Roch Forowicz

VR-Orator (2022) EN As a long-time teacher at art and design universities, I have often witnessed situations when young and very talented students did not do well in defending their diploma theses or other public appearances. I…

„OPTICON” (2020) „Opticons” are three-dimensional forms made in 3D technology. Transparent solids – with a round and organic shape – generate numerous optical illusions and caustic reflections. The shape design process involved maintaining as much distance…

URBAN SHADERS (2019) EN „Urban Shaders” is a project that consists of a series of paintings inspired by the architecture of blocks of flats, and a series of interventions in public space. Paintings with their aesthetics refer…

MAPPING – RADZIEJOWICE (2019) PL Mapping zrealizowany w ramach szerszego pokazu w trakcie XI Letniego Festiwalu imienia Jerzego Waldorffa na elewacji pałacu w Radziejowicach.  Pokaz został zilustrowany muzycznie przez Warsaw Laptop Orchestra, formację tworzącą współczesne kompozycje elektroniczne.…

MAPPING – NOC MUZEÓW (2019) PL Mapping zrealizowany w ramach szerszego pokazu na dziedzińcu Akademii Sztuk Pięknych podczas Nocy Muzeów 2019. Tej szczególnej nocy widzowie obejrzeli stworzony specjalnie na tę okazję pokaz prac wizualnych, zaprojektowanych z myślą…

MAPPING – RADZIEJOWICE (2018) PL Mapping zrealizowany w ramach szerszego pokazu w trakcie Letniego Festiwalu imienia Jerzego Waldorffa na elewacji pałacu w Radziejowicach.  Pokaz został zilustrowany muzycznie przez Warsaw Laptop Orchestra, formację tworzącą współczesne kompozycje elektroniczne.…

PLEASANT GRAVITY (2018) PL Instalacja „Pleasant gravity“, powstała podczas pobytu na Multimedia Art Colony w Serbskim Tršić. Dwie strużki wody, wypływające z górskiego źródła, zostały skierowane ku sobie, tworząc wrażenie osobliwej grawitacji. EN The installation “Pleasant gravity”…

FORTRESS (2016) Roch Forowicz & Katarzyna Boratyn EN LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) is a device used for crowd pacification. It emits a directional sound wave of high frequency and loudness. Although the initial purpose…

Projekcje mappingowe „BAD MUSKAU PROJECT” (2016) Mapping na zamku w Bad Muskau. Wizualizacje zostały wykonane przez Rocha Forowicza oraz studentów ASP w Warszawie, kolejno: Marcina Bednarczyka, Kuby Karwackiego, Justynę Bielecką, Natalię Ciak, Karolinę Mikołajczuk, Zuzannę Kołodziej,…

„DETECTION III” (2015) EN Project consists in registering the emission of heat produced by the humans bodies. Thermovision technology permits detection and imaging of changes in heat radiation. Through precise scanning of changes in body temperature…

„DetectionExtended” (2015) Project consists in registering the emission of heat produced by the humans bodies and by the architecture. Thermovision technology permits detection and imaging of changes in heat radiation emitted by physical bodies. Project…

„Interception VI” (2015) Actions in the Interception series refer to the city surveillance culture, i.e. permanent surveillance with the use of CCTV cameras, software and devices processing and storing information. The actions are deep-rooted in…

„PANOPTES” (2014) PL Obserwowane nocą okna kamienic stały się architektonicznymi ramami, w których możemy dostrzec fragmenty prywatnego życia ich lokatorów. Zarejestrowane z ukrycia sylwetki przemieszczających się postaci wypełniają transparentne płaszczyzny rozświetlonych pomieszczeń. Anektowane w ten sposób…

„OPTICONS” (2012-2016) EN „Opticons” are three-dimensional forms made in 3D technology. Transparent solids – with a round and organic shape – generate numerous optical illusions and caustic reflections. The shape design process involved maintaining as…

„DETECTION II” (2012) EN Project consists in registering the emission of heat produced by the humans bodies and by the architecture. Thermovision technology permits detection and imaging of changes in heat radiation emitted by physical…

„INTERCEPTION V” (2012) EN Opticon is a visualization based on transformation of a 3D glassy solid. With its oval and organic shape, the transparent form generated many optical illusions and caustic reflections during the transformation process.…

„INTERCEPTION IV” (2011) EN Project consisted in the interception of a police CCTV camera monitoring the streets of London. The camera was then used to raise public awareness in terms of the growing importance of social…

„Interception III” (2011) Vandalism against surveillance. The „Interception” series of actions consists in illegal interception of CCTV cameras monitoring urban areas. The intercepted CCTV cameras are then used in order to raise public awareness of…

„DETECTION” (2010) EN Project consists in registering the emission of heat produced by the sacral architecture and by the faithful. Thermovision technology permits detection and imaging of changes in heat radiation emitted by physical bodies. Through…

„InterceptionLinz” (2009) Actions in the „Interception” series refer to the city surveillance culture, i.e. permanent surveillance with the use of CCTV cameras, software and devices processing and storing information. The actions are deep-rooted in the idea…

„Panopticon” (2008) Project is an installation consisting of eighteen CCTV cameras, arranged in two parallel rows and partly submerged in concrete. The concrete mass covering 100m2 (gallery room) will be „bristled” with glassy vandal-resistant domes. Transparent shields…

„InterceptionExtended” (2008) The surveillance camera, used to monitor public space, has been overtaken in a city of Ljubljana. On location, where the CCTV camera had been disabled, the author left a mark – the word „Panopticon”,…

Full video will be available soon „Interception II” (2008) Over the course of one night, there had been an intervention into public space, during which six CCTV surveillance cameras had been rendered unusable.  In every…

„INTERCEPTION” (2007) EN The CCTV camera used to monitor the public space was intercepted and reinstalled at the metro station. Illegal intervention was aimed at drawing the attention of citizens to technology that every day records…

    Full video list  will be available soon. „Looking out of the window” (2006) What can you see when you are looking out of the window? Now you can watch online a new brave…

  „INVIGILATE” (2005) EN Invigilate is an art-project that involves surveilance people inside their apartments. The action legalizes voyeurism and the need to satisfy curiosity: when in the evening we stand on the balcony or…