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Maja ∀. Ngom
Voicerals  
18 kwietnia – 31 maja 2026 osoba kuratorska: Romuald Demidenko  chór: Ngnima Sarr aka T.I.E, Nika Kimaty, Sylwia Achu dźwięk: Kitty Sarcasm galeria skala, Poznań
wstęp wolny  Maja ∀. Ngom transformuje wnętrze galerii skala w przestrzeń obiektów i dźwięku. Artystka powraca do wspomnień z okresu dorastania i wątków związanych z własnym pochodzeniem, tworząc platformę reprezentacji pamięci, budując ją ze skojarzeń wokół języka, a także łącząc ze spekulatywną fikcją wokół kolektywnej przyszłości.  Wystawa jest współfinansowana ze środków OmenaArt Foundation, Wydziału Kultury Urzędu Miasta Poznania oraz Departamentu Kultury Urzędu Marszałkowskiego Województwa Wielkopolskiego w Poznaniu. Partnerką organizatora wystawy jest jest Bałtycka Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej w Słupsku i Ustce. ENG Maja ∀. Ngom Voicerals  18 April—31 May 2026 curated by: Romuald Demidenko  choir: Ngnima Sarr aka T.I.E, Nika Kimaty, Sylwia Achu sound: Kitty Sarcasm galeria skala, Poznań
free entry Maja ∀. Ngom transforms the interior of galeria skala into a space of objects and sound. The artist revisits memories of her upbringing and themes related to her heritage, creating a platform for the representation of memory. She constructs this platform through linguistic associations, intertwining them with speculative fiction centered on a collective future. The exhibition is co-financed by OmenaArt Foundation, the Culture Department of the City of Poznań and the Culture Department of the Wielkopolska Voivodeship with headquarters at the Marshal’s Office of the Wielkopolska Voivodeship in Poznań and partnered with Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Słupsk & Ustka. @maja_a_ngom @romualddem Photo documentation: galeria skala

Hasło to: hibiskus. „Voicerals” Mai ∀. Ngom w Galerii Skala. Nowy tekst krytyczny autorstwa Zuzanny Stempskiej do przeczytania na naszej stronie. Osoba kuratorska Romuald Demidenko #magazynszum #krytyka #poznań #zuzannastempska #galeriaskala

Work in progress @galeriaskala

One week ago, Maja ∀. Ngom’s solo exhibition ‘Voicerals’ opened at @galeriaskala . Many thanks to everyone who joined us from so many places ❤️‍🔥 The installation brings together sculptural objects with a sonospheric layer shaped by the voices of performers Ngnima Sarr aka @____.tie.____ , @nikakima , and @sylwia.achu , with sound by @kitty_sarcasm . The exhibition is accompanied by a publication featuring texts by, among others, @margaret_amaka , designed by @magdalenaheliasz (release date: TBA). —> 31/05/2026📍 galeria skala, Św. Marcin 49a, Poznań Extended thanks to the galeria skala team: @d0m1h0yl3 , @danielkoniusz , and Anna Filip. Co-funded by @omenaartfoundation , the City of Poznań Department of Culture, and the Marshal Office of the Wielkopolska Region. Partner: Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art @bgsw.slupsk & Ustka. / Dokładnie tydzień w poznańskiej galerii skala otworzyła się indywidualna wystawa Mai ∀. Ngom Voicerals. Ogromne dzięki za obecność wszystkim osobom, które przybyły z wielu miejsc ❤️‍🔥 Instalacja artystki łączy obiekty rzeźbiarskie i sonsferyczną warstwę utkaną z głosów performerek: Ngnimy Sarr (aka T.I.E), Niki Kimaty i Sylwii Achu, w aranżacji dźwiękowej Kitty Sarcasm. Wystawie towarzyszy publikacja z tekstami m.in. Margaret Amaki Ohii-Nowak, zaprojektowana przez Magdalenę Heliasz. Data premiery: TBA. 📷 @piotrekkrupa

Maja ∀. Ngom
Voicerals  
18 kwietnia – 31 maja 2026 otwarcie: pt., 17 kwietnia, g. 19  osoba kuratorska: Romuald Demidenko  chór: Ngnima Sarr aka T.I.E, Nika Kimaty, Sylwia Achu dźwięk: Kitty Sarcasm Maja ∀. Ngom transformuje wnętrze galerii skala w przestrzeń obiektów i dźwięku. Artystka powraca do wspomnień z okresu dorastania i wątków związanych z własnym pochodzeniem, tworząc platformę reprezentacji pamięci, budując ją ze skojarzeń wokół języka, a także łącząc ze spekulatywną fikcją wokół kolektywnej przyszłości.  Wystawa jest współfinansowana ze środków OmenaArt Foundation, Wydziału Kultury Urzędu Miasta Poznania oraz Departamentu Kultury Urzędu Marszałkowskiego Województwa Wielkopolskiego w Poznaniu. Partnerką organizatora wystawy jest jest Bałtycka Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej w Słupsku i Ustce. ENG Maja ∀. Ngom Voicerals  18 April—31 May 2026 opening: Fri 17 April, 7 pm curated by: Romuald Demidenko  choir: Ngnima Sarr aka T.I.E, Nika Kimaty, Sylwia Achu sound: Kitty Sarcasm Maja ∀. Ngom transforms the interior of galeria skala into a space of objects and sound. The artist revisits memories of her upbringing and themes related to her heritage, creating a platform for the representation of memory. She constructs this platform through linguistic associations, intertwining them with speculative fiction centered on a collective future. The exhibition is co-financed by OmenaArt Foundation, the Culture Department of the City of Poznań and the Culture Department of the Wielkopolska Voivodeship with headquarters at the Marshal’s Office of the Wielkopolska Voivodeship in Poznań and partnered with Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Słupsk & Ustka. @maja_a_ngom @romualddem @____.tie.____ @nikakima @sylwia.achu @kitty_sarcasm @magdalenaheliasz @omenaartfoundation @miastopoznan_ #poznańwspiera

From Thisispaper+ Member At Galeria Skala in Poznań, Amsterdam-based artist Levi van Gelder presents Ötza, Offshore—a multi-media exhibition where a 5,300-year-old Neolithic mummy writes fan fiction, evades taxes, and queers the archive. Ötza is not a person but a practice. A cryodesiccated fanfiction writer from the Neolithic, a self-proclaimed connoisseur of post-historical theory-fiction, she is the drag adaptation of Ötzi the Iceman that Levi van Gelder has been developing through performance, writing, sculpture, and video. Her signature features include long blonde hair—briefly replaced by a platinum bob in chapter III—a natural lip flip, and a pronounced thigh gap that persists regardless of the increasingly hard-to-hide traces of decay on her complexion. @levi_vangelder @galeriaskala @danielkoniusz Read more at thisispaper.com

Levi van Gelder at Galeria Skala, Poznań “Ötza, Offshore” Curated by Kuba Bąk December 7,2025 – February 28, 2026 Photos: images courtesy of the artist and Galeria Skala, Poznań @galeriaskala @levi_vangelder @kuba697167189

“But it was just too damn cold”. We are thrilled to extend Levi van Gelder’s exhibition Ötza, Offshore curated by Kuba Bąk until February 28th. On this occasion we are also spreading the word about Kuba Bąk’s Tour which will take place on February 15th Sunday at 6 PM. “CHAPTER 7
The Prehistoric Hut: Seasonal Enterprises at the Open Air Museum for Natural History in Santa Ana Ötza was always cold when doing her shift in the prehistoric hut. A weird draft always pushed through the wicker rooftop, which seemed permanently chilly no matter the season. Even when the scorching sun of LA summer seemed but a degree away from lighting the little hut ablaze—like a puny ant being burned alive by an evil tax-avoidant toddler with a magnifying glass—even then the steamy air would filter through the faux-neolithic thatch, and come out magically freezing on the other side. She sat on a low foldable stool, low enough for it to be invisible if she crossed her legs, so people would think she was sitting on the floor like a real hutdweller. She reluctantly zipped up her hoodie a little bit higher. She preferred to have it open, because she was wearing her favorite t-shirt underneath. But it was just too damn cold.” @levi_vangelder Read more at Ötza’s substack! Curator: @kuba697167189 Costume design and styling: @leilssss 
DOP video: @ozonepaper 
Editing texts: @vagrantbaker , Aidan Hoyle
Tailoring costume: @eefhietbrinkdesign 
Airbrushing costume: @casco.antigu01 Install photography: @galeriaskala

Install shots of Ötza, Offshore at galeria skala, curated by Kuba Bąk. The exhibition features 6 new or new-ish chapters of fanfiction in which Ötza searches for ancillary incomes, financial optimization strategies, and tax havens. This pursuit brings her to LARPing shifts in an open air museum of natural history in Santa Ana; to an insurrectionary, post-Marxist, post-situationist silent yoga retreat at the French–Italian border; to Litchfield women’s penitentiary; to a double date with the Bogdanoff twins; to the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos; and ultimately, to court. If you want to read the chapters: I will publish the first two on Substack kind of now. True HG’s already know the first one, but it’s a revised version. Don’t fret: she still negotiates to get her Harry Styles 4skin t-shirt from the museum, but now she’s also learning Basque on Duolingo while doing it. The second all new, and kind of stunty if I say so myself. Wordless revolt at the Tiqqun silence and yoga retreat, at least until she is pulled away from her class by an employee with a disturbing message… A huge thanks to @d0m1h0yl3 and @danielkoniusz from @galeriaskala , and to @kuba697167189 for loving tax fraud as much as Ötza does!! The exhibition is on until February 14. Costume design and styling: @leilssss 
DOP video: @ozonepaper 
Editing texts: @vagrantbaker , Aidan Hoyle
Tailoring costume: @eefhietbrinkdesign 
Airbrushing costume: @casco.antigu01 Install photography: @danielkoniusz

Ötza in conversation with Andrzej Marzec  December 7, Sunday 6 PM at galeria skala, free entry Ötza is a Neolithic mummy who, in her artistic practice, tries to connect the worlds of fan fiction and entrepreneurship. Her signature features are her long blonde hair (briefly replaced by a platinum bob in chapter III), her natural lip flip, and her pronounced thigh gap, regardless of her age and the increasingly hard-to-hide traces of decay on her complexion. Equally fascinating are her fan fiction pieces, in which Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte meet semantics, and a post-Marxist, posthumanist revolt takes on a mute form in a yogic silent retreat inspired by the magazine Tiqqun. Ötza fights the regime of truth in her work, in her biography, and in courtrooms alike. After a not-too-successful trial for tax fraud and copyright infringement, she does not cease searching for ancillary incomes and tax havens. While the richest 1% tend to place their assets in Caribbean companies and offshore funds, the mummy, who must spend a significant part of her time in a cryogenic chamber, looks for colder places. Perhaps the journey to this tax Arcadia, which is just beginning at Poznań’s galeria skala, will one day end in her own museum in a fiscally friendly Swiss village nestled among Alpine glaciers. Levi van Gelder  Ötza, Offshore curator: Kuba Bąk  7.12.25—14.2.26 opening: December 6, Saturday 7 PM skala, Poznań, free entry Courtesy Levi van Gelder and Kuba Bąk. Costume design and styling: Leila El Alaoui DOP video: Giovanni Salice Editing texts: Maia Kenney, Aidan Hoyle Tailoring costume: Eef Hietbrink Airbrushing costume: Ruperto Herrador All dates and opening hours of the exhibition Ötza, Offshore will be continuously updated on galeria skala’s Google Maps profile and on the website. skala, ul. Święty Marcin 49a, Poznań The exhibition is co-financed with funds from the Department of Culture of the City of Poznań and the Department of Culture of the Marshal’s Office of the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poznań.

Levi van Gelder  Ötza, Offshore curator: Kuba Bąk  7.12.25—14.2.26 opening: December 6, Saturday 7 PM skala, Poznań, free entry December 7, Sunday 6 PM: Ötza in conversation with Andrzej Marzec (place tba)   Ötza is a Neolithic mummy who, in her artistic practice, tries to connect the worlds of fan fiction and entrepreneurship. Her signature features are her long blonde hair (briefly replaced by a platinum bob in chapter III), her natural lip flip, and her pronounced thigh gap, regardless of her age and the increasingly hard-to-hide traces of decay on her complexion. Equally fascinating are her fanfiction pieces, in which Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte meet semantics, and a post-Marxist, posthumanist revolt takes on a mute form in a yogic silent retreat inspired by the magazine Tiqqun. Ötza fights the regime of truth in her work, in her biography, and in courtrooms alike. After a not-too-successful trial for tax fraud and copyright infringement, she does not cease searching for ancillary incomes and tax havens. While the richest 1% tend to place their assets in Caribbean companies and offshore funds, the mummy, who must spend a significant part of her time in a cryogenic chamber, looks for colder places. Perhaps the journey to this tax Arcadia, which is just beginning at Poznań’s galeria skala, will one day end in her own museum in a fiscally friendly Swiss village nestled among Alpine glaciers. Ötza is written and performed by artist Levi van Gelder (1995), and created in collaboration with costume designer Leila El Alaoui (1995) The exhibition is co-financed by the Culture Department of the City of Poznań and the Culture Department of the Wielkopolska Voivodeship with headquarters at the Marshal’s Office of the Wielkopolska Voivodeship in Poznań. #poznanwspiera

Fwd: Public task Proposal Final Final.pdf (74 KB) Oleksandr Holiuk Public task 8—22.11.2025 skala, Poznań free entry Public Task will be open for visitors from Saturday November 8, 11—4. skala, Święty Marcin 49a, Poznań Monday—Saturday 11AM—4PM Courtesy the artist Oleksandr Holiuk. The exhibition is co-financed with funds from the Department of Culture of the City of Poznań and the Department of Culture of the Marshal’s Office of the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poznań. PL Fwd: Public task Proposal Final Final.pdf (74 KB) Oleksandr Holiuk Public task 8—22.11.2025 skala, Poznań wstęp wolny Zadanie publiczne będzie otwarte dla osób zwiedzających od soboty 8 Listopada 11—16. skala ul. Święty Marcin 49a, Poznań poniedziałek—sobota, 11—16
 Dzięki uprzejmości artysty, Oleksandra Holiuka.
Wystawa jest współfinansowana ze środków Wydziału Kultury Urzędu Miasta Poznania oraz Departamentu Kultury Urzędu Marszałkowskiego Województwa Wielkopolskiego w Poznaniu. #poznanwpiera