Exhibition layout

The exhibition Created with Sound starts with a historical introduction that covers reproductions of some of the oldest depictions of musicians and dancers hailing from Asia and Oceania. It then goes on to discuss different groups of musical instruments and dances explored by Asian visual artists who were active mostly in the 20th century. Next, it explores the cultural contexts in which music and dance function in different communities, focusing in particular on such aspects as religion, festivities, everyday life, war, and hunting. The last part is dedicated to the work of Polish artists inspired by Asian performing arts.

Executed in various techniques (paintings, drawings, sculptures, paper cuts), artworks with musical subjects are a testament to the role that music and dance play in culture. While some are artistic visions loosely connected with the reality, others are documents that record situations witnessed by the author and can serve as sources of knowledge for historians, musicologists, sociologists, and philosophers. Achievements of all of these disciplines are taken into account by researchers involved in the study of depictions of music and dance in visual arts, or musical iconography.

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Exhibition development team:

Curator: dr Maria Szymańska-Ilnata
Exhibition coordinator: Aleksandra Fudalej
Scenography: Anna Skołożyńska-Cieciera ASC Studio
Conservators: Agnieszka Kalbarczyk, Ewa Soszko-Dziwisińska, dr Jacek Tomaszewski, Magdalena Żero
Consultants: dr Barbara Banasik, dr Magdalena Ginter-Frołow, Maciej Góralski, dr Krzysztof Morawski, Magdalena Niernsee, dr Joanna Wasilewska
Educational and interactive elements: Dorota Pasek, dr Maria Szymańska-Ilnata, Magdalena Niernsee, Diah Anggraini Martin, Patrycja Szymańska
Accessibility: Pola Zygmunt
Tactile graphics: Fundacja Wielozmysły
Children’s guide design: Katarzyna Cecot
Catalogue design and typesetting: Kasper Skirgajłło-Krajewski
Promotional materials design: Kasper Skirgajłło-Krajewski
Redakcja językowa (j. polski) | Polish editor: Barbara Śnieżek
English translation: Monika Tacikowska
Photography: Łukasz Brodowicz, Eugeniusz Helbert
Film editing: Syaiful Bahri, Łukasz Brodowicz, dr Maria Szymańska-Ilnata
Audio guides and audio description recorded by: Tercja Studios, dr Maria Szymańska-Ilnata
Exhibition production and installation: Ireneusz Chróścicki, Piotr Sałański, Folland Małgorzata Kossakowska
Pictograms: Fundacja Kultury bez Barier, Web Vectors by Vecteezy, (colours have been changed)

Asia and Pacific Museum team:

Joanna Adamiec-Siemiątkowska
Halina Boroń
Katarzyna Czapska
Marek Czeremuszkin
Maciej Gacyk
Artur Gałecki
Beata Gutowska
Karolina Krzywicka
Dominika Kossowska-Janik
Aleksandra Lipińska
Tomasz Madej
Małgorzata Matuszczyk
Marzena Mazek
Bogusława Milczarczyk
Edyta Ołdak
Beata Paszkiewicz
Paulina Pikulska
Paweł Prange
Jakub Racki
Radosław Rasiński
Artiom Rybakov
Aleksandra Tagowska

Supported financially by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland as part of the Fund for the Promotion of Culture and by the Mazowieckie Province

Audio guide

You may download an audio guide for the exhibition (in Polish) to listen to on your own device or rent a set from the Museum’s gift shop.

 

 

Catalogue

A limited number of hard copies of the catalogue in Polish are available at the Museum’s gift shop. A digital copy of the catalogue, both in Polish and English, can be downloaded by clicking the cover below.

Children’s audio guide

You can listen do the children’s audio guide at the exhibition using your own equipment, by using the player below or by scanning the QR code located at the entrance to the exhibition with your phone. It is also available on players that can be rented in the museum shop. In both cases, we encourage you to bring your own headphones.

 

 

 

Children’s guide

Printed copies of the children’s guide are available for free on the spot. You can also download a digital copy from the link below (Polish only).

Creative activities

To get children involved, we have prepared videos with instructions on how to run an experiment and create artworks inspired by the exhibition. Descriptions in English will be avilable soon!

2. Chiński smok

3. Instrument – gruchawka

4. Jak wyglądają fale dźwiękowe – eksperyment

5. Odbijamy instrumenty!

6. Stemplowany korowód

ETR

All section introductions are available in easy to read and understand language designed for persons with intellectual disability and non-native speakers of Polish. You may rent the printouts at the Museum’s gift shop or download pdf files from the link below.

Tactile graphics 

15 tactile graphics corresponding to the available audio descriptions (in Polish) may be rented at the Museum’s gift shop and used within the exhibition. A special tactile graphic is permanently fixed  onto a wall in the dance section.

Audio description

You may download Polish audio descriptions of 15 objects in the exhibition to listen to on your own device or rent a set at the Museum’s gift shop along with the corresponding textile graphics.