIBSL4LNTWdu2POr



