Film and multimedia performance “The Explosion” by Andrzej Wajda

Feb 2014 – Aug 2014

Project description

On 1 September, the Museum featured a unique film and multimedia performance “The Explosion” by Andrzej Wajda in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War. The performance was presented on a large-format screen 80 metres wide and 5 metres high, arranged within the body of a former gasworks on the premises of the Polish Gas Company in close vicinity of the Museum of the Second World War’s future home.


My role in project:
• creative & art direction
• screenwriting
• co-production

Project Team:
Andrzej Wajda, Krystyna Zachwatowicz, Paweł Machcewicz, Piotr Majewski, Janusz Marszalec, Rafał Wnuk, Wojciech Florczyk, Tomasz Salwierz, Krzysztof Hrycak, Łukasz Czyczyło, Katarzyna Kubaszek

[project made by New Amsterdam & Museum of Second World War]