This phrase also describes the situation of us, the curators who work on a full-time basis at the gallery and who therefore by definition are present at almost every exhibition in Zachęta. Thus we look at the expositions that take place here from a totally different, in-depth perspective. We would also like to know how artists, who form a peculiar group of spectators. The peculiarity of artists is based on their duality, on the one hand they are creators and active participants, on the other, they can be also considered passive viewers. This is why we announced an open call – in which we invited artists to submit their artworks and projects together with a completed questionnaire. The elements comprising the will contribute to the image of the gallery and its public. The title phrase is the starting point for asking a question: who really visits exhibitions at the Zachęta National Gallery of Art and how they do so?

Besides presenting the works themselves, the exhibition allowed also for organising a temporary space for a time bank – the e-flux time/bank started by Anton Vidokle and Julieta Aranda. Everyone can exchange their time and skills with others here, be them artists, museum staff or visitors.

Artists: Julieta Aranda & Anton Vidokle, Kuba Bąkowski, Tymek Borowski & Paweł Sysiak, Dorota Buczkowska, Hannah Downing, Jordi Ferreiro, Michał Grochowiak, Jeppe Hein, Igor Krenz & Tomek Saciłowski, Heike Langsdorf for radical_hope, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Daria Malicka, Daniel Malone, Aleksander Mielczyński, Joaquin Gasgonia Palencia, Amandine Quillon-Nowacki, Bianka Rolando, Jennifer Rubell, Konrad Smoleński, Dannielle Tegeder, Tina Willgren