Agata
Wielogórska

The aim of the exhibition is to introduce visitors to the world of Polish ocean liners: MS Batory and MS Piłsudski. Apart from the main room where the exhibition is located, we can also distinguish the entrance room in front of the main exhibition room. The entrance room is a round room with an area of over 100 m2. It is the zone intended for the first “contact” with ships and realisation of the scale which comes into play when talking about ocean liners. Here we can watch magnified photographs of machines in question, with exposed details due to the fact that photographs are presented on large-format lightboxes. The external side consists of semi-circular walls covered with sheet metal. They contain short information about the ships – giving us further insight into the magnitude of the scale of these “floating salons” – entitled “Ships in figures”. In the middle of the room, there is a platform with an installation that can be set in motion by visitors – these are mobile buoys. The light from lightboxes and general blue-violet lighting make us feel as if we were under the water. The ceiling, formed in shape of waves and illuminated, also plays a big role in this room. The entrance door to the main room is indicated by a boat attached to the ceiling, which “sails” into the main exhibition room. The main exhibition room is over 400 m2; the main part of the exhibition includes four forms, bent into arches in two planes, which are intended to imitate the board of the ship and separate two main parts of the room. In order to emphasise the separation of the zones, the division is also present on the floor – there is a fluted metal sheet on the floor between the “ship boards”, and a smooth grey PVC flooring outside them. The division can also be seen clearly in the wavy sections of the ceiling, which are located only outside the ship boards. In this part, we can also see a truss structure inspired by a shipyard. The first zone between the ship boards is meant to resemble the deck of a ship. It is illuminated with warm light; inside this zone, we can take a better look at the exhibits presented on the displays embedded in the structure of the boards. This is also the place where we can examine mock-ups of ships. In the second zone, on the external side of the boards, by means of blue-violet lighting, navy blue colour arrangement of walls and use of various kinds of metal sheets and steel (which reflect the light in an interesting way), I make the spectators feel as if they were under water. The external side of the boards is covered with Corten steel that refracts blue and violet light and illuminates the ceiling in an interesting way, making it look like water surface. With regard to the subject area, the room can also be divided into the following parts: Ship construction, Ideas and founders, Views of ships, Presentation of crew, War ships, Posters, Furniture. Although Polish ocean liners seem to be well-known and recognised objects, a large group of Poles is still unfamiliar with their whole history and unaware of how much they contributed to Polish art and culture. The presentation of knowledge about these magnificent ships to the general public seems to be a brilliant idea, considering the recently celebrated 100th anniversary of the restoration of Poland’s Independence - - -

The aim of the exhibition is to introduce visitors to the world of Polish ocean liners: MS Batory and MS Piłsudski. Apart from the main room where the exhibition is located, we can also distinguish the entrance room in front of the main exhibition room. The entrance room is a round room with an area of over 100 m2. It is the zone intended for the first “contact” with ships and realisation of the scale which comes into play when talking about ocean liners. Here we can watch magnified photographs of machines in question, with exposed details due to the fact that photographs are presented on large-format lightboxes. The external side consists of semi-circular walls covered with sheet metal. They contain short information about the ships – giving us further insight into the magnitude of the scale of these “floating salons” – entitled “Ships in figures”. In the middle of the room, there is a platform with an installation that can be set in motion by visitors – these are mobile buoys. The light from lightboxes and general blue-violet lighting make us feel as if we were under the water. The ceiling, formed in shape of waves and illuminated, also plays a big role in this room. The entrance door to the main room is indicated by a boat attached to the ceiling, which “sails” into the main exhibition room. The main exhibition room is over 400 m2; the main part of the exhibition includes four forms, bent into arches in two planes, which are intended to imitate the board of the ship and separate two main parts of the room. In order to emphasise the separation of the zones, the division is also present on the floor – there is a fluted metal sheet on the floor between the “ship boards”, and a smooth grey PVC flooring outside them. The division can also be seen clearly in the wavy sections of the ceiling, which are located only outside the ship boards. In this part, we can also see a truss structure inspired by a shipyard. The first zone between the ship boards is meant to resemble the deck of a ship. It is illuminated with warm light; inside this zone, we can take a better look at the exhibits presented on the displays embedded in the structure of the boards. This is also the place where we can examine mock-ups of ships. In the second zone, on the external side of the boards, by means of blue-violet lighting, navy blue colour arrangement of walls and use of various kinds of metal sheets and steel (which reflect the light in an interesting way), I make the spectators feel as if they were under water. The external side of the boards is covered with Corten steel that refracts blue and violet light and illuminates the ceiling in an interesting way, making it look like water surface. With regard to the subject area, the room can also be divided into the following parts: Ship construction, Ideas and founders, Views of ships, Presentation of crew, War ships, Posters, Furniture. Although Polish ocean liners seem to be well-known and recognised objects, a large group of Poles is still unfamiliar with their whole history and unaware of how much they contributed to Polish art and culture. The presentation of knowledge about these magnificent ships to the general public seems to be a brilliant idea, considering the recently celebrated 100th anniversary of the restoration of Poland’s Independence - - -

The aim of the exhibition is to introduce visitors to the world of Polish ocean liners: MS Batory and MS Piłsudski. Apart from the main room where the exhibition is located, we can also distinguish the entrance room in front of the main exhibition room. The entrance room is a round room with an area of over 100 m2. It is the zone intended for the first “contact” with ships and realisation of the scale which comes into play when talking about ocean liners. Here we can watch magnified photographs of machines in question, with exposed details due to the fact that photographs are presented on large-format lightboxes. The external side consists of semi-circular walls covered with sheet metal. They contain short information about the ships – giving us further insight into the magnitude of the scale of these “floating salons” – entitled “Ships in figures”. In the middle of the room, there is a platform with an installation that can be set in motion by visitors – these are mobile buoys. The light from lightboxes and general blue-violet lighting make us feel as if we were under the water. The ceiling, formed in shape of waves and illuminated, also plays a big role in this room. The entrance door to the main room is indicated by a boat attached to the ceiling, which “sails” into the main exhibition room. The main exhibition room is over 400 m2; the main part of the exhibition includes four forms, bent into arches in two planes, which are intended to imitate the board of the ship and separate two main parts of the room. In order to emphasise the separation of the zones, the division is also present on the floor – there is a fluted metal sheet on the floor between the “ship boards”, and a smooth grey PVC flooring outside them. The division can also be seen clearly in the wavy sections of the ceiling, which are located only outside the ship boards. In this part, we can also see a truss structure inspired by a shipyard. The first zone between the ship boards is meant to resemble the deck of a ship. It is illuminated with warm light; inside this zone, we can take a better look at the exhibits presented on the displays embedded in the structure of the boards. This is also the place where we can examine mock-ups of ships. In the second zone, on the external side of the boards, by means of blue-violet lighting, navy blue colour arrangement of walls and use of various kinds of metal sheets and steel (which reflect the light in an interesting way), I make the spectators feel as if they were under water. The external side of the boards is covered with Corten steel that refracts blue and violet light and illuminates the ceiling in an interesting way, making it look like water surface. With regard to the subject area, the room can also be divided into the following parts: Ship construction, Ideas and founders, Views of ships, Presentation of crew, War ships, Posters, Furniture. Although Polish ocean liners seem to be well-known and recognised objects, a large group of Poles is still unfamiliar with their whole history and unaware of how much they contributed to Polish art and culture. The presentation of knowledge about these magnificent ships to the general public seems to be a brilliant idea, considering the recently celebrated 100th anniversary of the restoration of Poland’s Independence - - -

The aim of the exhibition is to introduce visitors to the world of Polish ocean liners: MS Batory and MS Piłsudski. Apart from the main room where the exhibition is located, we can also distinguish the entrance room in front of the main exhibition room. The entrance room is a round room with an area of over 100 m2. It is the zone intended for the first “contact” with ships and realisation of the scale which comes into play when talking about ocean liners. Here we can watch magnified photographs of machines in question, with exposed details due to the fact that photographs are presented on large-format lightboxes. The external side consists of semi-circular walls covered with sheet metal. They contain short information about the ships – giving us further insight into the magnitude of the scale of these “floating salons” – entitled “Ships in figures”. In the middle of the room, there is a platform with an installation that can be set in motion by visitors – these are mobile buoys. The light from lightboxes and general blue-violet lighting make us feel as if we were under the water. The ceiling, formed in shape of waves and illuminated, also plays a big role in this room. The entrance door to the main room is indicated by a boat attached to the ceiling, which “sails” into the main exhibition room. The main exhibition room is over 400 m2; the main part of the exhibition includes four forms, bent into arches in two planes, which are intended to imitate the board of the ship and separate two main parts of the room. In order to emphasise the separation of the zones, the division is also present on the floor – there is a fluted metal sheet on the floor between the “ship boards”, and a smooth grey PVC flooring outside them. The division can also be seen clearly in the wavy sections of the ceiling, which are located only outside the ship boards. In this part, we can also see a truss structure inspired by a shipyard. The first zone between the ship boards is meant to resemble the deck of a ship. It is illuminated with warm light; inside this zone, we can take a better look at the exhibits presented on the displays embedded in the structure of the boards. This is also the place where we can examine mock-ups of ships. In the second zone, on the external side of the boards, by means of blue-violet lighting, navy blue colour arrangement of walls and use of various kinds of metal sheets and steel (which reflect the light in an interesting way), I make the spectators feel as if they were under water. The external side of the boards is covered with Corten steel that refracts blue and violet light and illuminates the ceiling in an interesting way, making it look like water surface. With regard to the subject area, the room can also be divided into the following parts: Ship construction, Ideas and founders, Views of ships, Presentation of crew, War ships, Posters, Furniture. Although Polish ocean liners seem to be well-known and recognised objects, a large group of Poles is still unfamiliar with their whole history and unaware of how much they contributed to Polish art and culture. The presentation of knowledge about these magnificent ships to the general public seems to be a brilliant idea, considering the recently celebrated 100th anniversary of the restoration of Poland’s Independence - - -