superuser_do – Exhibition of the 12th Best Media Art Diplomas Competition

Exhibition of the 12th Competition of the Best Diplomas in Media Art | wrocenter.pl/pl/dyplomy12/

WRO Art Centre, ul. Widok 7, Wroclaw | 24.04-7.06.2026 | Opening: 24 April at 6:00 PM – exhibition opening and announcement of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Award

Artists: Ilo Sekowska-Lenart (Gdansk), Jakub Stelmach (Katowice), Agata Polak (Krakow), Martyna Konieczny (Lodz), Bartek Walczak (Poznan), Jozef Jakacki (Szczecin), Piotr Stechura (Warsaw), Jagoda Golinska (Wroclaw)

The Best Diplomas in Media Art Competition, organised by WRO Art Centre and the Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, has for years provided a platform for eight public art universities in Poland. Diploma committees each select one work – a representation of methods and sensibilities in thinking about media art. Brought together, they create not just a survey but a dynamic field of exchange.

This year’s edition is held under the motto superuser_do – a reference to the system command sudo, which allows the user to perform actions at administrator level. The exhibition treats artists as superusers: those who gain access to test, transform and negotiate the rules of how reality works. A diploma defence is a moment of transition from learning mode into independent practice. What unites all the works is a conscious analysis of the reality in which we function, and a readiness to intervene.

Fields of work include: imaging the relationship between humans and technology; sound from biological networks and water systems; corporate overload loops; intervening in image and registration tools; a queer archive processed by AI; and high fashion in the provinces.

Organisers: Geppert Academy of Fine Arts Wroclaw and WRO Art Centre. Co-organisers: art academies in Gdansk, Krakow, Katowice, Lodz, Poznan, Szczecin, Warsaw. Partners: IP Studio, Contemporary Lynx, Magazyn SZUM, MINT Magazine.