Saturday, February 19, 2022

An exhibition of models from "Star Wars" has opened at EC1

 Models of the "Millennium Falcon", space stations, as well as vehicles and robots from the iconic "Star Wars" can be viewed from Saturday at the EC1 Science and Technology Center in Łódź. The opening of the exhibition was accompanied by a curatorial tour with the authors of the models from the Yavin group.

"+ Star Wars + this is magic - the magic of cinema and the whole universe. Everything is designed in such a way that it works on the imagination. We have had several dozen exhibitions in the country and abroad, and we started building models when there was no internet yet. We only had at our disposal. photos and 3D images. We drew projects ourselves, and for example, the model of the famous + Millennium Falcon + was created for four years "- emphasized Adam Kulesza, who together with Marek Kulesza and Bernard Szukiel forms the Yavin group.

On Saturday, the "Star Stories" exhibition at the EC1 Science and Technology Center attracted fans of the most famous series of science-fiction films directed by George Lucas. Among the models presented, you can see characters, vehicles, spaceships, and robots from this cult production.

They are displayed in the space of permanent exhibitions of CNiT EC1. According to Adam Kulesza, the industrial character of the interior perfectly harmonizes with the style of the presented works.

"The models have been placed in such a way as to motivate visitors to visit many parts of the permanent exhibition. We have also planned a simple game, the tasks of which are arranged in an interesting plot. Learning by playing in the universe of + Star Stories + is, in our opinion, a great idea for a winter break," noted Michał Kędzierski from the Customer Experience Department of CNiT EC1.

In addition to the game and curatorial tour with the authors of the models, on February 19 at At 4.30 pm, a meeting with Jakub Turkiewicz, the author of the book "War of the stars. A story about the genesis of the Polish fandom of Star Wars", is planned. You will be able to talk with him about how "Star Wars" captured the imagination of the citizens of the People's Republic of Poland, what gadgets were within the reach of Polish fans in the 1980s and why the horribly ugly figures from those years cost a small fortune today.

Weekend screenings at the CNiT EC1 Spherical Cinema have also been adapted to the space theme - the repertoire will include the films "Astronaut", "We are aliens" and "Cosmic Passport".

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