First page of Marta Tomczok’s Węglopolis – metropolitalne związki miast i „pod-powierzchni”, Wielogłos, 2023.
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Title
Węglopolis – metropolitalne związki miast i „pod-powierzchni”
English Title
Coalpolis – Metropolitan Relation of Cities and “Under-Grounds”
Author
Marta Tomczok
Journal
Wielogłos, issue 1 (55)
Publisher
Jagiellonian University Press
Year
2023
ISSN
1897-1962 (print)
2084-395X (online)
DOI
10.4467/2084395XWI.23.006.17994
Language
Polish, with an English abstract
Inclusion
Reference to Wonbin Yang’s artistic practice through a quotation from Małgorzata Sugiera, discussing artificial, nonbiological forms, urban adaptation, and speculative evolution.
Page Numbers
Article: pp. 111–129.
Reference to Wonbin Yang: p. 124 (PDF page 14).
Marta Tomczok examines coal-mining and post-mining regions through literature, art, and the relationships between cities and their underground environments.
On page 124, Tomczok references Wonbin Yang’s artistic practice through a quotation from Małgorzata Sugiera. The passage discusses Yang’s artificial, nonbiological forms and his exploration of adaptation and evolution within urban environments. It presents the metropolis as a potential setting for unfamiliar forms of life emerging from civilization’s discarded materials.
The reference connects Yang’s practice with speculative thinking about life and the relationships between living and nonliving environments.
Cited Source
Małgorzata Sugiera, Imiona Gai. Myśląc o końcu antropocenu, Prace Kulturoznawcze 22 (1–2), 2018, p. 28. Referenced in Tomczok’s footnotes 45–46.
Links
Węglopolis on the journal website.
Download the full article (PDF, Polish).
The reference to Wonbin Yang appears on p. 124 (PDF page 14).
The artist extends sincere appreciation to Marta Tomczok for referencing his artistic practice in Węglopolis, and to Małgorzata Sugiera, whose discussion of his work is quoted in the article.
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